March 26, 2011
Several times a year, I still come across some business or organization that requires their forms be signed and FAXED back (no, they won’t take a scanned doc), and since it’s been years since I’ve owned a fax machine, I just search for some online fax service. In some cases, the free services will include their ads on the actual fax (very unprofessional), but many other times I’ll just pay a couple bucks to buy some credit just to get it over with.
But now, Hellofax has figured out a reasonable freemium model and it’s getting bookmarked.
Tags: Business, docs, documents, email, fax, forms, free, pdf, send, sign, signature
Categories: Business, Mac, PC, Productivity, Web-Based •
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December 14, 2010
Just installed Google Cloud Print on my PC. Installation was easier than even plugging in a USB printer.
By connecting your printer with the Google Cloud you will be able to print to your printer from any computer or smart phone, regardless of where you are. Just activate the Google Cloud Print connector in Google Chrome and your printer will automatically be available to you from Google Cloud Print enabled web and mobile apps.
Tags: chrome, cloud, print, printer, remote
Categories: Browsers, Internet, Mac, PC, Web-Based •
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December 14, 2010
Over the years I used FlashFXP, CuteFTP, SmartFTP… most recently FileZilla, and now about to try out Cyberduck (Open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files, Google Docs & Amazon S3 Browser for Mac & Windows). Looks promising and available for both Mac and PC.
Tags: cuteftp, cyberduck, filezilla, ftp, Mac, PC, sftp, smartftp
Categories: Apps, Comparison, Internet, Mac, PC •
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May 3, 2010
I found a tiny, basic and very practical bandwidth meter that just sits in the menu bar: MenuMeters. Can also display CPU, memory and drive use. Free.
A fancier and more comprehensive alternative which monitors many more system functions is iStat Menu, but it’s $10.
Tags: bandwidth, istat menu, mac osx, meter, monitor, snow leopard
Categories: Apps, Internet, Mac, System •
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May 3, 2010
Over at IconPot, there are links to a couple dozen icon sets that can be used free for both personal, and more importantly, COMMERCIAL use.
Tags: commercial, dev, development, free, icons, open source
Categories: Graphics, Web Design •
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April 19, 2010
In just a matter of a couple of weeks, I’ve discovered three different screenshot capturing tools, each one better than the next… and my new favorite is ScreenCatch. A tiny 193KB tool.
Captures the entire screen with a single click and then allows for cropping before uploading the image and hosting it for free.
Tags: free, image hosting, screen shot, screencatch, screenshot
Categories: Imagery, PC, System, Web-Based •
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April 18, 2010
Most definitely the easiest way to install all your basic apps after a fresh install of Windows is using Ninite. You simply go to the website, select some popular apps you would install anyways (like Winamp, iTunes, Firefox, Adobe Acrobat Reader, uTorrent, WinRar) and the site checks for the latests version of those apps and then gives you a package to download of all of those apps, and then runs all their default installations disabling all the annoying installation options like ad-ware, toolbars, etc. And done!
Tags: Apps, format, fresh install, installation, popular, windows
Categories: Apps, Browsers, Internet, PC, Security, System, Web-Based •
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April 18, 2010
Great topic over at reddit.com asking “What’s your favorite software that no one has heard of“. I’m discovering and discovering a lot of gems as we speak.
Tags: best, favorite, obscure, software
Categories: Apps, Fun, Internet, Mac, PC, Productivity, Security, System, Web Design, Web-Based, windows •
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March 18, 2010
When LogMeIn acquired Hamachi, I was hoping that they would release an official Hamachi client for OS X, but unfortunately they didn’t. I was looking for an alternative secure easy-configuration file sharing solution to use between Windows 7 64-bit and OS X Snow Leopard, and for a moment I thought I had found the solution in Remobo. It works on both OS’s and has most of the features Hamachi had, but it’s just not quite like browsing shared folders over VPN.
It’s still a great little app and some might find it useful.
Tags: file sharing, folders, hamachi, logmein, remobo, share, vpn
Categories: Apps, Mac, PC, windows •
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March 14, 2010
Previously, when I wanted to show someone a screenshot from my computer, I would use Jing, but I thought having an account with them was unnecessary for how little I used it and it’s little app is a bit too feature laden and takes too many key strokes to do what I want.
So now I’m using Pict.com’s “Pict Uploader” screenshot tool. Sits in the taskbar, very quick and easy.
Tags: jing, pict.com, screenshot
Categories: Apps, Hosting & Domains, Web Design •
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