September 29, 2007
I am currently in the process of learning CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) based web design since it is now the standard foundation of layout for almost all web sites. I have read several books now and I still believe that I am slightly lost when it comes time to applying what I know from scratch. [...]
September 28, 2007
Posted by makeuseof guest-writer Mark O’Neill With all the hype surrounding Del.icio.us and Digg, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that they are other bookmarking sites out there on the Information Super-Highway. If you are a blogger, knowing about the “alternative” bookmarking sites can be very useful for spreading the word about your latest blog posts. [...]
September 27, 2007
Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. As usual, all listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. Enjoy! Don’t forget to subscribe to makeuseof directory. (1) btJunkie – Massive and fast growing bitTortent search engine. Search, Filter Rate and Upload torrents. More on btJunkie. [...]
September 26, 2007
In one of my previous posts, I outlined some Google services that I felt were not getting enough loving. But then again, flipping the coin, there are some Google services that are so downright useless / defective/ crazy that you start to wonder what the folks at the Googleplex were smoking when they thought up [...]
September 25, 2007
Finally my hunt is over. Aibek, the main author of MakeUseOf told me when I first started being a guest writer that there is a “free version for everything”. So I sought out to replace any of the desktop applications that I used with free (and preferably open source) desktop only programs. I don’t feel [...]
September 24, 2007
Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. As usual, all listed websites are FREE (or come with decent free account option). No trials or pay-to-use craplets. Enjoy! 1. BlogRush – Looking for additional traffic? BlogRush is a network of blogs that run a small “widget” on their pages. This widget displays 5 headlines from [...]
September 22, 2007
Poor Yahoo. Once the unassailable giant of the internet that could do no wrong, it has been constantly overshadowed by the big kid on the block (you know who it is, starts with a G, ends in an E…..). Once I thought Yahoo Mail and I would live together for ever and produce lots of [...]
September 22, 2007
If you were to interview a broad cross-section of internet users and ask them about Google services, probably most of them would enthusiastically talk about Gmail or Google Reader. At the very least, they would mention Google’s superior search engine. But how many people do you think would discuss being able to set up customised [...]
September 21, 2007
I have this urgent need to read my emails as soon as they land on my inbox. I realize it’s counter- productive and very distracting, however there is just something about it … You know that feeling, don’t you? Anyways, here I would like to go over 4 different ways to forward, access and reply [...]
September 20, 2007
RSS Bandit version 1.5.0.17 is truly an impressive open source desktop feed reader. Unfortunately I had only learned about this recently, because I paid to use Feed Demon by NewsGator. Feed Demon was totally worth the money to me, because you could synchronize your feeds with NewsGator Online, so whether I was at Home, Work, [...]
