March 20, 2009
Wikipedia has been the standard bearer of the Wikimedia foundation for long. Its user generated content powered by people like us has made it one of the kings of the information heap if not the absolute emperor. One would think that its 10 million articles spread out over 264 languages would be enough for an [...]
December 31, 2008
Sometime last year, MakeUseOf featured an excellent list of disposable tools for the web. It covered a spread of useful disposable email accounts, phone numbers, login details, fake names, and file sharing tools. Disposable services are incredibly useful when you just want a bit of anonymity online. Can’t trust a website that looks a little dodgy with [...]
December 23, 2008
It’s simple, it’s effective, it’s WikiPad, a way to keep your notes organized electronically on your desktop. You can actually manage to be almost completely paperless with the use of this innovative and some-what “glorified” web-based note pad. If you’re tired of having your notes and thoughts relentlessly scattered all around your desktop while the [...]
October 25, 2008
According to Wikipedia: “a wiki is a collection of webpages which users are allowed to modify”. Wikis are great for collaboration and note taking. Web workers have been using it to collaborate, Ubuntu has been using it, we use it here at MakeUseOf. However if you don’t have a web server and can’t install Wiki [...]
October 13, 2008
Wikipedia, for most of us, needs no introduction. We use it perhaps almost as frequently as we use Google for our information needs. All of us might then wonder about the need to download and use a free information resource which is available only a click away online. But imagine that you are marooned on [...]
August 20, 2008
Have you ever wanted to create your own wiki site? Maybe something like Wikipedia but on a smaller scale? Hmm….maybe I should start this article off with the definition of what a wiki is: According to Wikipedia : A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute [...]
June 5, 2008
Tina’s recent articles on Google and search engines has made me think about how much search engines play in our daily online lives and in particular how much we rely on Google to do that searching for us. Google’s share of the search market accounts for as much as 60% , which competitors such as [...]
March 24, 2008
All of us take at least one trip annually, whether it be locally or overseas. As much we love them, most of us aren’t able to have trips very often. Whether it’s work, school, financial problems, there is always something that holds us back. Thus when we finally get a chance to get out it’s [...]
January 7, 2008
By Daniel Pataki While writing my own blog actually I found that a Wiki was the best way to convey some information. If you too own a blog you may want to write some more detailed guides, build knowledgebases and so on. I can think of at least a dozen of reasons why you may [...]
December 29, 2007
I have an old 20GB iPod and even though I have a lot of music on there, I am only taking up half of the space available. So there’s another 10GB kicking around doing nothing and so I decided to start putting some useful iPod tools on there for when I’m on the move. Some [...]
