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LaCie Debuts Wuala Sync

LaCie’s cloud file storage service Wuala (which Om wrote about quite a while back when it was first launched) has announced the availability of a new feature, Wuala Sync, which allows users to automatically synchronize their files online and across multiple computers and operating systems. Read More »

Teamly: Collaboration With Priorities

Most collaboration tools focus on assigning tasks to the people on your team who will get them done. Teamly takes a different approach, encouraging your team to look for the priorities in your project and exercise a little autonomy. Read More »

 
 

Telecommuting + Flextime = More Productive Corporate Workforce

I’m one of those people who takes advantage of telecommuting and flexible work hours to make sure that I am as productive as possible. I’ve managed to find a pretty good balance between work and life by making adjustments to the typical 9-to-5 day. Read More »

If you’re a Gmail user who’s coveted third-party Outlook email productivity add-ons like Xobni or Gist, you might like to check out Webyog’s new MailBrowser. It’s a free plugin for Firefox and IE (with Chrome support on its way) that aims to extend the … Read More »

Like many web workers, I take a lot of notes in client meetings and on phone calls, but have yet to leave my yellow legal pads behind despite being a longtime Microsoft OneNote and Evernote user. The biggest reasons are … Read More »

Capture Handwritten Notes on Your iPhone

Dan Bricklin’s Note Taker App lets you take quickly take notes on the go by sketching onto your iPhone’s/iPod touch’s screen using your finger. Because scribbling small notes would be difficult, the app lets you write using large gestures, then shrinks your notes to fit … Read More »

How to Solve Tech-savvy Shortfalls

We’ve talked a lot on WWD recently about the tech-savvy of our clients, our site’s users, the public, and, well, everyone … except ourselves! We might like to think we know it all, and many of us spend innumerable hours reading, researching and learning so … Read More »

Web forms can be complicated or they can be easy. For a while now, FormSpring has been in the business of making it easier for those of us who might not have a programming background or the patience to take on the daunting task … Read More »

Outright & Expensify Join Forces

Outright and Expensify, web apps that we’ve covered previously on WWD, are joining forces to make expenses management even simpler. As Jennifer reports over on GigaOM, bookkeeping app Outright today releases a beta version of the site that uses Expensify’s API, … Read More »

Solar Power and the FLAP Bag Project

My obsession with portable solar energy continues — in the past I’ve written about Suntrica’s portable chargers, Reware’s Juice Bags and Noon Solar’s range of bags. Suntrica’s chargers, though difficult to purchase outside Finland, currently offer the most elegant and practical solution … Read More »

CoRD: Connect to Windows PCs From Your Mac

While many web workers use (and love) Macs, most of the rest of the world still uses Windows PCs. So what do you do if you need to connect to, or control, a client’s Windows machine? Microsoft offers its free Remote Desktop Connection Client, but … Read More »

How to Give Back When You're Strapped for Time

Many times, we want to find ways to give back, be more socially responsible, or make our lives more about service, but running a business can make it seem impossible to find the time to do anything other than the task immediately in front of us. How … Read More »

More Must Reads

From Reware’s solar-powered Juice Bags to Noon Solar’s range of solar handbags, some of our regular readers may have detected that I have a bit of a “thing” for solar power. I’m sure this is an enthusiasm shared by many web workers: When your … Read More »

SUBERNOVA is a brand-new online project management app for freelancers that helps to manage projects and clients, track time, and keep tabs on milestones and invoices. Unlike many of the project management apps we’ve seen, it’s built in Flash and the interface looks very sleek. After … Read More »

Last week I wrote an article about Liferay, an open source portal app. Today, I’ll be looking at another option, Cyn.in, from Cynapse, an enterprise software solution provider. Cyn.in is an open source collaboration app, and as such only offers a portion of … Read More »

When I am in my office I am connected to most everyone I need to work with through some sort of Instant Messaging service. I find it convenient to be able to stay connected and have quick discussions. It is outside of … Read More »

I’ve been working with clients to set up social media “satellite sites” as I call them to extend their brand and take advantage of the exponential power of social networking for reaching out to consumers. … Read More »

In a story, The Best Video Download Tools on our sister blog NewTeeVee, Liz Gannes has identified a very useful extension for (almost) everybody’s favorite open source browser: Firefox. Liz’s pick is optimized for downloading and saving video segments for the web–for those items you don’t … Read More »

SMS text messages are the unsung heroes of messaging; this low-fi 140-character medium has for years kept us connected to each other and is fasting becoming one of the key enablers for ubiquitous computing and the personal infrastructure of the web worker. kwiry … Read More »

It’s that time of year again in the US: Federal income tax returns are due next Tuesday. If you haven’t filed already, it’s time to either burn the midnight oil or file for an automatic extension. Despite some hope that was on the horizon last … Read More »

If you’re self-employed or thinking about it and you live in the U.S., one of your biggest concerns is likely to be health insurance. Most people in the U.S. — about 60% according to the National Coalition on Health Care — get health coverage through … Read More »

The end of the calendar year is fast approaching, and for independent web workers (as for anyone else who’s self-employed in the USA) that means more than just chestnuts roasting and swapping holiday cards. Its also means that you should spare a few minutes to consider … Read More »

Have you jumped on the personalized search bandwagon yet? If not, and you do a lot of web searches, personalized searches are worth a look. Lately I’ve been using Rollyo which greets you at its home page with this tagline: “Roll your own search engine.” Rolling … Read More »

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