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Recommended programs to make your life easier.

September 29th, 2007

I’ll be touching on each of these programs in future posts, but here’s a list of the programs that I use and gladly endorse to make your life easier.

The Basics

  • Mozilla Firefox ( with AdBlock extension )
  • Gmail (for web based mail )
  • Mozilla Thunderbird for POP3 or IMAP email.
  • Google Docs - Online word processor and spreadsheet creation and storage
  • Picasa - photo management for Windows ( from Google
  • Picasa Web Albums - online picture album storage. Integrates with Picasa nicely.
  • iLife - Complete suite of tools for Mac for working with photos, music, making movies, dvds, etc..
  • Google Calendar - online calendar for keeping track of your life.


Advanced Tools

  • Quicksilver - Swiss army knife application for Mac that makes starting programs so fast you’ll never want to user your mouse again.
  • Launchy - Quick application launcher for Windows, does application launching just as well and just as fast as quicksilver.
  • SmartFTP - If you can put up with the "trial period ended" screens, this FTP program is tops for windows.
  • Textpad - My favorite text editor for windows. Recordable macros and syntax highlighting make this a must-have.

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