Seems you can’t shake a stick without running into an article about Apple vs. Users (and 3rd party Developers) over the iPhone. Apple has said all along that it’s their way or else. Now the “or else” comes in the form of a … Read More »
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by Dan Schawbel While brushing your teeth or driving to work, do you know who is watching you? These days, anything is possible, due to the rise of social networking sites, blogs, forums and the focus on Google as a Personal Branding search engine. Employers and friends … Read More »
It’s not a new problem. With all the “Web 2.0″ websites come more and more usernames and passwords to remember and catalog. We’ve been trying to figure out a way of managing all that data, securely, for a while now. OpenID has been embraced by … Read More »
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By Judi Sohn
Sep. 23, 2007, 10:16am PT
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Thanks, RedOrbit: The lifestyle portal site has named WWD as its “Red Hot Blog” for September 21. New version of Gmail? Just when you thought we’d run out of everything we could possibly say about Google’s email client, word comes that there may … Read More »
By Joshua Levy Three years ago I left my comfortable life working in the offices of a publishing company for the life of a student and freelancer. I was, in part, lured away by a fantasy of independent freelance life that was equal parts an escape … Read More »
By Sean O’Steen As a web worker for more than ten years and as an independent software developer for the past six, I’ve worked in a wide variety of environments. Cubicle prairies, home offices, rented desks, cafes, libraries and even my car; you name it, I’ve tried … Read More »
Yet another widespread Blackberry outage. Yet another software glitch to blame. It started around 10 am eastern yesterday (September 7) and appeared to resolve by bedtime. Unlike the outage that made headlines last April, this time it only affected BIS (Blackberry Internet Service) … Read More »
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On Labor Day 2006, Om Malik and the GigaOM team started this blog/community as a resource for (and a salute to) those of us who were living a sockless lifestyle: What are the best tools and what is the right gear to stay in touch with … Read More »
The folks at Twitter have been adding a lot of functionality to the service. Now you can import your Gmail address book to check for fellow Twitter users, as well as do a general search of the network. Purely because they could, they’ve … Read More »
For me, there’s nothing better for my productivity than working on my own. I like working around people, but I prefer when those people are strangers. As much as I enjoy my bi-monthly trips to my organization’s headquarters 200 miles away, I get the most done … Read More »
How many hours a day do you spend on the phone? If you’re anything like me, a typical day includes at least 2 hour-long conference calls and countless conversations in between. It’s not uncommon for me to clock 4-5 total hours a day engaged in some … Read More »
As you may have read on GigaOM and elsewhere, new Google acquisition GrandCentral got themselves in a bit of a pickle this week. Due to some issues with a small pre-acquisition local carrier, they were forced to change the “one number (not so) for … Read More »
“How do you poll multiple people via email?” Send the question out to 10 colleagues, invariably get 30 replies back and you dig through the banter to try and get a consensus of opinion. CircleUp proposes a solution anytime you need to compile opinion, get feedback … Read More »
By Judi Sohn
Aug. 20, 2007, 4:08am PT
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NewTeeVee: Score one for Comcast in their battle against DirecTV over false quality claims by their rival.
NewTeeVee: With all the video, will there be enough bandwidth to go around?
Earth2Tech: Where the venture funding hits the pavement. Literally. A report on venture-funded green cars.
While we’re sitting here moaning about the fact that Microsoft won’t be releasing the next version of Office for the Mac until early next year, Apple throws their hat into the ring with iWork, their suite of “Office-like” productivity desktop applications. Pages to … Read More »
By Tim Ferriss This week I realized once again how “not-to-do” lists can be just as effective—often more so—than to-do lists for upgrading performance. The reason is simple: what you don’t do determines what you can do. Here are nine stressful and common habits that entrepreneurs … Read More »
I just got back from a business trip. I flew from Philadelphia, PA to Columbia, SC and back on a tiny little Canadair CRJ with cramped seats, no leg room and a few peanuts. My laptop started running low on juice halfway through the flight, … Read More »
2004 seems so long ago. That was the year of the last version of Microsoft Office for Mac users. In Microsoft-speak, 4 years is about right. After all, Microsoft went from Office 2003 to Office 2007 for Windows. This time, Mac users have more at stake. Along … Read More »
Web workers have a love/hate relationship with Backpack. On the one hand, it’s an incredibly simple tool for collecting information. On the other hand, it’s an incredibly simple tool for collecting information. That simplicity is the application’s greatest strength…and its greatest liability. As part of … Read More »
It’s hard when no matter how good you are, your brother is still everyone’s darling. Mozilla Thunderbird is a rather amazing email client in its own right. It’s quick on its feet, it’s customizable, it’s cross-platform, and it handles IMAP email and identities better than … Read More »
Facebook has to be the most talked about, and the most misunderstood, web service/platform right now. If you haven’t gotten drawn in by the hype, it may surprise you to learn that many people have already found Facebook to be an essential addition to their … Read More »
What’s in your wallet? If it’s big and bulky and you’re sitting on it, you may be at risk for piriformis syndrome. According to Wikipedia: Piriformis syndrome is a neuromuscular disorder that occurs when the sciatic nerve is compressed or otherwise irritated by the piriformis muscle. This … Read More »
