Social Networker and Opinioneer
Create a Secure Internet Proxy and Private network
Posted on 20. Sep, 2009 by nikbutler in Technology, blog
On a recent episode of Social Media White Noise ( #19 ) I discussed the merits and risks of using publically available WiFi spots. Specifically I was concerned that many people are surfing without an awareness of how to protect their internet conversations and content. To this end I have recorded part one of a two part discussion on how to secure your internet surfing when abroad. You will need a number of bits of software; namely Hamachi by way of LogmeIn, Treewalk and Squid and you may want to grab a coffee and watch this Screencast which explains the installation process and I will sort out the best way to upload the link to that SQUID config file in a bit.
I will follow up this server end screencast with a tutorial on how to do the same from a MAC or using OpenVPN on a Linux box.
I would appreciate your comments and feedback on this and other tools as well as your thoughts on using Screentoaster.
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Scribe Fire the Bloggers blotter pad.
Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by nikbutler in Technology, blog
If youve been reading this blog for a while then you will notice that many recent posts are published by ScribeFire. Also if youve been reading this blog for a while then why not take a break ‘Tiredness can kill’.
ScribeFire ( a Plugin for Firefox ) provides a editing tool for blogposts that manages my several wordpress blog subscriptions as well as allowing me to create content for the site whilst disconnected from the web. It has a strong , and ever improving, feature set and it feels like it reduced blogging fatigue by making the content creation process easier. . Yes I hear you say but you can do that with notepad or word or just a Moleskine what makes ScribeFire better ?
Like many tools in my daily gadget lifestyle ScribeFire was initially tested with the view to managing existing posts and pages, what dveloped though was the appreciation that ScribeFire would let me create content for my blog(s) and when connected to the Internet I can upload those entries read for publication all without the cut/paste and re purpose hassle of connecting to the wordpress editor whilst online. I can open a new post when sitting on the train and save the note for publication. I can pull up previous posts and pages and link to them and other content and store this work for later revision and publication. Indeed many of these posts are written in batch days or weeks in advance and scheduled for publication to keep that blog monster fed.
Indeed I am sitting on a train approaching Horsham and typing this into my browser saving the note and opening a new one for my next new post. If your using Firefox and blogging on any level go have a look at ScribeFire and give me your own feedback and experiences.
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