Weekend picks #020

Time management? How do you manage time? It's just clicks away. Maybe you should start managing your own self. It's easier

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Rescue your time
How can you start managing effectively your time or even better your own self at work if you don’t even know how you spend your time in front of your computer when you are working? RescueTime is a web-based time-management tool that allows you to easily just that. You will only have to create a free account and install a small program that collects data from your computer and sends them to www.rescuetime.com where you can see them in beautiful graphs. You can even add applications into groups or even add tags to them. The data collector is smart enough to recognize the program that you are working with even if you have more than one opened at the same time. There is only one disadvantage and that is that the program is still in beta phase. It is available in Windows or Mac but the programmers said that they will be releasing the code of the data collector as Open Source so I guess that there will be a Linux version also. You can find it here.

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RSS only for news?

Do you use RSS feeds? I am sure that most of you do. It is the only way to stay informed without spending time visiting numerous sites every day. You just sit in your computer and the news comes to you, you don’t have to go get them. With ReminderFeed you can use RSS feeds not for staying informed but for staying on time. You will only have to visit http://www.reminderfeed.com/ and create your own reminder feed, setting the date. The first time you will have to add the feed in your RSS reader and start receiving your own reminders as RSS. If you add the RSS feed in more than one computer, for example work and home then you will receive the same reminder. You can even secure your RSS feed with a password and what is more interesting is that this service is totally free! You can find it here.

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Something New to Flickr?

Flickr Uploadr just gone to beta version 3.0. The new program has a new interface and it’s easier to use than the old one. With 3.0 you can add tags, descriptions, titles, at any number of your photos and you can even rearrange your photos in a different order. I have read some posts of users complaining for problems although I personally didn’t have any problems. As rcrowley says announcing the new Uploadr is that it is still beta. For now it is only available in English, we can expect all the other languages to be released as the program goes to gamma phase. You can find it here.

Until next time, keep on doing what you do best :-)

Weekend goodies #002

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Any Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality.
It allows you to effortlessly convert video files between every format, for FREE!

It can convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod/PSP or other portable video device, MP4 player or smart phone. It also supports any user defined video file formats as the output.
If you play with video files this application is a must.

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GreatNews RSS reader. The last years I use RSS feeds to get informed almost about.. anything :-)
This saves me time [that i don't have...] and gives me the whole picture of any aspect of my interests, in seconds.
The latest discovery is the superb and very fast GreatNews RSS reader.
It's FREE and its features are more that other commercial alternatives!
Some great features: Full page reading, Categorize news articles with labels, Channel Statistics, Auto-discovery, Track Comment function, BlogThis function, 100% Unicode support, create Search Channels and more!
Yes, it worths a try!

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Thinkature brings the richness of in-person, visual communication to the web by placing instant messaging inside a visual workspace.

Use it as a collaboration environment, a meeting room, a personal web-based whiteboard, or something entirely new.
A very promising and useful online tool.

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30 Essential Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows.
Title says everything:-) Some FREE gems in a good organized list.