Saturday, June 13, 2009

Communicate

Google Wave Questions And Answers

9:30AM Gina Trapani | After whinging loudly about not having access to the Google Wave preview, Santa GOOG dropped me an invite. Last night I held a Wave Q&A on Twitter; here are the results, complete with screenshots. More »
Work

Find The Environment Where You Thrive

8:00AM Azadeh Ensha | Many factors impact your quality of life. According to actor and comedian Patton Oswalt, knowing your ideal environment type—city, desert, mountains, plains or beach—is an important part of finding a place you can thrive. More »
Fix

Repurpose Empty Bleach Bottles As Dumbbells

7:30AM Azadeh Ensha | Earlier this week we suggested you could save money with no-equipment exercises, but that’s not the only way to workout without burning a hole through your pocketbook. Common household items such as empty bleach bottles can also do the trick. More »
Design

The Starlight Desktop

6:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader rykennedyan’s desktop combines a beautiful wallpaper with a full set of launchers and tools integrated into a taskbar at the bottom of the screen. More »
Work

Save Time With Excel’s Double-Click Tricks

4:00AM The How-To Geek | If you have to deal with boring spreadsheets on a daily basis, every tiny little trick that saves you time is worth it—and the Pointy Haired Dilbert blog runs down a whole list of useful tricks. More »
Organise

WizeHive Offers Simple Project Management

3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re looking for a feature-rich project management tool, WizeHive offers a broad range of tools to make planning, managing, and sharing your projects easier. More »
Work

ViGlance Converts The Vanilla Taskbar Into A Win7-Like Superbar

2:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: If you’ve been holding out for the official release of Windows 7 but want to get your hands on that superbar, ViGlance is the one-step answer. More »
Work

Moovida Media Centre Is A Simplified Big-Screen Player

1:10AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Linux: Clean, straightforward media centre Elisa has grown into something else—namely Moovida, a similar but more advanced and TV-focused media centre. Take a look at what’s new in this brief screenshot tour. More »
Fix

Start A Fire With A Mobile Phone Battery

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | It’s entirely likely that a modern geek would bring an emergency mobile phone on a camping trip, but forget matches or a lighter. If there’s some steel wool handy, that cellphone’s battery can start a fire. More »