November 24, 2007
I live in Gmail. In fact my entire life gets run by Gmail in every possible conceivable way (except for cooking my dinner which is the next Gmail feature that I am waiting for!). I am now running a little experiment to see how much information I can collate from inside Gmail without having to [...]
November 20, 2007
If you use the internet every day like we here at “Make Use Of” do, then you’ll know that there is a set of favourite websites that you visit countless times a day. Whether it is Digg or Big Jugs Monthly (one of my favourites!), you can access information on these sites quicker by enabling [...]
November 14, 2007
The idea of this post is to go through a bunch of tools that add to your browsing experience. Nothing extra ordinary but a handful of simple useful apps that solve common web problems: slow website loads, 404 errors, tab overloads, never ending signups, phishing, etc. Enjoy! (1) OpenDNS – A quick way to add [...]
November 9, 2007
A bunch of really useful email contacts: PDF converter, invisible personal assistant, scanner (for real), quick document sharing, and an excellent group conversation starter. (1) PDF@koolwire.com Koolwire is a simple, no-login required PDF conversion service. Simply send the document (DOC, PPT, XLS, JPEG, GIF, RTF, and TXT.) to “˜PDF@koolwire.com’ and shortly after get it back [...]
October 19, 2007
The web has revolutionized the world – but it has also made us lazy. Instead of typing ten letters on a keyboard, we want to type five instead. We want things to magically download all on their own and for our applications to self-update. We long for the type of computer seen in Star Trek [...]
September 4, 2007
Posted by makeuseof guest-writer Mark O’Neill I am on a quest. A quest to completely abandon the mouse and do all of my computer tasks solely using Firefox keyboard shortcuts. Using the mouse has always felt kind of awkward for me and it kind of abruptly interrupts the flow of my work when I am [...]
May 22, 2007
Google Calendar is definitely one of the coolest online calendars and task-management applications. It has everything an average user may wish for: speed, non-cluttered design and lots of useful and never failing features, i.e. calendar sharing, quick event entry, follow-up reminders (SMS/email), RSS feeds, etc. [More on Google Calendar...]. In addition to it’s standard feature [...]
May 15, 2007
Mozilla Thunderbird is an Outlook-like email client, but way better. It’s free, it’s multi-platform, it’s multi-lingual and most importantly, it’s highly customizable featuring lots of useful addons and themes. In case you’re new to it than you can read about it here, otherwise jump directly to must-have section below. TOP 10 Thunderbird Addons (must-have) (1) [...]
March 29, 2007
Today we digg into All-In-One Messengers (aka multi-protocol Instant Messaging clients), these handy apps merge several messenger platforms (AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber…) into one messenger. We got it all covered: web-based ones (to access from work or school), desktop downloadables and for mobile devices. Online Instant Messengers Meebo (AIM, Yahoo, MSN, GoogleTalk, [...]
March 3, 2007
Your typing speed sucks? Too much typos? You feel like getting better but too lazy to go through touch typing courses and would prefer playing some games instead. If that’s Yes, Yes and Yes, here is something you would want to check out. Bunch of fun and addictive games to boost your typing speed. QWERTY [...]
