Archive for June, 2008

Need a quick break from the grind? WWD sister site NewTeeVee Station brings you Watercooler Clips, a selection from our collection of what’s good, interesting and/or of note in the online video world — whatever the web is talking about at the virtual watercooler. Today, we… Read More »

Four Free, Slick Mini Apps

With many software applications as bloated as they are these days, I still favor many tiny applications that I can get in and out of quickly for specific tasks. I’ve written before about you can stock up on many interesting mini applications to keep on a… Read More »

 
 

If you’re looking for a simple way to get stuff online in blog format, look no further than Posterous. How simple? Just email post@posterous.com. Your message subject becomes your blog post title, the message text the body of the blog post. The service treats attachments smartly… Read More »

Web workers save on the daily commute especially now with the high fuel cost. But there are times when we need to go out for meetings. I chanced upon RideSearch.com, a free nationwide carpool matching website, that helps carpoolers save money on gasoline and help reduce… Read More »

Does this sound like anyone you know? I’m not qualified for the work I’m doing. It’s only luck that I got this far in my profession without being found out. I’ve forgotten just about everything I learned in school about how to do this job. Other people… Read More »

For freelancing web workers, we sometimes get caught in the contract work aspect of our careers. Clients require your services, you provide, they pay. This cycle can get too comfortable that sometimes, you can’t imagine making money any other way. After all, you’re… Read More »

ScreenSteps is a desktop application (available for both OS X and Windows) designed to make it easy to document processes that take place in a step-by-step fashion. After installing ScreenSteps, you can create a library of lessons; each lesson is made up of steps, and each… Read More »

More Must Reads

Coworking or Noworking?

The New York Times continues its love affair with the notion of coworking with last Friday’s Working Alone in a Group by Lisa Belkin. Quickly realizing her home is not conducive to a productive working environment, Belkin experimented with coworking at Stamford CT’s Soundview Coworking, (actually a… Read More »

Cutting Email Down to Size

IBM’s Luis Suarez is the latest social networker to argue for reducing your dependence on email as a productivity tactic. Tired of spending hours a day on email, Suarez worked to stop the cycle of emails generating emails, reducing his incoming stream by 80% in a… Read More »

Text Message Privacy: Proceed with Caution

There’s been a little groundswell of commentary recently about Quon v. Arch Wireless, a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that enhanced rights with respect to text messages, even when sent over your employer’s devices. But as Matthew Hirsch points out over at our parent blog… Read More »

OAuth Gains Traction

The OAuth standard for cross-site authentication has been around for over a year now, without having really taken off. A pair of announcements this week indicates that the quiet period is over, though: both the Google Data APIs and MySpace’s Data Availability Project opened their doors… Read More »

Alternative Browsers: Why Use Only One?

When it comes to browsers, most web workers rely on the usual suspects: Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer and Opera. There are many alternative browsers, though, and some of them are useful for targeted types of tasks. Here are six examples that I like. Read More »

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