Archive for January, 2006

Exodus whyreboot

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

If you have ever wondered what is going to happen when your windows machine asks you to reboot then this program might help. Sounds silly in some ways but if you make a habit of saying you will reboot later when installing software it might be useful.
“Exodus WhyReboot is a small (60KB) Windows application that […]

make your windows faster

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

activehowto.com have a interesting list of things that you can do to improve the performance and make your windows machine run faster.
They write:

Make Your Windows Fast As Never Before!

I’ve focused here on the ones which are simple to do and won’t cause problems if you get it wrong, rather than listing registry tweaks etc.


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activewords for mindmanager 6

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

Over at the productivity podcast blog, Cameron Reilly mentions an email he received from Buzz about a new set of activewords that relate to mindmanger. I am pretty excited about this as mindmanager and active words are two of my favorite and most used programs.
I had a look around the activewords web site and while […]

Xbox Australian debut delayed

Monday, January 30th, 2006

The Age reports that the xbox Australian debut is to be delayed. I wonder what the delay was for the xbox 360?
“ Microsoft will launch its new Xbox 360 console in Australia at exactly one minute past midnight on Thursday, March 23.
The announcement of the date was published on the official Xbox site on Friday.
The new […]

library thing

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

If you are pedantic about your book collection and in particular the way your bookshelves are organised then you might want to check this web app out. It is in beta at the moment but new features are being added all the time
Library Thing

Catalog your books online

Easy. Catalog your books online, or just keep […]

magicbutton on your treo 650

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

Magicbutton looks like an interesting program for my treo 650. If you use your treo to listen to mp3’s which I do occassionally if I want to carry my phone with me and I don’t just have my ipod mini.
“magicButton is a clever utility designed for the Treo? 600/650 to control PocketTunes, dial phone numbers […]

Mindmanager and Microsoft sharepoint

Saturday, January 28th, 2006

Mindjet are constantly releasing software that makes mindmanger a better product. Here they go again.
“Ever since Microsoft SharePoint came on the scene, our customers have been asking how to put MindManager files on SharePoint so that they can be edited.  Well, here it is:“

MindManager SharePoint Integrationhttp://www.mindjet.com/labs/SharePoint.html
For more details see the mindjet blog

Speedfiler

Friday, January 27th, 2006

For those of you who are still using or even locked into Microsoft Outlook as your mail client of choice – this program might make it a bit more useful.
Speedfiler has been released and allows you to file away your email messages into meaningful order.
The features include:
SpeedFiler Features

Quickly file received messages

File outgoing messages as you […]

paperless challenge

Friday, January 27th, 2006

Eric Mack has his paperless challenge podcast up – or at least the first part. I have been waiting for this for a while – so, am downloading it now. Eric covers the following topics:
Paperless Challenge Discussion topics: Inspiration and objectives for the paperless challenge Preparation: hardware & software Tools and methodologies Surprising discoveries Tips, […]

blog tools comparasion

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Jordon Cooper points out an interesting table that compares the various blogging platforms. If you are thinking about getting onto the blogging ride or are reconsidering the design of your site then this table might be worth a look.
Blogging tools comparasion here
Jordon Cooper blog entryhere