Productivity Archive

A tickler file is presented as a key tool for organization in David Allen’s book Getting things Done. I’m searching for an electronic version of this system. And so far I didn’t find anything that give full satisfaction. The 2 tools I found are email notification in the future:

iTickleMe: Email Follow-Up Reminders. Here how […]

I came across this great screen shot tool that is mainly dedicated to software testers. Therefore it is easy to capture screen shot and also to add annotation. It’s very handy for bug creation. The tool has also some advanced features like the ability to send screen shots to servers or email clients like outlook.

Bug […]

The private beta phase is finished for Evernote, the Note taking application. The service is now open for the public. Webware provides a review of version 3 here.

Remember everything. | Evernote Corporation via kwout

I’m testing Evernote, a great Notes taking and synchronization software. Actually the service is still in close d beta mode. If you want an invitation, leave a comment and I will send one. I will post once I will explore the service. Here is the definition of the service provided by the Evernote […]

Starting today, Xobni is publicly available for anyone to download after seven months of invite-only beta. I use it since a few months and it changed the way I navigate in Outlook: Now most of the time, when I search a mail, I remember who sent me that mail. I search that person and afterwards […]

I came across an amazing phone service called Jaxtr which mixes phone and social networking:
Jaxtr links your phone to the web, so you can hear from callers worldwide while keeping your existing phone number private.

jaxtr - link your phone via kwout

One interesting feature of Jaxtr is the ability to send free Worldwide Text […]

Today I came across this amazing Unix Cheat Sheet that list some of the most useful Unix commands. And of course as Unix is not unique, the Unix Toolbox covers most of the Linux distribution, FreeBSD, and Solaris.

Unix Toolbox via kwout

 

I stumble on this Toolbar reviewed by Freewaregenuis. I just installed it but the features seems really interesting:

Ability to manage/arrange multiple windows
Filtering files by wildcard
Dos prompt
Calculate directory size

DMEXBar brings the functionality of a dual pane file manager to Windows Explorer Review & Download Link | freewaregenius.com via kwout

I discovered a very handy web page called Simply Google that lists all the Google Services in one web page. There are for instance a link to access alerts directly but also links to acess all the official Google blogs. And much more. This is very convenient.

Simply Google, Google search and service, Google Desktop, […]

I discovered today a very interesting tool called aideRSS to filter RSS feeds. Actually I use Google Reader to read my RSS feeds. Google Reader is a very cool tool (I discover new features every day), but it lacks the ability to show you the more popular blog posts for instance. I subscribed to about […]