Archive for the 'web sites' 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 […]

google bug

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

I have got a case of the google bug quite bad!
I am experimenting with moving most of my computing life over the google online apps.
Why? Well, a number of reasons. One, I am on annual leave and I enjoy this type of stuff - playing with new applications and the like and two, the advantage […]

Find Free Software With deligio

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

“Deligio is a search engine that specifically searches freeware and shareware software. The site is pretty simple, just search for whatever you’d like the software to do, and Deligio returns a list of freeware and shareware applications that will do what you requested. If you find something you absolutely love, deligio also supports tagging and […]

furl

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

A new version of furl is available.
I have been using del.icio.us but I must admit that furl looks cool. My del.icio.us links hook into quicksilver which is a huge advantage so I must check if furl does the same before I move over.
“We have revamped the design and made it easier to create and find […]

How to set up Wordpress

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 […]

cocomment

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 […]

web 2 awards

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

This a comprehensive list of web 2 web sites that will allow you to perform all most all of your software application tasks online. Most people know gmail and bloglines but there is a lot more excellent web apps out there.
Have a look at this list and see if any strike your fancy.
In my daily […]

del.icio.us implements private bookmarks

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

The del.icio.us blog points out that del.icio.us the link sharing web site now allows you to save links that are private. Could be handy! Particularly as the geekyinfo daily links are generated automatically from del.icio.us – so, now if I want to save a link that is not of a geek nature then I can […]

onfolio the microsoft way

Friday, March 17th, 2006

If you want to install the new ofolio - done the Microsoft way since Microsoft aquired the company and is not releasing the software for free then you should read this post.
Kevin Tofel has been doing just that and he has worked out that you should uninstall your previous version of onfolio before you install […]

google and online drives

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

Cybernet points out that google’s authorised gdrive is on the way – it makes me smile a little how the blogsphere gets all excited about forthcoming google products. I mean I do too. But there are so many web apps out there that will do what google’s online drive will do – and you can […]