Friday, October 9, 2009 - Page 2
Organise

Fences Desktop Icon Organiser Updates To Version 1.0

Windows only: Remember Fences, the awesome desktop icon organiser we highlighted back in February? Fences just left beta and rolled out its 1.0 release, and it continues to keep your cluttered desktop icons in attractive, minimal, organised groups.


Work

Open Spaces And Ambient Lighting

One normally doesn’t associate pre-teens with sophisticated workspace design and a firm grasp of programming languages, but there’s a first time for everything.


Communicate

Master Their Rules Of Engagement To Get On Well With Colleagues

Part of a creating a copacetic work environment is learning to work well with colleagues. The real secret, according to BusinessWeek, is to ditch your expectations and accept that some people live by a very different set of rules.


Work

iPhone Releases OS 3.1.2 Update, Fixes A Few Bugs

Apple has just pushed out an update for all iPhone generations in the form of iPhone OS 3.1.2. Don’t expect any major feature updates in this 241MB download, but do expect a few fixes to some annoying problems, most notably:


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Redux Creates Playlists Of Your Friends’ Links Or Videos

You’ll never have time to check out all the stuff your friends link and rave about on Facebook and Twitter, but Redux aims to offer those links up in smarter, playlist-like fashion. We’ve got 2000 invites if that sounds entertaining.


Work

Go Straight To Your Unread Gmail Messages With A Shortcut

You probably already know how to find unread messages in Gmail (search is:unread in:inbox, but if you want quick, bookmarkable access to only those unread messages in your inbox, CNET has a simple suggestion.


Design

Skip The Flash Unless Your Subject Is Moving

Just because they put a flash on your camera doesn’t mean you should use it. In fact, our camera-obsessed sibling blog Gizmodo suggests that there are very few occasions to bust out the little eye-reddening light source.


Work

Build A Killer Windows Home Server From Scratch

Windows Home Server is a fairly easy way to start streaming net content and sharing files between home computers. Maximum PC details the building, installation, and management of a pretty serious Home Server setup, from the ground up.


Organise

Use A Procedure List To Make Sure Routine Tasks Are Done Thoroughly

Just because a procedure is routine doesn’t mean we carry around list in our heads of every single step. For routine but infrequent tasks making a procedure list ensures a job is done efficiently and thoroughly.


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Make The Minimalist, Fading Google Homepage Your Default

If you saw the single-word, fading-text Google experiment and responded with “I want to go to there,” you’re just a simple JavaScript cut-and-paste tap away from making it your default.