Herbert Lui

It’s not surprising of employers these days to look for personal websites to get to know their applicants better. If you maintain a personal site/blog, you certainly have some kind of edge over the herd.

Note-taking software is nothing new. Suites like Evernote have been around for eons, and have remained popular. Nonetheless, with users starting to want more and more access to not only their notes,

Local servers have been gaining popularity in past years, due to the increase in the popularity of blogging.

Dealing with FTP can sometimes be a bit painful. Whether it is to back up data (Windows users might want to try GoodSync for backing up data) or access the files in a website, it’s often unavoidable. Fortunately, Mac users now have an easy met

Every computer user’s first roadblock (usually) is using Torrents. We’ve all heard of them, and are quite curious with what they have to offer.

To-do lists tend to get more and more complicated. If there are lists with different colors, sets of checkmarks and priorities and all those options, it could be quite overwhelming if all a user wanted was a simple t

Macs have a lot of unique applications out of the box. One of these is called Dashboard, which is an application that basically goes over your desktop and displays widgets.

Typography – if used elegantly – can greatly enhance the look and feel of just about anything that involves letter, numbers or characters.

Blogs are exploding in popularity. With blogging now mainstream, services are starting to streamline the process to make it easier and funnier for aspiring bloggers. Tumblr is such a service, and aims to not only simplify the experience, but to make

Recording your thoughts is a habit that has widely been embraced by the masses. More and more people have invested in Moleskines and notepads, and there are tools like Google’s Notebook web app that facilitate quick note taking. Thinkery is a bookm

The arrival of Intel-based Macs ushered in a new era: one where running Windows on Mac OS was made possible, which solved a ton of compatibility complaints.

The search for a new home page for your browser (or a startpage as they are known as) entails certain criteria. Should it have more or less distraction? Should it be focused and simple, or flashy and informative? Myfav.es is a browser startpage that

Uninstalling applications in Windows is not difficult. First, you have to go into Add/Remove Programs. Then, you have to check the Program Files folder to see if there were any files leftover from the program. Alternatively, you can use Revo Uninstall

The radio is not a bad way to discover new music. However, I’m not a great fan of listening to overplayed music. Moreover, I’d like to take a more active role in seeking out new music. Three years ago, I stumbled on a way to do that.

With social media having blossomed in popularity, people are consistently looking for new methods to share their thoughts. While there is no dearth of file sharing services, there are only a few that are specifically dedicated

The internet is a sea of ever-growing content, mainly articles. Whether it be through a major news outlet or an independent blog, there’s an article on almost anything you want to find.

Why look for a calendar application when you’ve already got one for your Mac? iCal, the built-in personal calendar solution for OS X users, is a neat tool with a number of features.

Today, there’s a ton of media available on the Internet, and can be acquired at high quality and very high speeds. TV shows can be downloaded on the same night that they are aired, DVD versions of movies can

Tweaking a desktop is a beautiful thing. Whether it’s constantly changing the visual elements to suit your ever-changing tastes, or giving your desktop an overhaul for the new year, there are a huge variety of free tools for you to explore.

The Mac OS X theme has worked for Apple and the Mac operating system for nearly a decade, with minor reworking per operating system upgrade.