Thursday, December 10, 2009
Communicate
4:00PM Angus Kidman | The latest issue of the TIO’s statistics on who gets complained about the most show that we’re more than willing to fight the good fight if we don’t get the telecommunications service we want. They also demonstrate that Dodo doesn’t seem to be getting any better. More »
Dodo Still Drawing Huge Volumes Of Complaints
4:00PM Angus Kidman | The latest issue of the TIO’s statistics on who gets complained about the most show that we’re more than willing to fight the good fight if we don’t get the telecommunications service we want. They also demonstrate that Dodo doesn’t seem to be getting any better. More »
Work
2:50PM Angus Kidman | Whenever I whinge about my PC experience, Lifehacker readers often suggest I should use a Mac instead. Next week, I’m going to give it a try and see just how easy it is to switch from one OS to the other by using a MacBook all week as my main machine. More »
MacBook Migrant: My Week With A Mac
2:50PM Angus Kidman | Whenever I whinge about my PC experience, Lifehacker readers often suggest I should use a Mac instead. Next week, I’m going to give it a try and see just how easy it is to switch from one OS to the other by using a MacBook all week as my main machine. More »
Money
12:44PM Angus Kidman | If you run a small business and fancy taking advantage of increased depreciation rates on purchases over $1,000 — say a shiny new PC — then you need to do so before the end of December. But there’s a few rules to bear in mind. More »
December Deadline Looming For Small Business PC Tax Break
12:44PM Angus Kidman | If you run a small business and fancy taking advantage of increased depreciation rates on purchases over $1,000 — say a shiny new PC — then you need to do so before the end of December. But there’s a few rules to bear in mind. More »
Work
From The Tips Box: Earrings And Wine, Gmail Tagging
12:00PM Whitson Gordon | Readers offer their best tips for knowing which wine glass is yours, tagging Gmail messages without labels, and reusing note paper around the house. More »
Design
11:00AM Angus Kidman | There are plenty of good online image editors, but uploading an image for simple tweaks can be painful, especially if the whole aim is making a picture easier to send by reducing its file size. ezyImageResizer lets you resize local images within your browser. More »
ezyImageResizer Resizes Pictures In Your Browser
11:00AM Angus Kidman | There are plenty of good online image editors, but uploading an image for simple tweaks can be painful, especially if the whole aim is making a picture easier to send by reducing its file size. ezyImageResizer lets you resize local images within your browser. More »
Organise
Picasa’s New Permissions Feature Brings Album Collaboration To Your Desktop
10:30AM Lisa Hoover | Windows only: The new Picasa lets users designate who can collaborate on albums while they’re uploading pictures. It’s a huge time-saver over the old method and more efficient for granting friends and family access to individual photo albums. More »
Design
The Back To The Future Desktop
10:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader karmat’s Windows 7 desktop uses WindowBlinds to skin the entire interface with matching wallpaper and Rainmeter configurations for an impressive overall desktop effect. More »
Travel
The Louvre iPhone App’s Like Being There Without The Plane Ticket
9:30AM Lisa Hoover | If you’re not travelling to Paris anytime soon to visit The Louvre, then grab the art museum’s free iPhone app. It’s packed with enough info about its famous paintings to make you feel like you’re there on a private tour. More »
Organise
9:20AM Angus Kidman | Contemplating a move but want to know a bit more about the area you’re considering and make sure you’ll fit in? Suburb Matchmaker draws on a range of information to help you find the best match. More »
Suburb Matchmaker Finds Where You Should Live
9:20AM Angus Kidman | Contemplating a move but want to know a bit more about the area you’re considering and make sure you’ll fit in? Suburb Matchmaker draws on a range of information to help you find the best match. More » Advertisement