Entries Tagged as 'free software'

Goodbye activeCollab, hello ProjectPier

September 29th, 2007 · 12 Comments

The 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 [...]

Tags: Free services · Highlights · Open source · WebTech · free software · productivity

Edit your website, blog design live and without breaking it

September 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments

CSSVista is a tool any blogger or website owner will find useful. The Windows-only application allows you to load any website in Firefox and Explorer and then edit its CSS code live, with the changes showing immediately in the two browser windows.
CSSVISTA. The application makes editing website designs easy. CSSVista loads the page in [...]

Tags: Blog design · Highlights · WebTech · free software

Windows Live services coming to Nokia phones

August 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Nokia has announced that it has partnered with Microsoft to provide a suite of Windows Live services “specifically designed for Nokia devices.” Users of compatible S60 devices in selected countries can now download Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live Spaces.
Users of Nokia Series 40 devices will be able to [...]

Tags: Free services · Mobile · free software

Upgrading WordPress Lightbox plugin

August 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments

I just upgraded the Lightbox 2.0 plugin I use for my WordPress installations. I use Lightbox 2.0 extensively for snazzy image loading effects in my blog and all the other sites I run. The script loads images in an overlay window and dims all the other parts of the page.
LIGHTBOX FOR WORDPRESS. The Lightbox [...]

Tags: Blogs · Open source · Photography · WebTech · free software

Going to school—Drupal school

August 13th, 2007 · 11 Comments

I’ve been studying Drupal these past months. Drupal is a highly-regarded open source content management system (CMS) that can run anything from a single-person website to a community portal. There’s even a Newspapers on Drupal group for people using the CMS for their news websites.
NOW SHOWING. I’ve downloaded Elliott Rothman’s video tutorial series on [...]

Tags: Highlights · Journalism · Newsroom tech · Open source · WebTech · free software

Open Source phone anyone?

July 29th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Open Source development has brought the world a stable operating system, reliable web server and thousands of free and very useful programs and scripts. Will it bring us the next great phone?
Last July 9, OpenMoko started selling from their website the Neo 1973 phone, which runs the company’s eponymous open source mobile software package. This [...]

Tags: Highlights · Mobile · Open source · free software · linux