Archive for the ‘utilities’ Category
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
I'm a big fan of set it and forget it technology. Things like anti-virus apps (see Microsoft Security Essentials), disk defragmenting (now built-in to Windows 7), and backup software (I use SyncBackSE for local backup) fall into this category.
When it comes to data backup, though, you can never be too ...
Posted in utilities | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
A clean desktop -- both real and electronic -- is one of those things for which many of us strive.
On my Windows computers, I've started using a "Junk" folder at the root level of my hard drive (C:\Junk) with a corresponding alias / shortcut on my desktop to stash all ...
Posted in utilities, windows | Comments Off on Organize Your Desktop Icons with Fences
Monday, January 19th, 2009
While visiting family and friends in San Francisco for Christmas and New Year's, my friend Tim was raving about a Web app called Evernote -- how it was allowing him (and his boss) to remove all paper from his life, when he combined it with a new high-speed scanner (though ...
Posted in apple, iphone, productivity, utilities, web apps | 2 Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
One of the must-have utilities in my daily work arsenal is X1, which archives every email and file on my computer in real-time -- as new emails come in and out, and as files change -- and enables me to search for anything with lightning-fast speed. It's like Gmail ...
Posted in utilities, windows | 2 Comments »
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Similar to FolderShare, which I wrote about yesterday, Dropbox also allows you to sync files in a folder between computers and access them online. Unlike FolderShare, though, Dropbox has some cool added features:
Public link sharing to share any file with anyone
2 GB of free online storage space for public shares
Photo ...
Posted in utilities | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
One of the must-have apps that's installed on all my Windows machines (plus there's also a Mac version) is Windows Live FolderShare, which enables you to automatically share and synchronize files and folders across the Internet (and access them from anywhere).
FolderShare is free, peer-to-peer file sharing -- or self-to-self file ...
Posted in utilities | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
When I get a new Windows machine or reinstall an operating systems, one of the first things I do after installing the OS and drivers is install an invaluable little utility called UltraMon. It's really the only way to experience dual monitors.
Doesn't Windows have built-in dual monitor support? Sure, but ...
Posted in utilities, windows | 1 Comment »
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Let's say you're sending an email via your Gmail or other Web email account and want to attach a file. Or maybe you're uploading a file to your blog or just about any other Web-based application, but you'd rather not bother with that annoying Browse button since you're already looking ...
Posted in os tips, utilities, windows | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Now that you know how to hide the annoying Firefox downloads status window, it's time to make your downloads really scream.
Enter Internet Download Manager (IDM) -- the great little utility with the ugly logo. Once you start using IDM, you'll never want to go back. Downloads are so fast ...
Posted in browser tips, utilities | Comments Off on Faster Downloads with Internet Download Manager
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Yesterday I downloaded a great little application that a coworker recommended: AutoHotkey. Similar to Texter or other utilities that allow you to assign keyboard shortcuts to input text strings, AutoHotkey does all that and more. And, unlike Texter, it works on Vista (and XP), and I haven't run into the ...
Posted in scripts, utilities, vista, windows, xp | Comments Off on AutoHotkey: Script Shortcuts, Mouse Clicks, More
Hi, I'm Gabe Anderson. I've published more than 2,000 personal and professional blog entries on my other blogs since 2000.
