Life & Tech

Have been trying out different online storage services - my favorite by far is Sugarsync. The desktop software is very intuitive. If you have more than one PC/laptop, you will appreciate the ability to sync multiple computers as well as online off-site storage. It’s not free but well worth it. Highly recommended.

Ever tried to help a friend or family troubleshoot PC problems via the phone? Next time, use www.crossloop.com to supplement. It’s a free PC program that will allow you to see and control the remote PC securely and easily.

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Send large file attachment (up to 1Gb)using small software (for both PC and Mac) from Pando at http://www.pando.com

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Gmail has over 2.5GB of free storage. Here are some ideas how to maximize your use of Gmail. Let me know if you need an invitation to set up an account.

1. Perpetual messages storage - with fast “Google-like” search

2. Forward messages from other accounts to Gmail for archive

3. Use Gmail as a catch-all accounts

4. Gmail with POP Mail reader (Outlook, Outlook Express, Apple Mail)

5. Use Gmail with Google Desktop Search or Google Sidebar

6. Store contacts on Gmail for easy search

7. Forward selected email messages from Gmail to your mobile phone

8. Star using Gmail, in case you decided to cancel your AOL account.

9. Use Gmail as information archiver (Ideas, Quotes, Recipe, etc.)

10. Use Gmail as on-line/remote disk drive (2.5 GB)

Note: the best of both world is to use Outlook and POP features to read/store Gmail locally as well.

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1. QuickSilver — A keyboard short-cut to launch applications (and much more)
2. NetNewsWire - RSS/Blog Aggregator (currently reading over 50 sites)
3. ecto - Managing Blog posting (works with typepad as well as blogspot)
4. sidenote - Quick place to take down short notes (can get out of hand)
5. StickyBrain - Outsourcing my brain (places to put stuff)
6. SplashID - Keeping track of all those logins and passwords (sync with Treo 650)
7. Growl - Background events notification, unobtrusive
8. FlySketch - Capturing Screen (instead of just Shift-Command-3)
9. Skype - VoIP that works (also SkypeIn & SkypeOut)
10. URL Well - storing URLs temporarily

This is one of the best (if not the best) software to manage digital photograph collections. It has great built-in catalog features, as well as full-array of photo touch-up and editing. Even though it started out (in version 1) as an iPhoto wanna-be for Windows, version 2 now left iPhoto in the dust in term of features, functionality and ease-of-use.  It also works well with the photo-publishing add-on called “hello” that allows you to pubhish photo on a weblog with just a couple clicks.

Best of all, Picasa 2 it is free. http://www.picasa.com.