November 29, 2012
Have you been collecting awesome notes and information in Evernote for a while, but not really experimented with the many Android apps and widgets you can use yet? Well, if this sounds like you then you'll love today's line-up of apps. We know there's a good number of Evernote fans and Android fans lurking on MakeUseOf, so we thought we'd make a list of apps and widgets.
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November 29, 2012
Most of us lead extremely busy lives that we’re expected to keep track of at all times. Whether we have stressful jobs, school work, or plenty of social events, it’s crucial that we remember what we have to do and when we have to do it by. Therefore, to-do list applications can become one of our best friends because they are a reliable aid to keeping our lives in check.
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November 16, 2012
Despite the change of times, Skwire, a DonationCoder.com wizard that I've included in previous articles, still sees the beauty in lightweight and niche PC applications that can assist you around the house. These underappreciated applications are some of my favorite and deserve the spotlight for the efforts put into them.
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November 15, 2012
As a writer, blogger, and serial emailer, you can imagine that I go through repeating myself several times throughout an average day. Auto Text Expander ($29.95) allows you to associate blocks of text to abbreviations or keyboard macros. Read on through this post to learn more and win one of 25 licensed copies of Auto Text Expander, retailing at nearly $750 in total!
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November 5, 2012
If browsing the web is one of the top three things you do on your computer everyday, you owe it to yourself to become familiar with as many time saving and clutter free features as you can. While there are several features I would like to see added to Safari, it's still my default web browser of choice because of its speed and connectivity to my other Apple devices.
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October 30, 2012
Writing is one of the toughest jobs in the world. It's lonely and you have to focus and think at the same time. Our brain, however, is constantly looking for new stimuli. It loves nothing more than entertaining random thoughts and shifting attention to attractive signals. That's how you get distracted and side-tracked and this is what makes writing so hard. Most professional writers have a routine and a matching workspace to get into the flow of writing.
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October 30, 2012
We all have a daily routine of some sort but there are many things that we all do, whether it is checking the weather, managing our finances or making our next meal. I’ve scoured the web to find some of the best websites to help you do these day-to-day tasks. After some research and great results I’ve narrowed down the list to what I think are the best websites in various categories of what we do almost every day.
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October 29, 2012
If you're anything like me, you've got a few hundred books you'd still like to read. With the speed at which new works enter the scene, that number goes up more often than down; and that's not taking into account the jaw-dropping number of periodicals and Internet articles you'd like to read 'if you only had the time'. Obviously, as you read more, you tend to grow better at it over time.
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October 24, 2012
Today, we'll look at Bitrix24, a cloud service that will allow you to create a social intranet for your company within minutes. Bitrix24 provides the tools to interact with your fellow colleagues, assign and manage tasks, assign tasks, share files, collaborate on projects together, and in doing so, glue the entire company together. We'll be giving away 25 Startup licenses (a exclusive, customised plan), each valued at $1200/year for a total giveaway value of $30,000! Plus, we'll also be giving away a 16GB Slate iPhone 5 to commemorate the launch of their new mobile application. More information about the giveaway after the review.
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October 22, 2012
Shortcat, which is in alpha stage of development, enables you to keep your hands on your keyboard and navigate to any part of an application, webpage, or even System Preferences controls. Using a few keyboard shortcuts to activate Shortcat will cause what are called "accessibility attributes" to be highlighted. From there you use the keyboard to activate any highlighted element.
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October 18, 2012
Our lives can get extremely busy at times, and we’re glad that we have our smartphones to help us get things done and keep everything organized. However, although we have very capable smartphones, they need to be loaded with the right apps to have it do what you want in the way you want. The [...]
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October 13, 2012
The Internet is a vast place, with loads of information that can often be overwhelming. It would be an understatement to say that it’s the primary resource for research and getting work done. But don’t be caught off guard by its trickery. Although it can be a place of productivity, it also is a master at leisurely distractions that can eat up time you don’t have. StayFocusd is among several great tools to help prevent these distractions from keeping you from important work.
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October 12, 2012
We have all been there (and continue to be) – a feeling that the day is out of control, and there’s no direction. Thanks to the richness of productivity apps in the marketplace, we can rein in the monsters that are leading us astray. Weave for iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad pops its head with an elegant interface and price that reads zero. I am always game for the next best productivity app that’s out there, especially if it's free.
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October 8, 2012
A major part of our time is spent on the web, but for a lot of people the computer file system makes for a close second. Finder, Apple's file browser, provides a very slick way to do this by default, and you'll be able to clock good time even if you don't know all the finer points of the application. Getting to know those fine points, however, can provide an additional (and always much welcome) boost to your productivity and overall file-handling speeds.
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October 6, 2012
Have you ever received an email and wondered if it was legitimate or not? Or maybe you have corresponded with someone and were curious to know more about them. Of course you could ask, but it might come across awkward or simply off-topic to what is being discussed. Plus, do you really want to ask each person you encounter online through email what their social accounts are, what they do, where they’re from and so on? Likely not.
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