Archive for the 'software' Category
Sunday, February 4th, 2007
The instant messaging client that I use on my mac has made version 1.
“With over 600 enhancements and bug fixes, Adium 1.0 is the culmination of over a year and a half of development. New features include a shiny new default appearance, an installation setup assistant, improved account management, privacy management, iTunes Now Playing status, […]
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
An update to the cool writeroom - I have used this program a little in conferences and it makes a huge difference in allowing you not to be distracted.
“For Mac users who enjoy the simplicity of a typewriter, but live in the digital world. WriteRoom is a full-screen, distraction-free writing environment. Unlike the cluttered word […]
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Saturday, August 26th, 2006
The new version of Evernote is out and if you are a windows user it would be well worth a look. Looks like some pretty handy additions to an already impressive program that helps you manage all those little pieces of information.
“New features of EverNote 1.5 include:
Synchronization of EverNote databases with USB flash drives and […]
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
Darren over at Problogger points out a video showing a step by step instructions on how to set up a wordpress blog. Neat!
“1. Installing a free FTP program and connecting to your website
2. Creating a database for Wordpress.
3. Installing Wordpress.
4. Configuring Wordpress settings.
5. Setting up permalinks.
6. Writing and editing a post.
7. Uploading images.
8. Creating a […]
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
Check out this list of 150 cool Microsoft downloads.
“Ex-Microsoftie Robert Scoble points us to this list of 150 “cool Microsoft downloads”. While some people might take issue with a few (okay, more than a few) of the selections on this list, it’s still a pretty impressive list. Consider that all of this software is generated […]
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
I didn’t know that this program had been updated and I had been frustrated it wasn’t working on my intel macbook. But, now it works perfectly. Very handy to be able to see when I need to do drain and reset my battery to get that oh so wonderful battery life.
“coconutBattery isn’t just a […]
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Friday, July 21st, 2006
CoComment has been updated and is well worth checking out if you comment on a whole range of blogs and can never remember where you left a comment and then miss the following conversations.
CoComent is a popular browser tool for tracking conversations in the comments sections of blogs. It catches the comments you’ve made […]
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Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Further to the last post about this wonderful program - quicksilver. The forums at quicksilver are abuzz with a cheat sheet and a manual being developed. It is still a work in progress but it is a worthy start and you might find that nice tip that makes it all worthwhile.
As the unofficial apple weblog […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2006
Calendar share may be what you are looking for if you are looking for a way to easily share you calendar in a outlook world.
"Users are now able to view multiple calendars side by side in OWA using Messageware CalendarShare. CalendarShare adds Outlook-like features to enhance OWA calendaring, making it easier to view and schedule […]
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
Chris Pratley’s has a post showing the ways Onenote 2007 is best buddies with Outlook 2007
“From the beginning of OneNote we’ve
had a lot of requests to deepen our integration with Outlook. In 2003
we had several connection points: you could email notes directly from
OneNote if you had Outlook 2003, and you could create tasks from
OneNote items. […]
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