While I would much prefer alternatives like Camstudio or others, my work feels differently and has forked out money for Camtasia Studio 6. While they did this upgrade in bulk, it's my job to come up with a clever way of deploying this software so that I don't have to go around to each machine, install the software, and license it. Instead, I came up with a way of doing just … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
Symbaloo – Your Desktop for the Web
Symbaloo, an ancient Greek verb that means 'gathering' 'assembling', is also a website that may just be the first perfect portal site by doing just that, being a portal. Symbaloo is ad-free and aims to be your browser's homepage. With a simple, clean interface, Symbaloo can easily send you off to any number of sites that it has pre-configured for you or any site you add. There … [Read more...]
scr.im – Safely Share Your E-mail Address
Scr.im combines an e-mail shortening service (exactly like the URL shortening services bit.ly and TinyURL.com) with CAPTCHA to make it convenient to share your e-mail address on sites like Twitter while being more secure from bot harvesting when you would post it anywhere. It's also a lot better looking and more definitive than the steps people take to hide their e-mail address … [Read more...]