From the category archives:

Productivity

Welcome to Techiiies.TV

April 19, 2009

I started Techiiies.tv as a fun project, and I’m pretty confident that YouTube would run out of storage space before I run out of ideas for creating techiiie videos.
Oh, and by the way, if you’re wondering about the weird spelling of Techiiies, it was of course because the name “Techies” (with the single “i”) wasn’t [...]

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Typing Test: Wow, am I good or what?

December 14, 2008

Ok, I promise not to brag too much…
Here is a really cool typing test.
I’m averaging a speed of about 104 words per minute in just 3 tries (proof below)

Take the test, and share your results in the comments below.
http://labs.jphantom.com/wpm/

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Ubiquity: Mozilla’s Mother Of All Mashups

August 27, 2008

If you don’t know what a “Mashup” is, fret not.
You’re now going to witness one of the greatest “mashup” tools ever developed…

Full story: Introducing Ubiquity

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Low Cost Online e-Faxing: MaxEmail.com

April 1, 2008

I was recently in the market for an “e” fax solution. I looked at quite a few services. My basic requirements were these:

Reliable
Low cost (not necessarily free – because I wanted the service to be reliable and accountable)

Didn’t need a local area code – anywhere was fine, as I don’t receive too many faxes

Offer a [...]

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Can I get my morning breakfast without the “Bacn”?

November 27, 2007

“Bacn” – pronounced as “Bacon” – is spam (kind of), but not really the lewd, disgusting, “killing my inbox” type.
From Jargon Watch at Wired.com:
It’s not really spam. You want to read it (and probably would), you just don’t have the time. Thanks to the folks at PodCamp Pittsburgh, there’s a new web-term you can now [...]

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Download of the day: Snag-It – Free, Full-featured License

November 26, 2007

Camtasia is giving away a slightly older version of their famous screen-capture software, Snag-it, that lets you go beyond the “Prnt Scrn” button.
Here’s where you can download it.
A Print-Screen Tip
If you press the “Alt” + “Prt Scrn” buttons together, you will capture only the front-most (active) window – which means you no longer have to [...]

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How To Get Back 43 Days Of Your Life (Hint: Grocery List)

June 13, 2007

I save about 1/2 hour every week on grocery shopping thanks to this list. That’s 26 hours a year. Assuming I would have done this for at least 40 years of my life by the time I’m dead, that means 1040 hours saved (26 * 40).
1040 Hours = 43.33 Days
Yes, I get (at least) an [...]

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Manage Those Annoying Startup Programs

March 14, 2007

If you’ve used a computer long enough, you probably have tens of little icons in your system tray (next to your system clock), that are an indication of all the apps that are currently running. Many of them may be programs that automatically add themselves to the startup process, or may simply be applications that [...]

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