productivity
Munisipyo Wi-Fi
Sunday, February 24th, 2008I spent a day in Argao recently and was pleasantly surprised to find several dependable and free Wi-Fi hotspots. I was surprised because in Cebu City, free Wi-Fi access isn’t as widespread as they say it is in places such as Davao City.
Many shops, at least the last time I went warbiking or going [...]
DocSyncer updates service: You can now choose which folders to synchronize
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007DocSyncer, a service that synchronizes Microsoft Office documents in your computer with your Google Docs account, has just updated its application to allow you to choose which folders should be synchronized.
When I first tested it (read the previous post), it immediately synchronized all compatible files in the desktop and the My Documents folder. It offered [...]
Synchronize Microsoft Office documents with Google Docs using DocSyncer
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007I finally got an invitation to try out DocSyncer, a service that allows you to automatically synchronize Microsoft Office files in your PC—documents, presentations, and spreadsheets—with your Google Docs account.
DOCSYNCER. The service synchronizes your Microsoft Office documents with your Google Docs account. It’s still being tested and far from being a dependable day-to-day application. [...]
Smart TextMail and mobile alerts on tasks, website availability
Sunday, November 25th, 2007One of my longest mobile experiment drew to a close early this month with my rediscovery of Smart’s TextMail.
For more than a year, I’ve been trying one service after another in an effort to get my e-mails sent as text messages to my mobile phone. The answer, you might say, is simple: buy a [...]
Smart unveils USB modem for mobile Internet access anywhere
Friday, November 23rd, 2007SMART Broadband, Inc. (SBI) has unveiled a USB modem that will allow users to access the Internet with speeds ranging from 384 kbps to 768 kbps anywhere where there is a Smart signal.
The device will be offered under SBI’s “Smart BRO Plan 799.” Under the plan, which costs P799 a month, subscribers have 60 [...]
Goodbye activeCollab, hello ProjectPier
Friday, September 28th, 2007The project management application I use extensively for some of my tasks has turned its back on the open source beginnings that attracted me and, I’m sure, many others to it during its initial versions.
ActiveCollab is a clone of the popular Basecamp project management application. The main difference is that while Basecamp is a hosted [...]
Ubuntu makes me work faster in Windows XP
Monday, April 9th, 2007My computing life has improved exponentially with Ubuntu that I try to spend as little time as possible in Windows XP in my office PC. My office PC needs to run Windows because the newsroom uses InDesign and Pagemaker to lay out pages.
I now work faster on Windows XP—faster because I want to get work [...]
Manage your tasks with Accomplice
Thursday, January 25th, 2007The recent Internet connectivity problem in the Philippines has allowed me to try several software packages in an attempt to replicate the task management that I do online. Before the connectivity problems, I managed all my tasks (personal, blog-related, work-related and other collaborative chores) using an installation of activeCollab.
EASY TASK MANAGEMENT. Accomplice helps you [...]