Owncloud setup – replace Dropbox and Google Calendar

This article is work in progress and will be updated along the way. Last update: Sep 6th 2015 – problems, problems.

Why Owncloud?

For some time (before dropdropbox) I thought about replacing dropbox as my primary cloud storage. Instead of choosing another provider like Google Drive or Wuala I decided to try owncloud.

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Best Android Apps – Part 4, Organizer

gentle alarm overview

Recommended Android Apps (you might not know) – Part 4, Organizer

A loose series of blog posts presenting my favourite Android Apps. This selection is naturally quite subjective, but you might find some apps you don’t know yet. If root access is required, this is mentioned, as well as free vs. ad-supported vs. paid.

Organizer means Calendar, E-Mail, Documents and the like Continue reading “Best Android Apps – Part 4, Organizer”

Best Android Apps – Part 1, Utilities

ES File Explorer

Recommended Android Apps (you might not know) – Part 1, Utilities

This will be a loose series of blog posts presenting my favourite Android Apps. This selection is naturally quite subjective, but you might find some apps you don’t know yet. If root access is required, this is mentioned, as well as free vs. ad-supported vs. paid.

Besides the usual stuff (works, doesn’t crash etc.), I like good UI design and of course a responsive developer, if that was necessary.

In the first part there are utilities – system tools, synchronization, file manangement and so on. Continue reading “Best Android Apps – Part 1, Utilities”

Using Android with Mac OS X – How To

Galaxy SII Homescreen

I’m using a Samsung Galaxy SII since two weeks (very good choice so far). But it took some time to figure the best way to sync and use an Android phone with Mac OS X (Snow Leopard). So here are my findings and suggestions.

Note: Of course this is not the only way – you can also use iSync (if your phone is supported, mine currently isn’t), software from your phone manufacturer or other solutions Continue reading “Using Android with Mac OS X – How To”