If you add up how much you spent on software, what would the figure be? I’m sure it is a small fortune. It really doesn’t matter whether you are paying monthly for software or a script you install on your web site or even something for your desktop. $30 here and there add up quickly.
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Late September 2009, Google Docs introduced an API for Google Sites. All that is kinda geeky so if you don’t understand it that’s OK. Basically, it allows developers to create companion applications for Google Sites or work Google Sites into their existing applications. One developer quickly jumped on this API to create a much needed [...]

Sometimes, you just need to have a video converted into another format. My must-have tool for converting is Super. It is 100% free to download and use. If you do a search for video converter, you’d get a ton of results. I have actually purchased one of those but in the end, I still come [...]

There are two types of software. Huge, gangly bloated ones that claim to do everything under the sun – and also suck up your disk space and resources and those that are small, does the job sufficiently well for the few times you need it and only costs you very little in resources and disk [...]

I love to read. Every night, I read fiction to help me sleep and because I enjoy a good mystery. But I also am envious of my friends, peers and mentors who can read like 3 business books and a gazillion blogs a week. These people always seem so smart to me and they probably [...]

Some women like shoe shopping, my weakness (among many) is cool icons, shiny buttons and slick graphics that are so characteristic of the new and trendy web 2.0 styles. Alas! I am no designer. There is no design bone in me at all. Which is why I always jump with glee when I find cool [...]

There’s a lot to like about saving energy these days. Good for the earth, definitely good for our wallets and makes us feel good so you should shut that computer down when not in use. I personally have no problems shutting down the computer but have a problem about when to shut it [...]

While I don’t build web sites using a WYSIWYG editor anymore – almost all my sites are WordPress powered – I know many still do. Recently, a friend of mine thought her hard drive was toast and she was rather desperate to get some kind of WYSIWYG web page editor back because she’s lost the [...]