About Ryan Dube
Ryan has a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering. He's worked 13 years in automation engineering, 5 years in IT, and now is an Apps Engineer. A former Managing Editor of MakeUseOf, he's spoken at national conferences on Data Visualization and has been featured on national TV and radio.
6 Soft Skills Every Technology Worker Needs for Career Success
Some special skills are lacking in the IT field. For career success, you need the right attitude. Here are six important soft skills that'll get you noticed at your next IT job interview.
SpecificFeeds Lets You Syndicate And Subscribe To Customized RSS Updates
Wouldn't it be nice to isolate stories that are only focused on the topics you like or are written by the authors you enjoy the most? SpecificFeeds makes it possible to do exactly that.
5 Silly Ways People Try To Hide Internet Use at Work
Lots of people waste time at work. It's so common that I decided to put together a list of the funniest things people do to try and cover up their slacking off at work.
6 Ways to Get Busy People to Answer Your Emails
There are a whole different set of rules when it comes to emailing that will encourage or discourage a person to hit the "reply" button and answer you. Learn the rules of email success.
Use Your Android Tablet to Make Black Friday Shopping Painless [US & Canada Only]
It appears that Black Friday is a tradition that's here to stay. So, why not arm yourself with a few tools for your tablet, to make your shopping mission just a little bit easier?
How The Internet Has Revitalized Legitimate Work At Home Jobs
Is there any truth to the work-from-home stigma? We would like to introduce two examples of today's "online workers" who work exclusively online and you can decide for yourself.
How To Create An Automated PC Health Reporting System
You're out having lunch as your mobile alerts you to an important text. The SMS reads: "Home Computer Alert: 3 hacking attempts." This is not fiction! Let us show you how to do this!
3 Steps To Get Google Authorship For Yourself And Your Website
Setting up Google Authorship for yourself is well worth the effort for all its benefits. But really, it's hardly any effort at all as these three simple steps show you how easy it is.
A Little Bit Of Me: 4 Reasons Why You Should Set Up Google Authorship
Have you established Google Authorship yet? Beyond the aesthetic value of your profile photo in the search results, Google Authorship has a few more benefits. Find out what they are here.
Is Facebook Going The Same Way As MySpace?
It happened with the massive community of AOL Online during the dialup days, it happened with Yahoo Search during the late 1990's. And history is more likely than not to repeat itself with Facebook. Why?
7 Best Resources to Monitor the Latest Google Search Algorithm Changes
Do you worry a lot about Google's next major algorithm change? The skill is to know exactly when the change took place in the algorithm, and to understand exactly what changes were made.
How To Automate Firefox Or Chrome With Excel VBA And Selenium
The key to automation is doing things faster and easier than you've ever done before. So what part of your workload would you like to automate? Let's see what we can do!
Monitor Your Network and Watch Your Bandwidth With NetworkMiner
When your Internet connection slows down to slow motion, it's not always the ISP's fault. The culprit could be in your house! Let's see how you can identify it.
Breathing New Life Into an Old Android: How I Revitalized A Motorola Droid
This article is about my effort to transform an old, dog-tired Motorola Droid into a useful phone that can still be used to check email, post on Facebook and research online.
Create A Free Online Database For Any Purpose With Soda DB
Beginner or expert -- creating your own free Soda DB database will allow you the freedom of having your own database, without the hassle of having to install and maintain one on a server.
7 Questions To Ask A Computer Technician Before He Starts Work
Finding the right computer technician could lead to a hassle-free fix. Ask the right questions and you can easily weed out the fly-by-night computer repairmen from the ones that know their business.
Windows 8 Transformation Pack Can Make Windows 7 Turn Modern
Windows 8 is cool, particularly the interface. Now that's hardly a good enough reason to upgrade an entire operating system! How about upgrading only the look of Windows 7 to a fully functional Modern UI?
How to Boost Your PC Startup Time With BootRacer and MSConfig
Is your computer booting in slow motion? This is a common PC nuisance that gets worse over time. Rather than re-installing your operating system, try to clean out your boot menu using BootRacer!