I have my icons spread around my desktop to make the most of the space. I like to clump icons together in related themes: computer, Internet, scripting, and applications. I catch a lot of criticism for this way of organizing my desktop, but it makes sense to me. If I want to open a browser, I immediately go the Internet section (top-right corner) and only have to choose from … [Read more...]
Ammyy Admin – The Easiest Remote Control Program Ever
There have been plenty of tools to work on a remote computer over the network, like LogMeIn, VNC, and others, but I have never seen one that has been as easy as Ammyy Admin. If you're trying to help somebody with a computer problem, you might just decide it's easier to fix the problem yourself instead of telling the person what to do. However, sometimes working remotely and … [Read more...]
SUMO Paint – A complete in-browser photo editor
SUMO Paint is one of those things that further blurs the line between a web site and an application, thus you get a web app. What PDFescape does to Adobe Acrobat, SUMO Paint does to Photoshop. SUMO Paint is something you have to see to actually realize its power. You can open images from your computer (jpeg, gif, png) or a URL and when you're done you can save them to your … [Read more...]
bubbl.us – Flowchart, mind map Web 2.0 application
Bubbl.us allows you to easily create a presentation-quality mind map of your thoughts. Here's a demonstration that I whipped up quickly to show what a backup script would capture. Bubbl.us particularly excels at showing how things are organized in a hierarchy. Using Adobe Flash and AJAX, you can easily move entries around to where you want them. The simplicity of … [Read more...]
PDFescape – another Adobe-free PDF tool
PDF Escape is another tool in the ever-growing arsenal of software to view, create, and edit PDFs without ever launching an Adobe product. I've covered a number of these tools before in an earlier article, I'll take the PDF, Hold the Adobe. PDF Escape seems to partially overlap with the other tools in serving its full functionality. It really shines in the aspect of editing … [Read more...]