Ideas from Mark Stout

If you ever did the free 30 day trial of Adobe's Creative Cloud where you get free access to programs like Photoshop, Premiere and their other great apps, you can do it again. Adobe has hit reset.  Now everyone can do a 30 day free trial.  Even if they did it before.

Did you know you can buy a video, and later it will be deleted from your library, and you do not receive a refund? It's all legal.  Disney did it at Christmas. Family Tech column  online today.

Family Tech : Simplify your life by using phone & PC together

This is a test of posting automatically from Pocket and using IFTTT.com .  I thought I would try it to start posting more here, using things I find interesting from around the web. American libraries, the argument goes, are in crisis. They've had their funding cut, been forced to fire staff members, and close branches across the country. But, as Pacific Standard explains , that perception isn't entirely accurate. from Pocket http://ift.tt/1aCeBtU via IFTTT

Two days ago, January 24th, was the 30th anniversary of the now famous 1984 ad during the Superbowl announcing the first Apple Macintosh. According to news reports from last Friday, the Mac then hit the stores two day later, or thirty years ago today. It was on that day I had my geekiest moment in my long life and career in technology. Steve Jobs saw me demonstrating the Macintosh. I was recently at a tech meeting that had many Apple faithful in it.  We were asked to go around the room and each tell one interesting them about themselves. I told this story. I wrote a blog post about it five years ago on the 25th anniversary.  The link is here.

Have family members needing a lot more hand holding on their PCs than you want to give?  A Chromebook might be a good gift this Christmas. The latest  Family Tech  is up.

Be sure what attachments you are opening.  Otherwise, it could cost you big. The new  Family Tech  is available.