Zen teacher Marc Lesser offers some great advice on how to put more things on your “not to-do list” and accomplish your goals without getting caught up in meaningless busy-ness. This talk, which happened at the Google campus back in January, is lengthy at almost an hour, and some folks might find it a bit woo-woo. If you’re ok with getting a little Zen mixed up in your workday, it’s a worthy watch before you plan your upcoming workweek. Keep a notebook and pen handy while you watch this one. Coaching Series: Accomplishing More By Doing Less [Google Tech Talks]
Favtape, the Seeqpod-powered counterpart to the still-shut-down Muxtape, has upgraded with a wealth of user-friendly features since we last looked at it. The simple layout remains the same, but now it’s easier to arrange your playlist, share your “tapes” with a static URL, embed a playlist with album art, and connect and listen from an iPhone. Because Favtape relies on Seeqpod’s web-based MP3 searching, there’s still somewhat of a hit-or-miss factor with song playback, but that also makes it less likely to come down when the RIAA gets sufficiently annoyed. Favtape is a free service, requires a sign-up to save playlists.
FavtapeWindows only: Free application Gbridge sets up a virtual private network between any computer over the internet using your Google account as a starting point. Once set up, Gbridge allows you to share files, connect to and remotely control a computer using VNC, sync folders, and back up files to another computer. If you’ve got Google Talk/Gmail chat friends using Gbridge, the app provides the same functionality between your computer and theirs. It all sounds a little convoluted, but in effect it’s actually a relatively painless way for anyone to setup up a VPN between computers, and assuming you’ve already got a Google account, it doesn’t require you to sign up for anything else. The application could be a bit more intuitive in practice, but in terms of what it accomplishes, it’s a winner. Gbridge is freeware, Windows only. Despite the name, it’s not associated with Google.
Gbridge [via FreewareGenius]
