Archive for the 'New Tools/Old Habits' Category

In tech, grey = green

Monday, December 7th, 2009

First, Accenture releases a study that shows Boomers adopting tech applications 20 times faster than Gen Y-ers. Now, we have a peek at what they want out of that technology. And since they’ll outspend the whipper-snappers by over $1 trillion in 2010, they’ll probably get it.
AARP and Microsoft conducted focus group dinners in 4 cities […]

Search without reading glasses

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Hate those long lists of Google results? Or if you use them, the tiny thumbnails beside a result?
Put your glasses down and try Spezify. It’s like my buddy over at Digital Curator said: if Google and CoolIris got together for a casual affair, the love child would look like this.

Don’t call me, I’ll call you

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

The online world is amazing, but just as in the offline world, it has its dangers which require commonsense cautions. One of which is “don’t hand your personal telephone number out to total strangers.”
Now, if you use Craig’slist or Ebay or any other site that requires telephone contact info, you can maintain your privacy with […]

Time on your hands…I mean, desktop

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

That menubar clock a little small? Want an analog clock instead of digital?
Check out Vlad Studio’s Wallpaper Clock (Chameleon Clock for Windows.) It embeds a clock and the date in some of the coolest desktop wallpapers I’ve seen. This guy’s art is simply amazing, and ranges from whimsical to sophisticated, with holiday themes available as […]

Block that ad…block that ad…

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Yeah, this one will have a lot of people cheering. It’s an ad blocker for Safari called, umm, Safari AdBlock. (Where do they come up with this stuff???
There have been ad blockers for FireFox and other browsers for months, and I posted about them. And actually, this one has been out for awhile, but I […]

Speaking of Image Apps…

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Adobe launched Photoshop Express Online today, and I’m impressed.
It offers just about everything you need for quick image manipulation and has a host of connections and ways to share, post, embed and generally move photos around. You can upload from your drive (2gb storage free) or connect to other photo storage sites like Facebook and […]

Old-school personal

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Want to give all your computer communications that old-school hand-written touch? Fontifier can do it for you?
Just fill out their template with your handwriting, scan it and upload it to them. Pay your $9 by credit card and, if Webware’s experience holds, you’ll have your new personal font almost instantly.
Pretty cool…I’m going to try it […]

Don’t worry…I’ll Senduit.

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Ever want to send somebody a big file? Video, photos, whatever? If email kicks it out (too big) and FTP isn’t your thing (too complicated) then here’s what you need.
Senduit is as simple as it gets. Simply select the file with the browse button (yes, there is a 100mb limit,) select when you want it […]

The Best Free Apps of 2007

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Lifehacker has a nice list of their favorite free apps and online services. They have a list of 20 categories of common computing tasks, with links.
Check it out: Lifehacker’s 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps

Don’t trust anyone under 30

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Remember when 30 was the magic number for distrust? Now, for copyright holders, it seems the opposite is true.
David Pogue, NY Times technology guru, has a really interesting column today about copying CDs or DVDs and file-sharing. It appears there is a major generational divide between older consumers who believe it is only OK under […]