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A primary goal for the GigaOM family is to provide the best experience for visitors, and that means keeping the sites performing as well as possible. We have rolled out site changes to make things better, and easier to find. It happens to look nice, too. Read More »

There is nothing wrong with your monitor. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to… the newly designed jkOnTheRun! Read More »

 
 

Did you have a chance to hit WebWorkerDaily today? You may want to take a look, and not just for the web-based productivity content that you can find there on a daily basis. The site has a brand-new look and feel to it — … Read More »

The year is winding down, and as the end approaches it is a good time for reflection. That reflection can take many forms — some sites compile a list of the most highly trafficked posts of the year, an interesting look at hot topics of the … Read More »

‘Twas the geek’s night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a hard drive was whirring, not a single clicking mouse; The gadgets were charging in their docks so fine, In hopes that St. Nick shopped at Best Buy online; The geeks were all snuggled all warm in their … Read More »

May you have a Happy Thanksgiving today and spend time with family and friends. Take the time to do the things that really matter, and be safe. We appreciate and give thanks for each one of you who visit our little place on the web. Read More »

We warned you we were rolling out a new site design so your eyes are not playing tricks on you today. The new design rolled out last night and is all sparkly and new. We really love it and hope you do too. Take a look … Read More »

We are excited to tell you that we will have some changes to the look and feel of jkOnTheRun going live later today. You’ll have the same good content you’ve come to expect, presented in a modern format that makes it easier to browse. We love … Read More »

The last in our set of three users surveys, jkOnTheRun wants to know a little bit more about your habits at work. The results of these surveys will be used to craft our 2010 Media Kit for potential sponsors. Take our quick survey and be entered … Read More »

While we don’t want to inundate readers with surveys, we do want to try and offer potential advertisers useful information about our readership. This helps maintain relevance on the ads you see. Sorry we can’t turn the ads off entirely, but we do have to pay … Read More »

Today is Kevin’s special day as he turns the big 4-0. Join me in wishing Kevin a giant Happy Birthday! (Nope, no singing this year). Read More »

In an effort to make jkOnTheRun even better, we want to hear from you! Take our super-quick survey and be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate from Amazon.com. var host = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://secure.” : “http://”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + … Read More »

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Time flies so fast when you’re having fun that we totally missed an important date here on jkOnTheRun. That date would be our fifth birthday, as the site fired up for the first time on May 10, 2004. That’s a lot of years in blog years, … Read More »

We’re trying something new here on the site since it’s been requested at various times over the past several years. See that Daily E-Mail Newsletter bit in the sidebar? It just appeared today and it sends our content to you through e-mail. If you sign … Read More »

Just a reminder that I will be hanging out at Coffee Groundz today from around 2 – 4 pm. Drop by and say hi if you are in the area, who knows what cool gear you’ll see. Here’s what you’ll almost certainly see in person: Viliv … Read More »

Just a heads-up.  I will be at the CoffeeGroundz this Friday afternoon from about 1 – 4 working and meeting up with Stacey Higginbotham of the GigaOM team. If you are in the Houston Midtown area drop by and say hi. I’m sure I’ll … Read More »

I’ve been looking for a new GTD app since moving back onto a Windows laptop. Things, the brilliant GTD app I was using on my Macbook, fitted my mental model of what a GTD app should be. For a GTD app to really work, … Read More »

Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week: Web Work 101: 10 Apps You Can’t Do Without New web worker? Aliza gives you the lowdown on the apps you need. 5 Free, Simple and Useful … Read More »

Dear Jimmy Fallon, Congratulations on landing the big Late Night gig, it’s a good show, and you are doing good things with it already.  The “I’m a big geek” meme is original, and you are already doing a good job milking it to make things a bit … Read More »

Our recent poll to capture a feel for how you access jkOnTheRun is now closed with almost 1,000 responses.  While it may not be surprising for a mobile tech blog, fully 60% of respondents use a mobile method for accessing the site most often. While … Read More »

The first thing I look at when looking at a new application is the feature list. Many of those feature lists tend to be really long, and most of the time I find myself using an app without taking advantage of its lesser-known features. A program’s usefulness … Read More »

We are always trying to keep up with ways we can improve the site here on jkOnTheRun and make your visit the most enjoyable as we can.  One of the ways to do that is by tracking how you access our site most often when you … Read More »

Looking for an alternative CRM and email solution? It can get kind of tricky trying to keep track of all that information using Outlook or Gmail, in combination with other third party customer relationship management software. Try as you might, you’ll probably lose track of some … Read More »

