Archive for July, 2005

podcast search

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Phil mentioned a while ago a service which uses RSS to alert you to particular topics in broadcasts and newsfeeds. Well the launched site also offers a great deal of functionality for podcasts. From the site:
blinkx.tv uses advanced speech recognition and video analysis to actually listen and watch thousands of podcasts and video-blogs […]

OmniOutliner 3

Friday, July 29th, 2005

If you are a mac user and looking for a way to implement GTD or just get yourself organised then this software might be worth checking out.

OmniOutliner 3, an amazingly flexible program for creating, collecting, and organizing information. Give your creativity a kick start by using an application that’s actually designed to help you think. […]

Cowon iAudio X5

Friday, July 29th, 2005

cnet reviews the Cowon iAudio X5 (20GB) and suggests that it looks like an ipod killer on paper but perhaps not close up.
They write about its good points:
Small size; video player with 260,000-color LCD; customizable wallpaper; FM radio; line-in and voice recording; photo viewer; text-file reader; excellent sound quality; reads photos directly from digital cameras; […]

Gtd and pocketinformant

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Gtd and pocketinformant
Here’s what we discuss on this page:

Setting up ToDo List categories

Using the Two-Minute Rule

Taking one step at a time

Read more here

Optismise your mac OS X

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Mac OS X speed FAQ
Looking for ways to speed up your mac? Then check out this list of tips on how to optimise the mac os X operating system.
(hat tip to digg.com)

vista screenshots

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Paul Thurrot’s has a collection of screen shots for the forthcoming longhorn release. Ooops I mean Vista not longhorn.

treo killer from Motorola?

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Motorola announces a new phone that they hope is a treo killer or something that will atleast gain some ground. I must admit I love my treo and the picture of this phone doesn’t tempt me that much. It just looks squarer than the treo.

The First no-Compromises QWERTYToday’s individuals and corporations are looking for mobility […]

Managing GTD Projects in Outlook

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

Managing GTD Projects in Outlook

These pages are a quick illustration of how to use the built-in capabilities of Outlook to manage your GTD Project List and associated items.
This method is based on treating a Project as if it were an Outlook Contact item.  As a result, you can link all of your associated tasks, contacts, […]

inventor of CTRL-ALT-DEL

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

Check out this video that contains the following:

David Bradley describes how he invented CTRL-ALT-DEL, then tries to packpedal after he inadvertantly slams Bill Gates for making it famous.

Heads up to digg.com

WINFS an update to windows vista

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

the unofficial microsft webblog points out Paul Thurrott comments on how WINFS will be an update to windows vista.

“Even though Windows Vista will not include WinFS, it will still include virtually all of the end user search features that Microsoft had originally promised. Microsoft describes this feature—which is essentially instant desktop search—as “Find My Stuff.” […]