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Category Archives: Apps
How Amazing is Fusion-io? Get the Fusion Face App!
Ready to find out what Fusion-io’s blazing performance can do for your applications? Check out and download the free, funny Fusion Face app for Apple or Android and find out what the Fusion-io performance boost will do for your application … Continue reading
How Twitter’s New Interface Brought Me Back to Roost
Why the #newtwitter is working better for me? In a word: Connection. The new features in Twitter are great. The Connection Tab is really my new homepage when I visit twitter. In one view, it thins out all the conversations … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, life, Tools, Twitter Tagged connection, life, newtwitter, people, real_life, social, social_media, twitter Leave a comment
Wishlist: Chromium-Like User-Switching in Chrome Browser #wishwed
Chrome is a very fast and web browser made by Google that has some great features. One of those is the ability to sync your user-information via your Google Account to any installation of Chrome you happen to be using. … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, Google, lifehack, Tools Tagged #wishwed, chrome, chromebooks, chromium, google, google_chrome, multiple_user_sign-in, shared_computer, user_switching, wishlist Leave a comment
Text Any Phone (FREE) Without A Mobile Phone
A valuable if unheralded feature of Google Voice is its ability to send and receive sms text messages through a webpage (though not MMS picture/video messages at this time) or even using email. This can be especially valuable for: Family … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apps, BlackBerry, Google, iPad, iPhone, lifehack, mobile, Productivity, WebOS, WindowsPhone Tagged Apps, cellphone, cellular, expat, google, Google Voice, international, lifehack, mobile, roaming_charges, sms, texting Leave a comment
Upload Entire Folders to Google Docs
One more reason to use Google Documents Storage is here… upload entire folders from your hard-drive and your sub-folders/documents/files/images, etc., will be maintained. The Google Help files explain it this way: For example, let’s say you have a folder on … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Geek, Google, Microsoft, Productivity, Tools Leave a comment
Wishlist: Copy Text in Gmail Android App
Really? Why can’t I select and copy text inside the android gmail app? Email is the primary place people send me information I need later, and exactly the place from which copying text makes the most sense second only to … Continue reading
When Will Checks Go Virtual, Too? #wishwed
My bank has not only image recognition ATM machines (what are those?), but also allows check deposits by smartphone too. Recently, someone wrote a check to me only to watch me deposit it right then and there. Ka-chow. Sans trip … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apps, consumerism, Productivity Tagged #wishwed, app, banking, check, mobile, smartphone Leave a comment
Easy Physical-To-Digital Calendaring – Wishlist Wednesday
Hair salon, doctor appointment, dentist, whatever… when You walk out the door they ask for another appointment. Of course, that’s no problem in itself but it leaves me fumbling for my phone, trying to validate the appointment time in my … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apps, Collaboration, life, lifehack, Productivity, Wishlist Tagged #wishwed, calendar, mobile, wishlist Leave a comment
Google Tasks in a Chrome Browser Sidebar
A while ago, I pointed you to several ways to access Google Tasks. Google’s super-simple task-management app has been flexible enough (and syncronizingly-smooth enough) for me to douse all other-comers from taking over my task-management flow. In February, I noted … Continue reading
Posted in code, Geek, Google, lifehack, Productivity, root, Tools Tagged browser, google, googletasks, google_chrome, gtasks, tasks 4 Comments
Ignoring Telemarketers With GoogleVoice
Google Voice enables pretty intelligent call routing. One of the excellent features enables you to add contacts to your address book right from the web interface online⦠this is the same contacts list available in your gmail account which keeps … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, lifehack, Productivity, Tools Tagged google, Google Voice, telemarketers, telephone Leave a comment
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