Archive for the 'hacks' Category

skin gmail, google reader and del.icio.us

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Web worker daily has some nice tips on skinning popular websites. I use the gmail and google reader one and could not be happier.
“Sites like Gmail, Google Reader and del.icio.us
are essential, functional and extensible. We live in them. But
aesthetically, they don’t win raves out of the box. Thank goodness a
web application’s look & feel is […]

gcalsync

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

I am quite taken by google calendar and so I am looking for a way to sync my treo 750 with my google calendar.For good measure, it would be nice to also have ical synced as well, although this is not critical.
This product looks interesting…

Carry your Google Calendar in your pocket! […]

The GMail Nerve Center

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Steve Rubel from Micro Persuasion has put together a handy multi-tutorial for using Gmail as the center for a variety of applications. These include:

How to turn Gmail into a massive personal database (Gmail + the Google Toolbar)

How to get real-time news updates in Gmail (Gmail+ Google Talk + Twitter)

How to automatically store your bookmarks in […]

Keyboard Cleaner

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

This is a cool donation ware program. It allows you to clean your keyboard and not have the key presses send your mac into a frenzy nor do you need to turn your mac off. Very nice!
“I created Keyboard CleanerIt comes in handy when you want to clean your keyboard, but you are afraid you […]

smartfolders in osx

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

I have not used smart folders very much on my mac. For some reason it seems that it cool technology but I can’t think of any actual use for it. Then I thought about that current projects folder that sits on my desktop where I put all my documents that I am currently work on. […]

getcals

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Calendar Swamp points out this cool little script that will allow you to sync your ipod with google calendar.
“Johnny Gizmo has a script called getCals that lets iPods (those with calendars) grab Google Calendars.”
Get it here

blackberry hacks

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Buzz points out an interesting book for blackberry users -
“I’ve been busy for the last several months working on a book for O’Reilly Media called BlackBerry Hacks. It will be published in O’Reilly’s excellent Hacks Series.
I am quite happy with the way the book turned out. It certainly
exceeded my expectations going into it. The […]

Task List coming in Google Calendar?

Monday, May 15th, 2006

downloadsquad point out the news that a task list is likely to be coming soon to google calendar.
Garett Rogers over at Googling Google discovered a few weeks ago that there is some dormant code in Google Calendar that appears to have only one possible use: completable events, otherwise known as tasks. For me, this is […]

activewords review

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

Buzz points out this very indepth review of activewords - it is well worth a read.
To put it simply if you are a windows user and you havent installed this software then you must click over and download the trial straight away. It will change the way you work and interface with your computer.
Check […]

ipod hardware keys

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

Command-Tab has some information on hidden keys for your ipod.
“I grew tired of Googling each time I needed the correct button sequence to put iPods into their various modes, so I’ve put together this little interactive display. Click on one of the three darkened buttons above to display the key presses necessary to put the […]