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Google Docs Batch Upload Eases Online Document Transfers
9:40PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux (Java): Got a bunch of files to send to Google Docs, and don’t have time for the webapp’s one-by-one uploads? Google Docs Batch Upload does just what you might think, loading any folder of files into Google Docs’ servers More »
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Snaptu Packs Dozens Of Social And Information Apps Into A Phone-Friendly Platform
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Java-enabled phones: Hate the interface on your phone when it comes to wrangling social sites like Facebook and Twitter? Wish the layout gave the info you wanted like movie times and weather? Snaptu is a Java-based phone interface that does. More »
Communicate
Tiny Twitter Brings Twitter To Your Windows Mobile, Java-Enabled Phones
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows Mobile/Blackberry: If you have a data plan with your phone, Tiny Twitter will help you keep tabs on your friends and send out tweets without overage charges. More »
Typewriter Forces You To Focus While You Write
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows/Mac/Linux: Once upon a time people pounded out their memos and missives on a typewriter. There was no backspace, spell check, or fancy formatting only forward movement and muttered obscenities when you screwed up. More »
Work
DirSync Pro Keeps Your Files Synchronised
3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows/Mac/Linux: Java-based DirSync Pro provides cross-platform file synchronisation with an easy to use interface, incremental backup and a profile system. More »
Organise
MindRaider Organises And Visualises Any Note Style
1:10AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: MindRaider wants to be the place you stash all your sudden thoughts, organizational notes, and inter-connected ideas. That’s because it offers links, visualisations, and other tools to help you make sense of it all. More »
Work
ScreenToaster Records Screencasts And Audio, No Software Required
12:00AM Kevin Purdy | ScreenToaster, fresh out of restricted beta, is a web-based screencasting tool that can record your desktop from any computer with a browser and Java. It’s great for quick demonstrations, and for beginners. After signing up for a free account (name, password, email), you’re pretty much set to go. Screentoaster supports Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari—actually, pretty much any browser that can run a Java applet. Get your desktop or apps set up, hit the “Start Recording” button on ScreenToaster’s main page, and you’ll end up with something like this: More »
Fix
Duplicate Files Searcher Finds File Matches Across Systems Or Discs
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms with Java): Duplicate Files Searcher has a pretty modest name, but it’s a powerful program for finding exact matches of files on one hard drive, across multiple systems, or on a CD or DVD compared to other storage systems. The Java-based, no-install-needed app simply has you add directories (and their sub-directories) to its list of places to search, including shared network files and removable discs. By default, the app will compare the hashed indexes of each file, and also do a byte-to-byte comparison of any potential matches found. You can also have it look for exact matches of name and date, and create pre-loaded databases of files to save time on future dupe-hunting sessions. It’s also easy to switch the app’s look and feel to match Linux, Mac, or Windows environments. Duplicate Files Searcher is a free download, requires a Java runtime environment to run. Thanks, jsong78! Duplicate Files Searcher More »
Organise
GTD Free Puts Getting Things Done On The Desktop
2:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux (all platforms with Java): GTD Free, a Java-based desktop app, is one of the most straight-forward implementations of the Getting Things Done organizational system you’ll see, but it also serves as a great introduction for the GTD-curious. Five tabs put your tasks in a sequential flow, and using them helps reinforce GTD’s basic tenets in your brain. Bang out action blurbs in Collect, detail them in Process, file them in already-labelled folders like Actions, Someday/Maybe, and Projects, and mark them off in Execute. It’s definitely not a lightweight, paper-like system, but it’s a fairly clean implementation if you want to try Getting Things Done as it was really intended. GTD Free is a free download, works wherever the Java platform does. GTD-Free [via FreewareGenius.com] More »
