Should You Host Your Own Email Server?
Ten years ago, we were installing a lot of mail servers for design firms and advertising agencies across the greater Seattle area. Today, however, we rarely recommend our clients host their own mail servers.
Why the change? Email has become the key tool for conducting business. Creative teams are accessing email away from the office with laptops, webmail, and (increasingly) iPhones. And most significantly, fighting spam has become a full-time job.
In short, if you own an independent creative studio, there is one good reason to have your email handled by a dedicated hosting company: They'll probably do a better job than you.
OBITUARY: After a prolonged battle with Mac OS X, Helvetica — along with younger cousin Helvetica Neue — was finally pronounced dead on October 28, 2007 with the release of Leopard, by Apple, in California.
Many times every month we get calls from designers or IT managers who need to reset a lost administrative password on Mac workstations.
iStumbler is a powerful free tool for finding and troubleshooting wireless networks. It will display all the wireless hotspots within range of your Mac. You can quickly determine whether they’re open or secure, their SSIDs, signal strength, the wireless channel used, and more:
Over the years, many clients have asked me about the possibility of backing up over their studio's Internet connection. It is an enticing idea. Every night your studio's work files are magically whisked away to a safe online server.
Apple ships their new Apple Remote with every computer they make today. We've started hearing complaints from designers whose Macs go wacky when coworkers run a presentation using one of these ubiquitous devices. We've compiled links to a couple handy Apple Technotes that document how to pair a remote with a specific Mac (or Apple TV). 
