Saturday, October 13, 2007
Vince Poscente, Speed Advocate
10:00AM Kevin Purdy | Time magazine interviews Vince Poscente, author of The Age of Speed, about his book’s central idea—we should adapt to a speed-obsessed world so we can enjoy the downtime we do have. Poscente mentions a survey he recently took: 56% of people felt that in order to be successful they had to slow their lives down. But 77% felt that things would only speed up in the next five years. So the knee-jerk reaction is that in order for us to feel like we’re enjoying anything, we have to slow down. [But] things aren’t slowing down. Sounds like a variant of Getting Things Done, but Poscente sees technology as a solution to information overload. Has anybody picked up Poscente’s books or heard him speak? Comments are, of course, welcome. Q&A with Vince Poscente [Time] More »
Cheat DVD Regional Encoding
9:00AM Adam Pash | If you’ve ever bought a DVD that wouldn’t play on your DVD player due to region incompatibilities (the film industry’s attempt at protecting their distribution system), Wired’s guide to cheat DVD regional encoding is for you. The cheapest solution: If you live in the U.S. or if you simply want a solution that will work on any DVD player—even those which haven’t been hacked—your best solution is to burn a copy of the movie. More »
Manage Multiple Remote Desktop Connections with mRemote
8:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Connect to and manage multiple remote desktop connections—supporting RDP, VNC, SSH2, and Telnet protocols—in a friendly tabbed interface with free, open source application mRemote. While you could run multiple instances of the Windows Remote Desktop application along with your other remote connections, mRemote allows you to connect to and manage them all from one place without cluttering up your taskbar or running several different applications. Whether you’re controlling your home computer on-the-go with VNC, you prefer Windows Remote Desktop connections (RDP), or you regularly use an SSH2 or even Telnet connections, mRemote is the perfect tool to manage and connect to them all. mRemote is free, Windows only. mRemote [SourceForge via Inspect My Gadget] More »
Bolster Your Output By Thinking Inside the Box
7:00AM Adam Pash | We’ve heard a thousand times that thinking outside the box (i.e., looking at a problem from outside an established set of rules) is an important skill for problem solving, but weblog Read/WriteWeb suggests that thinking inside the box has its own benefits. Improv actors… have long utilised the benefits of inside the box thinking. Improvisation needs a clear catalyst, something to motivate the action, and for that reason improv actors are trained to be very specific with their dialogue. They don’t say, “what’s the matter?” they say, “are you still angry about that time I threw your necklace in the toilet?” The added constraints help them to jump into the scene and continue to be creative and riff off the idea. More »
Send Yourself a Link Reminder with TagMindr
6:00AM Adam Pash | Get reminders of time-specific del.icio.us bookmarks via RSS (with SMS, email, and IM reminders to come) with web application TagMindr. To use it, just tag any del.icio.us bookmark with “tagmindr” as well as the date you’d like to receive the reminder like so: “remind:YYYY-MM-DD”. Then grab your TagMindr RSS feed from the home page and your bookmark will end up in your newsreader when the remind date rolls around. Whether you’re a prolific bookmarker who often lets bookmarks slip through the cracks or you just bookmarked a killer Halloween costume and you want a reminder later in the month, TagMindr’s simple, clever solution could be perfect for you. Tagmindr More »YouTube
5:30AM Adam Pash | Want to watch YouTube videos by location but don’t want to fire up Google Earth to do it? Check out Google Maps mashup Mappeo. More »
Create Motivational Posters with Poster Forge
5:00AM Tamar Weinberg | Windows only: Effortlessly create inspirational posters, movie posters, and wanted posters with Poster Forge, a freeware application for Windows that requires only a few inputs: an image, text, and border color. With a few simple clicks, create posters that you can print in large size for wall-hanging or publish to the internet. If you’re looking for a push for your day and need a little inspiration, Poster Forge is a fast and easy way to create brilliant posters with just a few mouse clicks. Poster Forge is freeware for Windows only. Poster Forge More »
