Posts under ‘Tools’

Slashdot pointed to this great article on the changing nature of web publishing.
Essentially, we’re moving from a static web world, where pages are written offline and uploaded to a server, to one where web sites are managed by content management systems like Drupal or Joomla (or WordPress, like this one is).
Take away: if you’re thinking [...]

I’ve been primarily using Google Docs for my online word processing and sharing, but have been keeping a close eye on ZOHO.
With the launch of ZOHO Writer 2, it looks like it is now time to revisit this software.
The new interface has a tabbed toolbar very reminiscent of Office 2007. It is quite intuitive and [...]

I’ve been keeping track of my schedule with Google Calendar (see the Toolkit) for a few years now, and really like it. I’ve been caught a couple of times, however, without (*gasp*) Internet access and needing to know where I’m supposed to be.
All that has changed now that Google Calendar is now available offline. To [...]

Skype for Windows has released the all-new version 4. I just upgraded here, and was a little thrown by the interface changes. Its not that it is worse, it is just different, so will take a bit to get used to. I haven’t used a lot of the video teleconferencing features, but will be trying [...]