One of the aspects that most appealing to our community here is the great commentary that we all share. For the longest time, James and I have wanted threaded comments to make that experience even better. We looked at various third-party systems and plug-ins, but in … Read More »

Technology propels society forward, and web workers are more keenly aware of that than anyone. In just the last five years we have made leaps and bounds in terms of how connected we can be, how quickly we can receive and disperse information and how we … Read More »

I’m sitting at the local car dealership using my MSI Wind over EV-DO and I just realized something amazing. Here at jkOnTheRun, we’ve just pushed past our 10,000th post! While some might view that as a writing accomplishment, I’m a little different. I view it as 10,000 … Read More »

Our daily “Mobile Tech Minutes” video feature has truly been a treat for us. We started these very short segments last week and we’re thrilled with the community response. You can’t keep everyone happy all of the time, but we strive for keeping most people happy … Read More »

This looks ironic since I was just complaining about too many social networks, but the timing is out of my hands. Our crack technical staff (that means you, Chancey!) just got our jkOnTheRun Twitter account set up with TwitterFeed. That means you can subscribe … Read More »

DownloadSquad has a short item today on QTWeb, an open source Windows browser based on the WebKit rendering engine (also found in Safari and Google Chrome). I’ve used the browser before, but decided to try out the newest version, which has quite a … Read More »

In a recent post here at WWD, Dawn Foster brought up a discussion about the direction that online freelancing is likely to take this year.  It might be interesting to … Read More »

One of my favorite tips to share with clients is to take a moment every day to learn a new feature or shortcut in one of your software tools. These small steps can lead to huge gains in efficiency and productivity. This is something I try … Read More »

I am not usually one to create databases, or web apps. Typically, my job is to produce content, be it text or image, and let others worry about number, data, programming etc. That said, when working as a freelancer, you don’t always have the luxury of … Read More »

This morning, we published an article by a guest contributor. Approximately 30 minutes after the post was published, we were made aware that the freelance contributor had already submitted and published the exact same article on another site. As soon as the duplication was brought … Read More »

We try to not toot our own horn too much but this is so big we have to let it out.  Trends Updates is a web site that rates other web sites in a myriad of different categories.  They recently named their Best of 2008: … Read More »

We report on what browsers our visitors are using from time to time which gives a picture of the browser wars.  The current figures show that Firefox is still the browser of choice among savvy readers.  Internet Explorer is the next most-used browser among visitors.  Interestingly, … Read More »

We warned you we had some back-end stuff going on last night and that the ability to leave comments would be compromised. We are happy to report the work is over and with the exception of some minor cosmetic things you should be seeing us again … Read More »

It’s time (past time really) for the jkOnTheRun Fifth Annual Geek Holiday Gift Guide to help you find the cool and unusual gifts for that geek in your life.  I had to stop and look at that again, yes, it’s the Fifth Annual guide!  That’s a … Read More »

Just a quick heads up that we’ve got some back-end changes here on the site later today. The timing is generally out of our hands but the window we have right now is between 6pm ET and 9pm ET. We should actually be up and … Read More »

During my creative writing classes in college, many of my classmates dreaded the workshops.  These workshops required us to send each other a copy of our work, then, the following week, we’d tear each other apart.  We used to spend hours spotting mixed metaphors, grammatical errors, … Read More »

Enter the aggregator. One-stop shopping for all your social networks, or at least those it supports. Read More »

We are a mobile tech site so it’s only fitting that we provide the best way to get our stuff even when you are mobile.  We’ve been testing a mobile version that is working well so we want to make sure you have it in … Read More »

You can’t please everybody. There’s a reason why that line is a cliché.  I’ve yet to hear of a freelancer who never encountered a client who was disappointed in their work.  Some clients keep their frustrations to themselves or simply stop working with you.  Others, however, … Read More »

This is the risk of falling in love with free services. We’ve written positively about I Want Sandy and Stikkit in the past, two simple but effective productivity web apps. The company behind the apps, Values of n, has announced … Read More »

You may have caught our round-up of iPhone apps for your car from a few weeks ago. Well, it’s time for another batch, so here’s our our list of 9 fitness-related iPhone apps. Once again, each item on the list links to a full review … Read More »

A couple days ago I posted an entry about Mozilla’s new Fashion Your Firefox add-on promotional campaign. Among the apps listed was one that I nearly overlooked, but that now strikes me as indispensable. It’s called Thumbstrips, and it’s a product of … Read More »

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