Top 25 Web Apps for iPhone - Rev2.org. The iPhone came out on Friday, and there’s no doubt a large number of developers have already churned a number of cool apps for it. From the ones we could find, we selected the and made a list (with descriptions!) — just to make your life easier. So, in no particular order: One of the missing features of the iPhone is a chat/IM application. iPhoneChat lets you use AIM as if Steve Jobs owned AOL. Log in and chat with multiple contacts with tabs, just like the SMS function on your iPhone. No doubt one of the exciting things with phones these days is being able to get information right there and then. {*style:<b>iPhoneDigg </b>*}For the avid digg user with an iPhone, this is a must. The iPhone alternative to sticky shopping list notes on the fridge?
Flickr + iPhone = Awesome Photo Browsing, Anytime, Anywhere. If you enjoy Twitter, this is probably the best mobile app for you (arguably even beating Twitter’s own). It’s a good day, you’re a bit low on cash, and your car’s running out of gas. 25 Free Mac Apps That Will Boost Your Productivity - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement There are many applications that can help you work faster and efficiently. Though, not many applications come cheap. For this post we tried to digg deep to find the best selection of free and/or open source Mac applications that will help you be a more efficient designer. We’re covering from application launchers, GTD (Getting Things Done) to design utilities that can help you focus on what’s important: create. 1. aLunch aLunch1 is a very lightweight but powerful application that does what it is supposed to do and nothing more: a handy launcher that runs from within the menu bar.
aLunch helps you get all your apps organized and get an uncluttered dock. 2. Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 applications – Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Fireworks and Flash – have an Extension panel that connects directly to Kuler2, the web-hosted application for generating color themes. But you can also access the Kuler site from its own standalone application to get more flexibility. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. New cool list of Linux must-have programs.
Update: A new, up-to-date collection is available. Please take a look! It's been approximately two years since I've written the first article, A (cool) list of Linux tools. The article proved quite popular with my audience, as it allowed Linux users, new converts in particular, a quick taste of some of the more useful programs available for Linux platforms, across a range of categories. Since, a lot has changed. Two years is a long time. I have decided to write a new article, from scratch, cataloging an up-to-date collection of must-have programs.
To make it even more interesting and useful, I decided to add screenshots wherever I can and link to tutorials explaining the use of these programs. Changes from the last time Like the last time, the programs will be sorted by categories. Games I will not be listing games here. Users' recommendations Likewise, there's a users' recommendation sub-section, so you can send me your suggestions and ideas.
Table of Contents: Backup software Unison Browsers. AppReview: Find the best iPhone Apps. ClubUbuntu.com. 10 Most Awesome Linux Applications. I know, I know. Not another blog post that lists the “top 10 something or other”. But bear with me. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes a given application awesome. I use a lot of applications every day, many I couldn’t do my job without… but not all of them are awesome. It’s hard to describe just what “awesome” is. It could be the reliability of something. Or the sheer joy it brings when you use it.
With that in mind… my list of the top 10 most awesome applications for the Linux desktop (in no particular order). Elisa Elisa is one bad-ass media center. A simple, modern, attractive look and feel. Conduit Conduit may not be as flashy as Elisa… but holy-convenience-batman is it cool. In a nutshell Conduit allows you to build… conduits… between… things. From the website: “Conduit is a synchronization application for GNOME. Customizable synchronization is just plain awesome. Banshee When it comes to music management, Banshee is it. Keep your iTunes. I’ve got Banshee. Second Life KOffice. iSmashPhone. Iphonexe. Apple iPhone School. Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students. Earlier today, Richard took a look at the state of e-learning 2.0, which got me to thinking about how school might be different if I were in college today because of the influx of new Web 2.0 apps aimed and students. I went to a school that utilized a Virtual Learning Environment called WebCT (since absorbed by the Blackboard company), and it really wasn't very fun to use.
Note taking meant writing on paper, study groups meant face-to-face meetings, and if you were struggling through Shakespeare, your best bet was to turn to the library, not the Internet. When I was in college most of the tools in this round up didn't exist. It was truly the dark ages of education! Office Replacements There's no software package I used more in college (or today, for that matter) than Microsoft Office. Notetaking More and more students are bringing laptops to class. Mind Mapping Now you have your notes, you need to put them together. Studying Bookmarking Collaboration Calendars Calculations Other Tools Conclusion.