Posts Tagged ‘wireless’

The Art of Finding Internet Access on the Road

As I write this post, my internet access is intermittent at best. The wireless router that I’m supposed to have access to seems to work in spurts, and not very big ones. And as someone who depends on the internet to do my work, this is not a good thing. And because I’m on the road, my internet options are a bit more limited than they would otherwise be… » Continue

May 13 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: hotspot, internet, wireless | 8 comments»

Free Wireless Internet On Your Laptop - Through Your Cell Phone!

This is a neat little hack that I discovered last week when looking for a new cell phone plan. I had just gotten a BlackBerry Pearl, and the plan from T-Mobile came with unlimited data transfer for wireless internet on their EDGE network. (By the way this also works with other blackberry’s on other networks, and possibly other smartphones.)

I immediately installed mobile versions of GMail (never even… » Continue

June 4 2007 | By Brian | Tagged: blackberry, internet, wireless | 24 comments»

Personal Reminder Hack

My friend, Adam Weiss from Boston Behind the Scenes, told me about a cool little hack he uses to leave himself reminders via his cell phone:

For years, I’ve been using the voice recorder function of my cell phone to leave myself little notes. It’s a great way to remind yourself of things when you don’t have time to write a note — that is, if you ever listen… » Continue

July 25 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: memo, reminder, voicemail, wireless | 4 comments»