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Archive for the ‘Cool tools’ Category

May 5th, 2008

Cool Tools: Piky Basket

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We all know that if we want to move folders or files within Windows and we have multiple target folders, we have to do it one by one. This is annoying, especially after reformatting and reinstalling your computer and you need to restore files to where they once were (what I’m doing right […]

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May 1st, 2008

Cool Tools: Dark Room

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Are you having a hard time writing because of all the clutter in your desktop, or maybe the persistent messengers you have installed? If this is your problem, then Dark Room might be for you. Contrary to what the name suggests, it’s not a photography tool.
Created with the sole purpose of providing a writing […]

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April 22nd, 2008

Cool Tools: Tree Style Tab

If you are tired of the same old way tabs are shown in your Firefox browser, then Tree Style Tab is for you.
The Tree Style Tab changes the way you look at tabs in your browser by changing the position, as well as the functionality. Instead of showing it in the usual horizontal bar, […]

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April 19th, 2008

MyFax: A greener alternative to traditional faxing

Sending and receiving faxes produces an alarming amount of accumulated waste. This includes paper, ink cartridges, and old fax machines. Apart from being wasteful, it can also be expensive.  If your company receives fax orders, or sends a lot of faxes to suppliers and vendors, I wouldn’t be surprised if your expenditures for faxing […]

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April 13th, 2008

Cool Tools: RescueTime

Tired of getting sidetracked when you have more important things to do? No extra resources for a time management software? Well, fret no more, as RescueTime provides a good alternative.
RescueTime is a web based time management software that collects data from you on how you spend your time on the computer. This data is then […]

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April 8th, 2008

Cool Tools: AutoHotkey

If you are the kind of person whose work involves a lot of repetitive mouse clicks or keyboard strokes, then you’d be delighted with AutoHotkey. Designed with automation in mind, it allows you to create macros that will send keystrokes automatically. You can create macros for joysticks, mouse and the keyboard. You can also create […]

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March 19th, 2008

Get a throwaway email address from Mailinator

You want to download an exclusive report or document, but to get to it you need to send in your email address. You know what’s going to happen - these people are going to send you some “newsletters” or, well, spam. If you absolutely need access to something but don’t want to be […]

By Celine -- 3 comments

March 13th, 2008

Interview with Adrian McEwen of tedium

Photo Credit: Image from Adrian McEwen  from MCQN, Ltd.
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I’ve recently had the pleasure of interviewing Adrian McEwen, founder of MCQN Ltd. One of their projects is tedium, a web-based to-do list application.
Before you go “Not another to-do list!”, I encourage you to read the interview, as I found it refreshing to discover tedium’s unique […]

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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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