Lifehack.org has a post entitled, Getting Off the Treadmill of Life. In this entry, K. Stone lists 8 really great ideas for slowing down, disconnecting and changing pace when life gets overwhelming. The tips include things like playing hooky, changing perspective or location, taking naps, … Read More »
If you pick up the buzz on the most popular blogs lately, it’s like the online world woke up and suddenly discovered Facebook at exactly the same time. What a difference an open API can make when developers want to connect with millions of users. … Read More »
Have you ever thought about print-on-demand publishing? My friend Jason recently self-published a children’s book. I asked him to share his experiences for those of us who browse the aisles of Barnes & Noble thinking, “I could have written that.” It may not be as … Read More »
Remember Flock? Billing itself as the “social web browser,” Flock takes Firefox’s browser code and tightly integrates social networking tools within the application. While much of Flock’s functionality is already available through Firefox add-ons, Flock focuses on drag & drop usability of all those services. … Read More »
Everyone knows that Mozilla has a web browser or two. Most folks know about Thunderbird, Mozilla’s free desktop email client. What you may not know is that Mozilla also has a calendar project. The code is available in two forms. Sunbird is a stand-alone … Read More »
Now here’s a welcome surprise for my fellow AT&T wireless customers who aren’t on, or planning to be on, an iPhone line today. According to Wired, Endgadget, and this Howard Forums thread AT&T has flipped a switch on this fine … Read More »
Too bad there isn’t a lot of buzz about the iPhone this week, huh? Apple’s breakthough device first hit the stage in January, and now we’re finally seeing some speculation turn into reality as the June 29th launch date nears. We now know that … Read More »
Plaxo has finally lifted the veil on Plaxo 3, opening their new interface and strategy to the world for public beta testing. If nothing else, Plaxo is one of the biggest from-evil-to-useful stories around. As Plaxo VP of Marketing John McCrea says in an … Read More »
If you already use your web browser to read your email, write your copy, balance your checkbook, and keep your calendar it doesn’t seem to be too far a leap to consider that very browser to be your “operating system.” A number of sites have emerged … Read More »
When you want to get out of the house and work in a new environment, many head for the local Starbucks. Starbucks locations are easy to find no matter where you are, and the experience is consistent. Jazzy music, dark earth tones, small tables, limited … Read More »
I’ve been having a lot of trouble with my home internet connection lately. As a result I’ve spent hours…days, even…on the phone with customer or tech support. The new web has allowed us to use technology to answer every question, even those we didn’t … Read More »
It’s Stevenote time again, and that means that the Mac faithful gather round their liveblogging screens to happily swim in the fruity Kool Aid. This time it’s the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, CA.
The big news was a deeper preview of
Whoever coined the phrase “have your cake and eat it too” was probably an Intel Mac user running Parallels Desktop for Mac. All the ease and beauty of Mac OS X with the ability to run Windows programs as needed in an environment that’s … Read More »
If you’re a fellow feed-addict and you’re running Mac OS X, we don’t have to tell you what’s right about NetNewsWire. It was already considered “best in class” long before developer Brent Simmons joined forces with NewsGator. The Mac feed reader just got better … Read More »
It’s been about a year and a half since Microsoft first unveiled their suite of applications and portals rolled up under the live.com umbrella. Here at Web Worker Daily we’re Google-biased. We admit it. Why? For starters, many of us web workers prefer browsers … Read More »
I didn’t enter a picture of my space in the Web Worker Flickr pool yet. The absolute mess of cable behind my 23″ Apple Studio Display and MacBook Pro is too embarrassing to share with the world right now. Bluetooth headsets, Blackberry and an iPod … Read More »
My name is Judi Sohn, and I’m a feed addict. Every few months I whittle my collection down, only to see it creep back to its present level of 650+ feeds. I’ve tried desktop applications like NetNewsWire and FeedDemon (both now NewsGator products), but in … Read More »
What we have here is a failure to communicate. We’ve talked about how you can work with your friends. What happens when your colleague is someone you just don’t like? Maybe you have very different personalities or work styles. Maybe the project is falling behind because … Read More »
Keeping with the “Google takes on the world” theme we’ve got going here, this week it’s the battle of the online calendars. There are quite a few contenders we could have selected to take on the Big G…Backpack Calendar, Yahoo Calendar, Airset…to name … Read More »
If you like experimenting with new technologies, there’s no better time to be a web worker than right now. And in many ways, there’s no worse time. New startups and established companies are launching applications, all “beta” of course, at a dizzying pace. It’s almost too … Read More »
Firefox die-hards know that our favorite browser is the most fun(ctional) with add-ons like Greasemonkey that allow you to customize how sites look and behave. Problem is, finding the best (and safest) scripts is a bit of a challenge. A few months ago, the … Read More »
As web workers, we push back against the stereotypes of what’s necessary to appear professionally successful. A corner office. Lots of billable hours. A busy staff running around. Every day, we throw all that out the window and focus on productivity at its core. Getting more … Read More »
Last week, we introduced our little cage match feature by pitting iGoogle against Netvibes. This week, we’re setting up the battle of the free email. Thanks to the new web, webmail has grown up from the slow, clunky interfaces of the 90s. It was what we … Read More »
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