Thursday, December 18, 2008
Design
Customise Your Linux Panel Clock
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Linux users with a GNOME-based desktop can modify how their time is displayed just about any way they want, and in any order. The Tips4Linux blog explains how, although the exact location of your custom_format setting may vary depending on your panel setup. Once you’ve found it, you can use any of the standard formatting symbols to arrange your time display. More »
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List.It Synchronises Text Notes In Firefox
10:00PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): list.it combines the keyboard-tap availability of Firefox’s sidebar with the helpfulness of always-there, synchronized text notes. After installing the extension and setting up your shortcuts for the sidebar, note searching, and the quick-input bar (the defaults are, unfortunately, Mac-specific), you’re pretty much set up to start tapping away. If you’re frantically browsing and searching for gift ideas or last-minute work research, being able to quickly enter notes that get automatically backed up across Firefox browsers is no small help. If you’re feeling generous and non-private, you can opt to let MIT’s Haystack research team examine your notes and timing in their studies of productivity, memory, and the like. list.it is a free download, works wherever Firefox does. list.it [MIT Haystack Group] More »
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Remember The Task Puts Remember The Milk In A Stand-Alone Window
9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: Remember the Task simply puts web task manager Remember the Milk’s familiar gadget interface into a stand-alone Adobe AIR window, but maybe that’s just what you need. RTM’s stripped-down, vertically-aligned rectangle is the same you’ll see in its Gmail and iGoogle gadgets, as well as a Vista Sidebar widget and desktop embeds. But since Remember the Task is its own desktop window, you can minimise it to your tray, keep it on your second monitor, or simply have it available by hitting Alt-Tab. Remember the Tray is a free download for all systems, requires the Adobe AIR platform to install and run. Remember the Task [Adobe AIR Marketplace] More »
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5:00PM Angus Kidman | As Christmas approaches, many of us will be setting out-of-office replies on our email, but you can bet that lots of people won’t pay any attention to your carefully specified set of dates. The Outlook Team Blog suggests an approach to make sure that information is obvious: incorporating a miniature calendar into your replies, so there’s a clear visual cue for when you’ll be away. Presumably it will come out as a bunch of strange numbers if the receiver doesn’t support HTML mail, but in an office environment, this might be just the ticket.
Making Miniature Calendars [Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog]
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Add A Miniature Calendar To Your Out-Of-Office Reply
5:00PM Angus Kidman | As Christmas approaches, many of us will be setting out-of-office replies on our email, but you can bet that lots of people won’t pay any attention to your carefully specified set of dates. The Outlook Team Blog suggests an approach to make sure that information is obvious: incorporating a miniature calendar into your replies, so there’s a clear visual cue for when you’ll be away. Presumably it will come out as a bunch of strange numbers if the receiver doesn’t support HTML mail, but in an office environment, this might be just the ticket.
Making Miniature Calendars [Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog]
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Communicate
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Social networking tool Twitter can seem like a weird and mysterious experience when you first encounter it, but in fact making the most of it is largely a matter of common sense and a clearly defined purpose. Underlining the point, TwiTip features a guest post on things you shouldn’t do on Twitter, written by a 10-year old blogger. Gloson’s four points — don’t be self-centred, respond to others, don’t use automated responders, make sure you’re saying something interesting — might seem basic, but those kinds of things do make the difference between being a valued Twitter user or being the kind of person no-one wants to follow.
4 Constant Twitter Mistakes You Should Avoid [TwiTip]
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4 Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make On Twitter
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Social networking tool Twitter can seem like a weird and mysterious experience when you first encounter it, but in fact making the most of it is largely a matter of common sense and a clearly defined purpose. Underlining the point, TwiTip features a guest post on things you shouldn’t do on Twitter, written by a 10-year old blogger. Gloson’s four points — don’t be self-centred, respond to others, don’t use automated responders, make sure you’re saying something interesting — might seem basic, but those kinds of things do make the difference between being a valued Twitter user or being the kind of person no-one wants to follow.
4 Constant Twitter Mistakes You Should Avoid [TwiTip]
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Work
AirSet Creates ‘Cloud Computers’ For Your Data
2:40PM Kevin Purdy | Free web desktop AirSet probably fits into your working habits better than most other desktops, because it runs like a multi-tasking computer and hooks into your existing data pretty tightly. Our ingenious (and Firefox-obsessed) intern AsianAngel loves AirSet, and let us know that it recently rolled out new features and updates to the “cloud computer,” so we signed up, took some screenshots, and shared them below. More »
Money
1:00PM Angus Kidman | In challenging economic times, having a savings nest egg is more important than ever — but our motivation for saving money also changes. What’s inspiring Australians to put aside money as we get ready to enter 2009, and are we using the best tactics? More »
What Are We Saving For?
1:00PM Angus Kidman | In challenging economic times, having a savings nest egg is more important than ever — but our motivation for saving money also changes. What’s inspiring Australians to put aside money as we get ready to enter 2009, and are we using the best tactics? More »
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11:00AM Angus Kidman | If you’re a fan of social music service Last.fm and you have a Vodafone mobile, you could be in luck. Vodafone Scrobbler lets you access Last.fm on a small group of Nokia handsets with Vodafone accounts, including the N95, N96, N78 and 6210. Vodafone is promising more models and the ability to purchase music through the service (an option already available in Germany) in the future. Vodafone Scrobbler is a free download for select Nokia handsets (currently).
Vodafone Scrobbler
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Vodafone Scrobbler Adds Last.fm Support To Some Nokia Phones
11:00AM Angus Kidman | If you’re a fan of social music service Last.fm and you have a Vodafone mobile, you could be in luck. Vodafone Scrobbler lets you access Last.fm on a small group of Nokia handsets with Vodafone accounts, including the N95, N96, N78 and 6210. Vodafone is promising more models and the ability to purchase music through the service (an option already available in Germany) in the future. Vodafone Scrobbler is a free download for select Nokia handsets (currently).
Vodafone Scrobbler
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Work
Convert Your PowerPoint Presentation To DVD
10:15AM Adam Pash | Weblog FreewareGenius walks through three different methods for burning your PowerPoint presentation to a DVD using free software. The three methods discussed involve converting the presentation to an intermediate format like video, Flash, or JPEG, and then burning that more DVD-friendly file format to a DVD. If you’ve ever needed present somewhere where all you had was a DVD player and monitor, this post has you covered inside and out. Unfortunately there are no free one-step options, but the post is detailed and easy to follow along with. Photo by garethjmsaunders How to convert PowerPoint to DVD for free [FreewareGenius] . More »
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