August 17, 2011
One of my goals is to start tracking my expenses. I’ve tried Mint and even trusted it with my bank information, but I never actually logged on the website much to get an overview of my transactions. At this point, I feel like it’s better to keep it simple when it comes to managing my own finances, and to develop a simple system to make me like the process of money management.
August 15, 2011
Chext makes tracking your bank account as simple as sending a text message. Chext is a free service that won’t ask you to connect to your bank account online so you don’t have to worry about giving unauthorized users access to your financial information. It also works on any text-enabled phone.
August 10, 2011
If you own a Chromebook or any other computer with Google Chrome OS, Jolicloud or even Browser Linux, you may think it’s hard to do any type of programming on such a machine. If you’re not quite into using IDEs (Integrated Development Environment), and prefer using a plain text editor, gedit will surely fit your needs on these laptops, but what if you want to debug your programs?
August 8, 2011
Unless you’re a web developer or programmer, you most likely don’t really need a whole lot of applications aside from a web browser, perhaps a media player, file manager/viewer and text editor. You can think of using a lightweight operating system. Browser Linux is a fast-booting operating system, derived from Puppy Linux, making it a wise choice for any computer, particularly older machines.
July 27, 2011
A couple of years ago, we had a post on the myriad uses for Evernote, which could well be an all-in-one second brain. With the advent of improvements on the desktop clients, there have been inevitably many more uses today. Thus, here are a few more tips on using the desktop clients for Evernote.
July 25, 2011
DailyLit offers lots of titles that are on the public domain, like Pride and Prejudice, War and Peace, and other popular classics books. DailyLit also works with sponsors and publishers to make select contemporary works available for free. Here are a few titles that you should totally check out this summer!
July 20, 2011
Nowadays, there are plenty of movies you can rent or catch on YouTube Movies. Finding freebies on YouTube Movies isn’t hard, but finding good and recent ones may take a bit of time. Here’s a list of 6 Hollywood films which have received generally favorable reviews and are fairly recent.
July 18, 2011
What if you just want a simple list app without so much noise? Maybe you’re unsure of what to complete first? Randone is a $1.99 app for iPhone and iPod Touch that can help you. It solves many problems that you might encounter with traditional GTD software.
July 13, 2011
After trying so many organization systems, I noticed that I yearned for specific features in a not-too-complicated system, like for example, integration between a calendar app and the task app in question. In my search for alternative calendar/task list applications, I’ve found two, Coolendar and 1Calendar, that seem to focus a bit more on this integration.
July 11, 2011
The Internet is full of entertainment, but if you’re looking for more amusing ‘lol’ images or other priceless goodies, be ready to unleash your inner procrastinator and check out the following list of websites. They’re bound to entertain you with tons of hilarious pictures for at least a couple of hours.
July 4, 2011
Even if you’re accustomed to your beloved and convenient commercial password manager, it’s probably not a bad idea to try other ultra secure applications that offer some of the same features and risk less at your expense. If you’re ready for some password manager goodness, read on!
June 27, 2011
The web has seen its fair share of research-friendly tools grow over the past years. Let’s discuss some tools that help you keep your PDF article library neat and catalogued for use when you have to compose your research paper. So read on to find out which services stand out in this category.
June 20, 2011
A bit after I figured out that there is a wealth of programming tutorials on YouTube, I thought it might be a good idea to download them all so I can view them on the go on my mobile devices. Today, we’ll go over two ways you can download entire playlists.
June 15, 2011
With the advent and growth of YouTube and plenty of other high-quality video-sharing websites and tools like flashcard software, learning new things visually by yourself has never been easier. Since it never hurts to learn something new, especially a skill set like programming in different languages, we will go over some of the best channels that will introduce you to the world of programming.
June 13, 2011
Creating collages can be a bit time-consuming if you do it yourself in MS Paint or Photoshop. If you don’t feel exactly creative, your work may not even bring you the results you want. I know I’ve been there. I might spend a few hours trying to create collages, without any fancy effects, just lining up images in rows and columns, and the whole thing just doesn’t look as glorious as I imagine it to be.
