Friday, April 10, 2009
Work
Widerbug Tweaks Firebug To Fit Your Wide Screen
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Firefox: If you’ve ever sighed and said “Oh Firebug, if only you were wide screen!”, today is your lucky day. Widerbug is a version of the popular web development tool tweaked for wide screens. More »
Communicate
Gmail Adds Inline Image Embedding
10:40PM Kevin Purdy | There are some Gmail Labs features that are creative, neat, and truly new. Then there are the things that make email veterans say, “Well, finally!” Inline image additions certainly fall in the latter category. More »
Work
Constant Contact With Your Boss Makes You Productive (Seriously)
9:35PM Kevin Purdy | A detailed study of 2,600 IBM workers’ communications found those with “strong connections” to their bosses over IM, email, and social networks generate noticeably more billable hours. Seems unlikely, right? Well, yes and no. More »
Work
Pogoplug Shares Any USB Drive Over The Internet
7:00AM Adam Pash | Share any USB hard drive over the internet in a snap with next to no configuration with Pogoplug, an impressive new plug-and-play gadget. More »
Work
What’s Your Personal Business Model?
7:00AM Adam Pash | Over at weblog Freelance Switch, our very own Gina Trapani discusses crafting a personal business model—that is, an ideal vision of what you want to get from the work you do. More »
Work
The Vanishing Standing Desk
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | What’s the best part about hiding a standing desk in a wardrobe? Simply closing the doors makes your entire office vanish. More »
Fix
That Pesky Conficker Gets Busy, Updates
4:30AM Adam Pash | CNET reports that the widespread PC worm Conficker—which was scheduled to wreak havoc on April 1 but didn’t do much at all—has updated via P2P and downloaded a large program (possibly a keylogger). So while it hasn’t caused many problems yet, Conficker’s not dead yet, and it’s still looking to do some damage. Luckily it’s never been easier to detect whether or not your computer is infected by Conficker, so if you haven’t already, diagnose your computer; if you discover you are infected, here’s how to protect your PC and remove Conficker. [CNET] More »
Design
Picfont Lets You Write Comments On Pictures
4:00AM The How-To Geek | Web application Picfont adds text to uploaded images, so you can quickly annotate an image from any computer—or just make fun pictures to share. More »
Organise
Sweet Dreams Gradually Lowers Your System Volume On A Schedule
2:30AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Free application Sweet Dreams adjusts the system volume on your PC on a schedule, perfect for letting the music lull you to sleep without leaving it on all night long. More »
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