Zoofs: watch the most Twittered videos on the net
Zoofs is a brand new web service that tracks all the latest videos mentioned in Tweets across the internet and puts them in one place, accessible via a very cool interface.This web service, in other words, provides a way to track the meta-conversation that is taking place over Twitter visually, through the videos that are [...]
Desktop Google Reader: brings Google Reader to the desktop, integrates with Read it Later, Instapaper, and Twitter
Desktop Google Reader is a free app that can launch your Google Reader feeds right on the desktop, including popup notifications for new posts in the system tray. What’s interesting about this particular app is that it offers both "Read it Later" and "Instapaper" integration, allowing you to quickly add posts or items from your [...]
Twelve absolute must-have Google Chrome plugins
There’s somewhat of an explosion of Chrome plugins taking place at the moment. Which is great, because to be totally honest for me the biggest barrier to switching to Chrome was the collection of plugins that I used with other browsers and have come to depend on (e.g.#1, 2, and 4 below). The following is [...]
TweetDeck: powerful, multi-platform, multi-device Twitter client
TweetDeck is a free Twitter client built on Adobe Air technology. It is multi-platform (runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, and any other environment that supports Adobe Air) and straddles multiple devices (both iPhone and iPad versions are available). TweedDeck is now the most popular Twitter app. Built by Twitter-client Iain Dodsworth, TweetDeck’s “reason for being” [...]
10 wallpaper selections, part 2
This is the second installment of my “10 wallpaper selections” series. (See the first installment of wallpaper selections here). I have a few rules that I use when making these selections: the images are not just pretty but will have to “work” as background images on the desktop. In most cases they will be straight [...]
Seven apps that work really well in the Windows 7 taskbar
So you’ve recently installed Windows 7 and become familiarized with the new Jumplist-enabled taksbar. If you are looking for Windows7 taskbar-friendly apps then read on; this posting will present 7 interesting (and free) selections that work really well with the Windows 7 taskbar. Here’s the list: (1) Dexpot with SevenDex plugin, (2) Standalone Stack 2, (3) JumpList [...]
Switcher: elegant application switcher for Vista and Windows 7
Switcher is a free ALT+Tab like application switcher for Windows Vista or Windows 7 in the vein of Expose for Mac. It provides three variations of visual display: tile view, dock view, and grid view (see examples of the first two in the screenshots above, respectively). The program is invoked by a user-defined hotkey or [...]
