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Archive for the ‘Cool downloads’ Category

July 13th, 2008

Cool tools: Index Your Files

When dealing with large number of files and an equally large amount of folders, getting your hands on important files can take precious time. Index Your Files aims to speed up and simplify that process by the use of indexing.
The software doesn’t need any installation – it’s ready to use once downloaded and extracted. When […]

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July 7th, 2008

PushPin gives an “Always on top” option for all windows

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Help files. HTML codes. Documents you need to cut and paste. These are just a few of the examples of windows you would always want to be visible. But because not all programs natively support the always visible feature, you can easily lose them when dealing with many windows. PushPin solves this age-old problem […]

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June 21st, 2008

Cool Tools: Check Off

For those who love having checklists for almost anything, Second Gear brings you Check Off.
Check Off is a Mac OS X To-Do checklist that is both easy and intuitive to use. To get it up and running, you just need to download the installer and run the setup file. After that, Check Off is easily […]

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June 17th, 2008

Cool Tools: Duplicate File Searcher

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Duplicate files are simply a waste of space but are often left unchecked due to the amount of effort needed to find these files.  Plus, it makes your hard drive ridiculously disorganized.
Duplicate File Checker aims to simplify and automate the searching process. It offers several file comparison methods: by file name, file date, or file […]

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May 27th, 2008

Cool Tools: “Talking Alarm Clock” for Your Desktop

 
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It’s easy to have a simple alarm clock on your computer’s desktop. But what about an alarm clock that can talk, plays media files, open programs, sends e-mail and opens web pages as well? That can only be the Talking Alarm Clock. Or, of course, your computer could be haunted.
By utilizing the Microsoft Agent, […]

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February 26th, 2008

Downloadables: PC Fare Meter

Want to know how much your time is worth and where you spend it?  PC Fare Meter works like a taxicab meter for your working life.  From the website:
Clocks your time, what you’ve been working on and adds up how much $ you should charge clients

No need to remember what you were doing, automatically records […]

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February 19th, 2008

Downloadables: Thinking Rock

Thinking Rock is a free organizational tool based on David Allen’s GTD system.
From the website:
Thinking Rock allows you to collect your thoughts and process them into actions, projects, information or future possibilities.
Actions can be done by you, delegated to someone else or scheduled for a particular date. Projects can be organized with ordered actions and […]

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February 12th, 2008

Cubicle Freakout!

Stressed at work?  Release it all with this fun flash game called Cubicle Freakout.  It lets you tear apart your office, throw your computer off the window, and measures your stress levels based on your game play.  (I was told that I’m a bit tense and need some tea!)
Give it a try for your […]

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January 28th, 2008

Cool Tools: Basecamp

Whenever you are doing collaborative work, it is important that every player communicates with each other. To do that, you can simply email each other. Or you can use Basecamp.
Basecamp has improving communications between team members, making it easier to collaborate on a single project. Easy to setup, simple to use and very flexible, […]

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January 21st, 2008

Downloadables: OpenProj

Project management can be a tough gig, but, with the right organizing tools, you can be quite productive.  OpenProj is one of those tools.
From the website:
OpenProj is a free, open source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. OpenProj has been downloaded over 175,000 times in the first weeks since it was released and has quickly become […]

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