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How to safely clean your computer or mobile device

Posted on August 16, 2025

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If you’ve been reading my tips for a while you know how often I stress the importance of keeping viruses and other forms of malware off of your computers and mobile devices.

Malware is the number one cause of sluggish system performance. Even worse, it can cause you to suffer monetary loss and even identify theft.

But as you might imagine, it’s just as important to keep your devices “clean” in the physical sense – and that includes the inside of a desktop computer or laptop.

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Q&A: How can I remove ‘Sent from my iPhone’ from outgoing emails?

Posted on August 15, 2025

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Question from Barbara: I recently learned that every email I send with my iPhone includes a line that says “Sent from my iPhone”.

There are times when I’d rather not tip off the recipient that I sent their email using my phone.

Is there any way to remove the “Sent from my iPhone” message from my outgoing emails? [Read more…]

Here’s a simple tip for faster typing on your smartphone

Posted on August 15, 2025

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Do you do a lot of typing on your smartphone’s virtual keyboard?

If so, you surely know how difficult it can be trying to tap the correct letters and select the proper punctuation marks.

One tip that can really save you a lot of time when typing on your phone is skipping the period at the end of a sentence and pressing the space bar twice instead.

Pressing the space bar twice saves time in the following ways: [Read more…]

Icons8: The platform that actually broke the icon curse

Posted on August 15, 2025

Icon Libraries Are Currently Having Their Villain Era

Listen bestie, the icon situation is absolutely unhinged right now and everyone’s just acting like this digital hellscape is totally normal.

Most platforms are creative dumpster fires where designers yeet whatever they sketched during their 3am breakdown and pray someone thinks it slaps. You’re building interfaces that look like they were designed by people who communicate exclusively through passive-aggressive Slack reactions.

The whole ecosystem has big main character energy where every icon thinks it’s starring in its own Netflix adaptation. Someone drops a house icon serving clean minimalist excellence, another designer creates a settings gear giving full cyberpunk breakdown vibes, and somehow these are supposed to coexist without starting beef over visual hierarchy. [Read more…]

How smart detection systems are protecting communities

Posted on August 14, 2025

When we talk about keeping communities safe, we often think about visible measures—police patrols, security cameras, and neighborhood watch groups. But behind the scenes, technology is stepping up in a big way to help detect problems early and prevent them from escalating.

Smart detection systems are becoming the silent guardians of schools, public spaces, and even private businesses, offering a layer of security that’s proactive rather than reactive. [Read more…]