As of December 15, 2011, I am available for full or part-time employment. Please contact me with opportunities.ilenesmachine at gmail dot com
My web-based writing is focused
primarily on the Macintosh market, but I write on other topics also. I've writen user manuals, guides, portions of books, and analytic research reports. My articles are scattered around, so I put links to some of them here.
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Blogs 2009
Other World Computing Contract
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Selected Product Reviews
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- iTunes and QuickTime June Updates, 6/04/09.
- We Be Buildin’ Boat for the Cardboard Cup, 6/04/09.
- Late May Apple Update Summary, 6/01/09.
- Save Computer and Power with Surge Protector, 5/28/09.
- The Mercury 500GB 7200 RPM On-The-Go Pro Difference, 5/27/09.
- OWC Observes Memorial Day, 5/26/09.
- Protect Your Taxes with a Copy or Two, 5/26/09.
- OWC Express USB Drive Case and Double USB Cable, 5/15/09.
- Resources for Mac OS X on a Netbook, 5/06/09.
- Celebrate Earth Day with OWC and Oak Trees, 4/22/09.
- A Matter of Trust, 4/16/09.
- Web Subway Map Wows Us, 4/10/09.
- New Pricing On OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro, 4/08/09.
- Conficker-C May Haunt Your PC April First - Find Help Here, 3/31/09.
- Feed Your New Mac Pro More RAM, 3/31/09.
- Recap of Photoshop World 2009 Boston, 3/30/09.
- Women in Technology and Ada Lovelace Day, 3/25/09.
- A Year With NewerTech Guardian Maximus and RAID, 3/23/09.
- Upgrade Your Mac Mini (Early 2009), 3/16/09.
- New Mac Pro Graphics Cards In Older Mac Pros, 3/13/09.
- A Color Coded Mac Pro (Early 2009), 3/12/09.
- Cautionary Note On Mac Pro Memory, 3/12/09.
- Mac Pro Manual RAM Conflict, 3/10/09.
- RAM(P) Up Your new Mac Pro, 3/10/09.
Computing Related Publications
“FRESH AIR: Is 1984 Upon Us?,” Spymac.com, 1/27/2004. No longer available.
“Helpful Hints: Get a life with iCal - Or get someone else's life,” Spymac.com, 6/15/2004.No longer available.
“INTE-REVIEW: Jonathan Nathan and Name that iTune!,” Spymac.com, 4/04.No longer available.
“All Keyed Up:
Up Close and Personal With the Keychain,” Vol.21, #10, 2004.
“RandomMaccess First Look: A User's First Look at Panther,” 10/24/03.
“Cable Modem
Guide”
How one goes around, comes around, and hangs around -
Reprint, MacTech Magazine, October, 2000.
Keep
your training venues wide open with Instruction Set, TechRepulic.com, 9/9/1999.
CyberTech Institute makes strong certification promises, TechRepulic.com, September 10, 1999.
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- Review: NewerTech and Targus USB Hubs For Gifts, 12/01/11.
- Review: X-Rite ColorMunki Photo, 11/28/11.
- Review: AirCurve Play for iPhone 4, 04/29/11.
- Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner Review, 10/26/10.
- Review: FileMaker Pro 11, 03/19/10.
- Aurora by Light Crafts, 08/26/09.
- Prosoft Engineering Drive Genius, 08/12/09.
- Avery Design Pro-Part 2, 06/24/08.
- Bento by FileMaker, 04/24/08.
- Piano Wizard Review, 04/11/08.
- FotoMagico 2 Review, 06/01/07.
- Cardette Multi-card Reader & Hub, 04/20/07.
- Lexar 2GB 133x SD Card, 10/10/06.
- Pantone huey Review, 9/07/06.
- Apeiron X Review, Ambrosia Software, 6/23/06.
- Imation Clip Flash Drive, 6/15/06.
- Folee XM Laptop Bag, 3/27/06.
• Rambling Review of Crucial Ram, 3/27/06.
- Sonic Impact i-Fusion, 1/20/06.
- Mac OS X Tiger Simplified, 12/28/05.
- Contour Design Minipro 2, 12/01/05.
- Roxio Toast 7 Titanium, 9/15/05.
Books
Technical Editor (selected chapters), Office 2011 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual, by Chris Grover, O'Reilly Media, Inc, 2010. (Excellent book!)
Contributing Author, Mac OS X Secrets, by Benjamin Levisay, Wiley Publications, IN, 2004.
Technical Editor, Time Saving Techniques for Dummies, Mac OS X 10.3, Wiley Publishing, 2004.
Technical Editor, Mac OS X Panther for Dummies, IDG Books, 2003.
Technical Editor, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mac OS X, Alpha Books, 2002.
Author, iMac
Fast & Easy, Rev. Ed.,
Prima Publishing, October, 2000.
I walk you through all the features of your
new iMac. It includes easy to understand introductions to AppleWorks,
iMovie 2, and setting up an Earthlink account. Take a stroll
through the book, and come out with a better understanding
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Blogs 2006
My Blog entries exist on the Macintosh News Network Site. Most of them relate to my consulting position as Reviews Editor. You can search for them here: MacNN Weblogs |
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TechRepublic Mac Articles
Note: You must sign up to see these
offsite links. Hint: use a fake address so you don't get a
bill!
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Ilene's
All Too Downbeat Party Report - Macworld New York July,
1999.
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Introducing
AppleCare Technician training, March 14, 2000
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Seybold Expo 1999 Boston, for MacFixIt, March 1999.
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The Macintosh Sauce, November 2, 1999. An Introduction to the
following articles. Offsite link.
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Education and Misc. Articles
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Preparing your hard drive for Mac OS 9, September, 1999. Offsite link.
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Parent to Parent: Children and Spell Checkers. Written in 1996.
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Your
Mac OS:"Go Fish," Part 1 - Reprinted from TechRepublic.com
Mac OS:"Go Fish" - Part 2 of Part 1, TechRepublic.com, November 4, 1999. Offsite link. (Mac OS 7.5.5)
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My Participation in 24 Hours of Democracy, ©1996.
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Your
Mac OS:"Go Fish," part 2, November 3, 1999.
Offsite link. (Mac OS 7.6 and 7.6.1)
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My Funny Valentine, ©2000, unpublished as yet.
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Your
Mac OS:"Go Fish," Part 3, November 3, 1999.
Offsite link. (Mac OS 8.0 and 8.1)
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TechRepublic decided to can their Mac drill-downs so Part
4 on OS 8.5 and OS 8.5.1 wasn't published. I'll get it
online eventually.
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Interviews and Macintosh Luminaries
Think Different: People of the Mac
MyMac.com: http://www.mymac.com/jun_98/interview.htm
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QuickTime - not ready for prime time?, October 11, 1999.
Book review: Fine Points of Database Publishing, TechRepulic.com, August 20, 1999. (Maria Langer's Database Publishing with FileMaker Pro on the Web. Offsite link.
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Sample Press Releases
April 5, 2004 - Spymac Launches The Internet's First Free 1 Gigabyte Email Service
June 22, 2004 - Spymac Rolls Into Online Services Market With Wheel
June 22, 2004 - Spymac Launches The Internet's First 3 Gigabyte Email Service
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