Jott is a service that lets you send messages in either text or speech format from your cellphone. You call your Jott number, leave the message, choose the recipients and Jott does the rest. I believe Jott could be very helpful as a to do/GTD manager. Jott – [Jott.com]
Workspace is a online development environment that facilitates the complete management of your Web-based projects. With a syntax highlighting editor built right in, it provides the ability to edit text, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, Java, Perl, SQL and other types of files directly on a remote server. Finding and managing those files is made easy with a cutting-edge file management utility embedded right in the app. With this utility, users can connect to, and manage the files on an arbitrary number of ftp sites simultaneously. Don’t have access to an ftp server? No... More »
Real Simple has an article that introduces many different ways to organize your digital photography collection. The article covers topics such as hosting your images online, organizing them on the desktop, printing, and using shared services like flickr. You can’t invite everyone over whenever you take new pictures, but with a few mouse clicks you can send photos from your computer to websites where friends and family can view them online, for free, and order prints. Organize your digital photos – [Real Simple]
The Cranking Widgets Blog has a reminder article about 8 ways to use email ineffectively. The Cranking Widgets Blog sheds light on 8 common mistakes people make when sending email. I think we’re all guilty of making these mistakes at one point or another. Saying Way More than is Necessary – This is one you won’t know the message has committed until at least a third of the way through it. If you find yourself thinking “for Pete’s sake, get to the point…” – you’ve got one of these messages. You see,... More »
You can create your own photo album to host your picture collection on the web in just a few simple steps. The Digital Photography School has a short (six minute) video tutorial that demonstrates how to create your own web-based photo album using Photoshop. The process is all graphical and automated, so you don’t have to be a techie to get this done. How to Create Websites for Your Pictures – Video Tutorial – [Digital Photography School]
If you’ve got a wedding coming up your guests will certainly appreciate a detailed map including the locations of the wedding ceremony, the reception hall, the hotel, etc. The Wedding Mapper is a three step website that will automatically create a map that has the locations of all the various parts of your wedding. Wedding Mapper was built to make it fun, easy, and affordable for you to map out your wedding, ensuring that everyone from your guests to your photographer have all the information they need for your wedding. We wanted... More »
65 Shares Playgreen is a recently launched wiki that allows users to contribute ideas about how to live environmentally conscious lives. If you’re looking for ways to live greener (or if you’re an expert in the green lifestyle) give Playgreen a read. We’ are smarter than ‘me’. The central premise of this assumption is that large groups of people (‘We’) can, and should, make a fantastic resource site to foster responsible consumption habits in our daily life, economy, industries. Green architects have a lot to say about current households, the used materials, the sustainability... More »
41 Shares The Freelance Switch weblog compiled a list of 101 resources for freelancers and small business owners. The list is extremely thorough and covers resources dedicated to timing, invoicing, project management and organization, stock libraries, business tools, legal, job boards, web tools, advertising and marketing, and even a bunch of miscellaneous tools. The web is such a big and wonderful place, packed with tools and resources which you all too often don’t know about. So to help all you freelancers out there we have compiled a gigantic list of resources, categorized up for... More »
67 Shares So you’re at a lunch meeting with a potential employer and the lunch is going to turn into an interview. If you don’t have an opportunity to run to the restroom to brush your teeth after the meal, the following are five tips to help you choose a meal selection that will keep your breath fresh. Bad breath results from two key issues: oral hygiene and gastrointestinal health. Basically this means that breath odors originate not just inside the mouth but also from your digestive tract. The culprit in both cases is... More »
Since you’re not sitting at your home computer all day, (you have a job right?) your computer is probably available to become your personal productivity/fun slave. The following are five ways to make use of your idle computer when you are away. Legally download (good) music for free If the whole copyright issue surrounding free music irks you, and if P2P clients aren’t your bag (Limewire, BearShare, etc.), don’t worry because there is still a way to download mainstream MP3s, legally, for free. A lot of bands have jumped on the free... More »
The Scott H Young weblog has an interesting article that introduces the concept of social energy. Unlike traditional “types” of energy (mental and physical), social energy is a form of energy that is derived from the interaction with others. Social energy comes from spending time in a stimulating environment with other people. The symptoms of a lack of social energy are obvious. It happens when you stare restlessly at your computer screen, watch television or surf the internet hoping for some stimulation. You don’t feel tired or unenthusiastic, but agitated, bored and... More »
A few weeks ago we posted the top 10 Firefox extensions to improve your productivity. Today Computer World did a reverse post that lists ten Firefox extensions you should not use. I find the post interesting because it gives some extremely convincing arguments against many of the extensions that people commonly have on their top 10 Firefox extensions lists. Popularity shouldn’t be the acid test to determine if you should install an extension. The important question is whether it enhances your browsing experience without any nasty side effects. The good news is... More »
Earlier today we posted about the benefits of ditching the TV. If you’re like me, you can never not have a TV (pardon the double negative) — I just love my TV shows too much! However, alluc.org is a website that allows you to watch most popular television shows online. The selection is surprisingly great and I think the reason for this is the sites that alluc.org links to are not legally hosting the content. Regardless, if you miss the most recent episode of your show and it’s not streamed online, head... More »
Scotch tape has always been a great tool for cleaning lint and hair off your clothes in the morning. Well that same piece of Scotch tape can double as a great way to clean your keyboard. This will help to stop your keys from sticking and result in less typos. This is a quick fix that can save you from popping off all the keys on your ‘board. What tips do you have to clean up your keyboard? Cleaning between computer keys. Slide a 2 1/2-inch strip between the rows of your... More »
If you’ve got a blog and you find yourself getting out of control with all the RSS buttons: Google, Bloglines, MSN, Yahoo!, etc. you can tuck all your RSS feeds into a nice little Javascript button called FeedBuddy. It’s much easier to demonstrate…give the RSS button a click below and checkout how nicely it tucks your feeds into a generic RSS “holder.” Feedbuddy will create the script for you. All you need to do is enter your feed address and then drop the code into your website. FeedBuddy is one nice button... More »
