Dropbox Invites To Give Away

I have been using Dropbox as a Mobileme's iDisk Substitute for cloud storage mainly because I use the Mac GTD app Things.  The purpose of Dropbox in this context is so I can sync across several Macs by pointing Things at the Dropbox folder on each Mac. The suggestion came from the Cultured Code Things forum that I give Dropbox a try, and it works like a charm.  Without any question this is the best iDisk alternative.  You can check it out at www.getdropbox.com if you like. And Dropbox has created a snappy iPhone web interface to boot. Unfortunately it is an invite only beta at this point, so....

I have 9 Dropbox invites to give away.  First come first serve.

"Things" on my iPhone 3G

Well after trying all of the GTD apps for the iPhone, I have finally settled on "Things".  At 9.99 on the app store Things comes in at about mid-range in price.  The desktop version of "Things" is free for now and will be 49.99 by the end of this summer.  I tried all of the free GTD apps and even went as far as to buy the holy grail of GTD apps "Omnifocus".  While "Omnifocus" was a robust GTD solution for the iPhone it was hampered by the fact that in order to sync you had to have two things.  On, was a mobile me account (Which I have.) and a beta copy of the new desktop version of "Omnifocus" for the Mac.  There is a non-beta version of "Omnifocus" but it does not sync with the iPhone app.  Not with standing the fact that you have to shell out another 79.99 for the desktop app after paying 19.99 for the iPhone app, I like "Omnifocus" but beta software is never a trustworthy system as depicted by the GTD methodology.

As far as "Things" is concerned, it is not quite as robust as "Omnifocus", but it certnly does what it promised, including following the GTD methodology.

I will post a full review of things by the end of this week to follow-up this post.

iPhone G3 Love

I have returned from a moritorium on posting due to work and school with a shoutout to Apple for blessing us Canadians with the iPhone 3G.  What an amazing device.  Once I have a week of use in on the device I will post my thoughts and a list of my favorite apps.

WordPress on iPhone

Well I am happy to report that the iPhone WordPress app works swimingly! Well done. To bad I switched to Blogspot...

Back Seat Driver

WOW!!! I wish I could have been in the passanger seat on this one...

Bugatti Veyron at top speed
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Joost Invites To Give Away

Apparently Joost is not as popular as I thought... Or, I spend to much time one the net compared to those I associate with. I have asked all of my friends if they would like a Joost invite, and the most common response is "What is Joost?" from the look of absolute horror on my face in response to this people ask "what is wrong?" To that I say "am I the only person plugged into the Internet?" I realize that it is just series of tubes, but dang... Joost is everywhere in the space isn't it? Anyway, I have two invites that expire on the 22nd, and am now offering them to the first two posters to this comment.

Andrew

Services Scrubber Hurray!!

Mac OS has a Services menu where all the tasks associated with each app on your system are found in one location. I had for the longest time items in my services menu that where out of place like "convert to simplified chinese". I went looking for the location of each of these services in an attempt to remove them. This can be a difficult task in itself, so I googled "how to edit the services menu in OSX" and found an app that simplifies the process of disabling services you don't use, and removing those that are orphaned when uninstalling software. The App is called Services Scrubber, and it can be found here. Give it try. I am glad I did.

(Via My Trick.)

Searchmash

Searchmash is googles new search engine that has a web 2.0 feel, and is customizable to the searcher. If Google implements this search engine as a replacement for their current offering, they will most certainly secure an already tight grip on the search engine game. I am using this as my default search engine and I suggest you give it a try. Happy searching...

(Via http://www.searchmash.com.)

My Gift To You (LotsaSnow)

I came across this awesome screen-saver for Mac OSX. I thought I would share it with you. Enjoy!

LotsaSnow:

(Via wakaba.c3.cx.)

Below is an image of the screen-saver in action:



And Happy Holidays.

iphoto to Gmail Plugin...YESSSS!!!

I am glad to report that someone has finally come up with a plugin for iphoto that I will use on a regular basis. If you are like me and convey images of birthdays and holiday to family via gmail, then this is the plugin for you! You can find the plugin here. Enjoy!