No matter how hard I try, I could not recall my experience with using WordPerfect more than ten years back. I can recall using it for months but the overall user experience escapes me. It puzzles me. After all, I can still recall some of the keyboard commands for the DOS version of Word.
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Entries Tagged as 'free software'
Take digital notes with Corel WordPerfect Lightning
March 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: Free services · free software · planner
Open source Valentine
February 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment
It’s a hot date before the big day. Bayan Muna has scheduled a round table on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 13, at the Rajah Park Hotel function room in Fuente Osmeña to discuss free and open source software.
Organizers are still finalizing details but I was told it’s open to anyone interested to discuss free and open [...]
Tags: Government · free software
Manage your tasks with Accomplice
January 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The 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 [...]
Tags: Highlights · free software · planner · productivity
New screencast on using a TiddlyWiki
December 12th, 2006 · 5 Comments
I’ve recreated my earlier video guide on using a TiddlyWiki, a single-page wiki you can use for your notes and task lists. Instead of Wink, I used CamStudio to capture screen activities this time.
Wink is an easy to use free software to capture videos of your screen activities and it’s great for creating tutorials. [...]
Tags: Wiki · free software · planner
Using activeCollab to manage blog posts, article ideas
November 29th, 2006 · 6 Comments
I’m spending a lot of time in my activeCollab installation these past weeks. ActiveCollab is an open source project management and collaboration script that had been described as a clone of the popular Basecamp service (but I think it’s much more than that).
CREATING FORMS. ActiveCollab allows you to create forms that automatically add data [...]
Tags: Blogs · Free services · Highlights · Open source · free software
Running a web server, WordPress on my phone
November 19th, 2006 · 7 Comments
I was finally able to run an Apache, PHP, MySQL server on my Sony Ericsson K750i. I did it on my second attempt, the first was disastrous, and that’s putting it mildly, as I crashed my phone and I had to reformat its memory card, wiping out several photos I haven’t been able to save [...]
Tags: Highlights · Mobile · free software

