May 29th, 2007
Would it not it be great if you could read a PDF manual like a book and make annotations? Would it not be great if such a software would not cost you a dime? Well Skim is exactly that. A helpful PDF annotation tool which lets you highlight important things and lets you add and edit notes.
April 17th, 2007
Thanks to the ease of use of WordPress I had my basic design implemented after the day I had set up my new blog. I just tweaked some parts over the weekend to style some subpages.
WordPress is really easy to use, in just 2 days from knowing nothing about WordPress I went to a fully set up blog with my own theme. The documentation on wordpress.org is really excellent and helps a lot.
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July 12th, 2006
The Motley Fool has an interesting article on how to retire sooner. If you can cut corners on things that you do not really need at the moment, you are able to save this money to retire earlier. The article shows some nice examples how to this saved money to work.
July 6th, 2006
Sometimes the little things make the difference. This one is no exception. Since the introduction of HTML mails nothing has been so badly used. I for myself still prefer plain text mails, not only because of their lower size but also because there is no good about color coded emails with all kind of whacky fonts.
humanized.com has a nice article where they show how to make notations with a simple bracket system. This system is so plain simple and amazing. But take a look for yourself.
Humanized > Weblog: Collaboration Made Simple with Bracket Notation
June 27th, 2006
I am still looking around for lists of software people are using on a daily basis. Especially when they are coders. I was looking for some information on how to code in HTML with TextMate. This software is pretty cool for coding but it seems they don’t have the right guys for marketing their software. Garret Dimon gives some insight on how to use TextMate.
Other than that he also has a nice list of his favorite software he uses on his Mac.
May 17th, 2006
When was the last time you made a backup of your personal files? Did you burn them on a CD, DVD or did you store them on an external harddrive? Well at least you make backups. But how reliable are these things? Is it safe to keep all these things in one place? What about a fire and how long does a CD last anyway?
May 17th, 2006
You probably heard a lot of opinions about defragmentation tools, the need for them and the problems they might cause especially with older defragmentation software. On a Windows based machine the answer is without any question that you need a defragmentation tool. But what about the OS X platform?
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May 15th, 2006
This morning I read an interesting article on one of my favorite weblogs pixelgraphix.de. Manuela asks what your favorite applications are that you use on a daily basis. Read the rest of this entry »
May 5th, 2006
Here is an interesting gadget that you might like because it will help you to be more efficient. I have seen it before, but I was not quite sure if it really works the way it is said. It is the worlds first sleep phase clock called aXbo. Before there were only 3D stills of this clock and a lot of hype about it. But now there’s actually a real product that can be bought. So how does it work?
May 3rd, 2006
Apple’s brand has always been the choice of the people that had a taste in quality and design. Apple’s market share peaked at 15.8 percent in 1980 but that’s a quarter of a century ago and this was even before the introduction of the Macintosh. Apple has tied all things together with software, hardware, design and marketing in their hands. This might seem like a stranglehold to some but it has always led to a user experience that is missed for sure on the PC market. Now that Apple has made its leap to the x86 platform, namely the Intel platform, it won’t take much time until Apple truly starts to shake the PC market.
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