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SSD Tips

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If you have a Mac laptop with 8 GB or more RAM memory and an SSD drive, the default Sleep setting in OSX will significantly decrease the lifespan of your SSD drive.

By default, OSX will always save the full contents of your RAM memory to your SSD drive every time you put your laptop to sleep. This feature, called “Safe Sleep” is handy if you have your laptop in sleep mode for weeks and the power runs out. For most use cases however it’s more or less useless, and can safely be disabled.

I have posted detailed instructions on how to disable the Safe Sleep feature on my Mac OSX tips page

Seminar Week

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Yesterday I talked about mobile trends at the EasyFairs expo in Stockholm, and today I will be speaking at Kunskapsbaren arranged by HiQ Stockholm about Mobile Trends and App Strategies. I just finished the final touches to the presentation, and it looks like it might be my best trend seminar yet! :)

Mobile Trends from Barcelona

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Yesterday I held a seminar at the Swedish conference “IT på framkanten” (eng. “At the edge of IT”) about the latest mobile trends from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

I filmed the entire seminar, so if you understand Swedish and have an hour to spare you are very welcome to watch it!

The movies I am showing in the presentation are:

Slide #6: The game Wavespark
http://nmccoy.net/2010/02/17/game-04-wavespark/

Slide #10: Tiny Wings iPhone/iPod Launch Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUnlE4cGgz0

Slide #39: BlackBerry PlayBook Need For Speed Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76uizw41Nww

Slide #45: Motorola XOOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3SD5HeZ0k8

Slide #72: Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave on Xperia PLAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d0xU_7JkjE

Slide #75: Exmor R for mobile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtBZOXiASQk

Slide #84: P2i @ MWC 2011 – Channel 9 demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=SE&v=wkJRvM1zsbQ

Tip: Window Clippings for Windows

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If you use Windows Vista or Windows 7 you should definitely checkout the program Window Clippings if you ever take screen shots of windows or window contents. Window Clippings was updated today to version 3, and it’s one of my favorite utilities for Windows.

Some of the things that makes Window Clippings better than the built-in “Snipping Tool” in Windows 7 are:

  1. Captures window transparency
  2. Captures menus and other complex elements
  3. Delayed capture of elements
  4. And much more

Check it out: Window Clippings 3

Using Windows Phone 7 in Sweden

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If you plan to buy a Windows Phone 7 device in Sweden, there are some things you should take note of:

  1. You will NOT be able to access the Marketplace if you have a Swedish Microsoft Live account. Not even the free apps! The Marketplace application will show you the message “Marketplace is not yet available in your country/region” and then close. Major disappointment.
  2. If you have a Live ID but do not have a Zune.net account connected to it, you will be prompted on your Windows Phone 7 device to set your country. Do NOT set a country that is not your correct country on your main Live ID! You will not be able to change this later, and the only way to change country later is to delete your Live ID and create a new one – which also means all your apps will be lost and your Zune tag will be locked to a deleted account, etc. You probably do NOT want your main Xbox, Zune and Live ID to contain an invalid country code.

So if you have a properly configured Live account, you won’t be able to access any apps at all on Windows Phone 7 in Sweden. Not even the free ones. The only way to get free or paid apps for Windows Phone 7 in Sweden right now is to create a fake Live ID account with an invalid address in another country.