Thunderbird Don’t Die!: The Case for Desktop Email Client Software
Image by adria.richards via Flickr As the blogosphere debates the death of the desktop email client, I am anxiously awaiting the stable release of...
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November 22, 2023
On-Stage Teleprompter using Free Open Source Tools
Clip, organize, store, sync, and display your chord sheets using free and open source tools. This workflow is years in the making, now perfect.
February 10, 2023
The “Attention Method” for Effective Presentation Decks – Updated
This is an update to my previous post, The “Attention Method” for Effective PowerPoint Presentations. My Attention Method™ of presentation design is a philosophy...
May 6, 2022
Alfred for Mac — Ferocious Tools for Instructional Designers
Alfred is my #1 favorite productivity tool for the Mac, and over the years I have developed some ferocious tricks to support the tasks...
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Replace Your Firefox Plugins with Mozilla Ubiquity
Image by flod via Flickr Everybody loves Firefox. Even with all the other fast, standards-compliant modern browsers out there (like Chrome, Safari, and Opera–...
Your computer has that “not so fresh” feeling? Get AppFresh or TechTracker to update all your apps!
AppFresh is a great app for the Mac which scans through your whole computer, checking to see if all of your apps are up...
iPhone-style phone number hyperlinks in Firefox [Mac, Win, Linux]
One thing that grabs people’s attention when they get an iPhone is that phone numbers on websites automatically become hyperlinks. Click on a number,...
Opera Unite: A Web/Chat/FileSharing/etc. server IN YOUR BROWSER!
Image by Glztt via Flickr Opera Unite is an amazing service that allows you to run a web server right out of your own...
Bridge the Screen Divide: YuuGuu, Jaadu, and Chicken of the VNC
Image via Wikipedia Has this ever happened to you? <<<<<<<RING! RING!>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Me: Hello? Dad: Hi Ted. There’s a problem with the computer. All my...
Free Themed Fonts at TypeNow.net
http://typenow.net/themed.htm Image via Wikipedia THis is a great place for fonts that look like well known movie/band/ and video game fonts.
Google Picasa- A Lovable Alternative to iPhoto
Image via CrunchBase I really like a lot of things about Apple‘s iPhoto— it makes it easy to rip, organize, and upload your pictures....
Great Resources for FREE Software
Every time I get a new computer, I always visit these sites to stock up my computer with free goodies. Check it out! www.OpenSourceWindows.org...
Google Earth– a vast interactive globe on your desktop!
Google Earth | Free Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer...
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