February 23, 2012
I am here today to give you a message you don’t often hear on tech blogs – you have too much. Too much software, too many unneeded applications, too much digital clutter. Even if you happen to be working on a brand-new computer right now, I can almost guarantee your system is overloaded with crap you really don’t need, and would be better off without.
January 27, 2012
Does the name Joel Spolsky mean anything to you? If so, you’re going to want to read this post, because it showcases Spolsky’s latest and greatest project. And if not, you should know this is the man behind Stack Overflow, WebPutty, Joel on Software and several other notable projects. His latest project is called Trello, and it’s a project management system.
January 25, 2012
Most of what we do in any computer is access, manage, and use files and folders. Having a handful of good tips for using files and folders on your Mac can help you get things done faster and more efficiently. The following are a list of the favorite ways I work within the Finder.
December 23, 2011
One of the things that I’ve been procrastinating about for a very long time is sorting through all of the pictures, videos, data files and wide assortment of other “stuff” that’s scattered throughout my computer like a cluttered basement that’s just waiting to be cleaned. The only thing is that I can never find the time to actually tidy up my computer.
December 1, 2011
One of the most difficult aspects of having so many projects going at once – between being a writer, blog owner, engineer and programmer – is keeping everything sorted and organized. The one thing that consumes a lot of my time is not so much tracking the tasks that I need to do, but re-locating the text files and word documents where I kept notes or created my to-do lists.
November 14, 2011
There are times when we need to clear the desktop to focus on a particular task, take clean screenshots, watch DVD movies, or make presentations. While keyboard shortcuts can be very useful for hiding opened windows or deleting files, there are several small applications that can do the same job more efficiently. Let’s check them out.
November 7, 2011
Computer monitors are growing ever more capacious and cheaper. This week, we’re giving away 25 copies of MaxTo with 3 years’ worth of free updates! Join us after the jump to find out how you can win a copy.
November 6, 2011
Following the new looks they’ve launched to all their products, Google just added a new feature to Google Calendar – Suggested Times. If you use Google Calendar to schedule multi-participant events, this new feature should make your life a lot easier, provided your guests are also using Google Calendar. To use the feature, create a new event and add some guests.
October 25, 2011
Do you have a central contacts list? It’s pretty difficult to nowadays. In my case, it’s a near impossibility. I’ve simply changed services too many times, failing to copy all of my contacts over each time I move. You know what we could all use? A consolidation tool. Something that will connect with all of my old services and pull all of my contacts.
September 28, 2011
If you are a Chrome user and have lots of apps installed, you will know how much of a pain it can be to manage all those apps. I also find it to be kind of a cumbersome task to launch a new tab to get to the screen where the apps live. I wish there was a way an app could be launched like an extension. I wish there was some way to keep my apps more organized and maybe even group them together somehow.
