Archives for the 'Desktop Software' Category
Auto-press Windows dialog buttons [Hack Your Day]
If you hate confirming that yes, you do want to delete the file in question (hence the reason you pushed delete) I just found an application via Mysticgeek’s Realm that could save you from a lot of OK pushing.
PTFB (Push the freakin’ button) basically sits in the background waiting for dialogs to appear and presses [...]
Tomboy - the productivity application for Linux [Hack Your Day]
Tomboy is a very simple application for Linux in principal, but its uses are extensive and you can build a note taking system as simply, as elaborately and as productively as you want. The basics of Tomboy is that it uses a Wiki like linking strategy, where specific words can be links.
For example, start a [...]
Using Notepad++ to edit online files [Hack Your Day]
While I was updating the look of my blog I found Notepad++, a Windows notepad replacement one of the most useful tools ever. It gives you syntax highlighting for many programming languages, advanced search and replacement features, line collapsing, ftp down and uploading and so on, but if you just need a simple text editor [...]
Chandler - open source Outlook replacement [Hack Your Day]
Chandler (Bing) is an open source project I came across a while ago, and don’t use, but I can recommend it to anyone. I can describe it basically as an Outlook replacement, with huge, huge benefits for groups of people working together.
Chandler in itself is also cool, you can overviews, email, tasks, calendars, the whole [...]
Speed up your Vista [Hack Your Day]
I have a quite low end laptop and although Vista runs fine because I loaded it with a heaps of memory sometimes I just need that extra oomph. A bumped into a problem the other day, I was doing some batch work with macros and often the macros failed because a window failed to open [...]
Google Calendar Sync [Hack Your Day]
Google released a neat tool for syncing Google Calandar and the Outlook Calendar. It works both ways, and this is probably the reason I am going back to Outlook again. I love Google Calendar, but Outlook gives you a whole lot more tools.
Just to be a Google fan I have been using Google Calendar, so [...]
FruitfulTime task management application and E-book [Hack Your Day]
I received an interesting letter the other day, letting me know about a productivity software. I noticed it because although it was product promotion email, it was at least addressed to me, and it very specifically said “productivity” tool. I answered and got an email back the same day from the founder, so I decided [...]
Flock - Productive social browsing [Hack Your Day]
I finally decided to give Flock, a Mozilla based browser a go, and I’m very, very happy with the results so far. You can reap most of the benefits if you’re into social sites like Youtube, Del.icio.us and the bunch, but even if you’re not, it’s basically Firefox, so you can’t really go wrong.
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Stop IM spam in Pidgin [Hack Your Day]
I just started using Pidgin as my client and decided to get in touch with all my readers who want to talk to me, so I have also been advertising my IM handles openly. I didn’t know this kind of spam existed, as Mark from Make Use Of says, this means dozens of spam messages [...]
Batch renaming on your Mac [Hack Your Day]
If you loyal readers remember, a while ago I showed you a guide to batch renaming files. I just found the best alternative for you Max OS X guys out there.
Batch renaming is one of the best productivity things you can do, since file operations like this can otherwise be the most tedious and boring [...]