I’m writing this post on my Macbook in a hotel, using a 30 min WLAN coupon. Luckily, I stored all of my crucial sites I must have access to immediately as I log on, at Nevibes. It’s very simple stuff, everyone can do it. Of course, those using Firefox are always ahead, although Opera enables you to synchronize your browser.
Here are some tools which help you manage and store your online bookmarks:
Do you still keep your bookmarks the old way?
Most of my readers probably know I’m not very fond of Microsoft. Although, sometimes, an extremely rare thing happens: it’s when the talented people working at Microsoft actually get a chance to create something cool. In this small patch of cool between all the other Microsoft un-coolness is also the idea of making Microsoft Office more Web-capable.
Office 14, the next Desktop Office Suite (coming first half of ‘09), will feature more online power than the previous versions, which had the online capabilities of a dead frog with a 28.8k modem duct-taped to it.
Of course, Office Live Workspace already provided basic collaboration and synchronization for Word, Excel and PowerPoint (I wonder why people still use this piece of fecal matter for presentations), and there’s always Groove, but we still don’t have that for Access and other additional programs. So Gates said that this is about to change in Office 14.
Hooray for those still struggling with Windows, I guess.
InfoPath Services and Groove Services are fine, sure, but who has time to setup a server?
What I’m trying to say here is not that Microsoft should become Google Docs, but that there are easier ways to do it, for people who do not have the money and/or time for investing into servers. That’s what Google does right.
I just found about about a new start-up on the social media scene (in beta) , called Hurox.
Normally, what should follow is a description of this web 2.0 ’service’ website, but I’m still deciding what to say. Roughly said, Hurox wants to be everything.
The sheer wealth of information and apps, which Hurox provides, is a bit overwhelming for the newbie user, and that’s why I think it won’t be as appealing to such Internet users. Instant messaging, listening to music, selling art, they even managed to integrate a friggin’ online desktop environment!
Upon signing up, Hurox asks you a few questions to learn about your interests. This enables you to customize Hurox to some degree (I still see a lot of ‘coming soon’ labels on the site).
I’m still getting used to the interface (waaay to much information), I’ll probably post an update later and we’ll see if Hurox will avoid the dreaded Dead-pool.
And no matter what others are saying about it, I think the guys at Hurox made a brave step towards creating the ultimate entrance to the Internet. Props for that.
P.S. I don’t know why, but I find the site to be extremely amusing, reminds me of the “999,999 games in 1!” cartridges for the Sega Mega Drive 
Let the ‘wow’ start! Buzzword is really just a word processor, much like Google Docs or some other counterpart. What separates Buzzword from the rest, you ask me?
Heh… almost everything.
You see, I use Google Docs for word processing (sometimes Zoho) only because most of the people I work with use it - it’s become a kind of a standard. Now Buzzword is not you everyday ajax app, it is built on top of Flash, which means teh interface looks much better than your standard web writing application. Now that Preview 7 is available, you can really enjoy the full power of Flash 9 : as Emily Chang wrote, Buzzword is not WYSIWYG, it is WYSIWYP.
And now for my favourite feature, the collaboration support: simply by selecting ‘Share’: now all your friends who have a Buzzword account work with the same version of the document. Neato! More points for web productivity there.
Of course, Buzzword still has a few flaws which I would like to point out: I’m not a big fan of the black interface, black interfaces are not for serious apps in my opinion, let the football manager games keep it. Also, don’t't forget, it’s still Flash. That means you’ll see the loading screen a few times.
That’s all I noticed, in comparison to others, it’s a great choice, especially for Opera users, because it ’s a Flash based app, so it’s not supposed to have any compatibility issues. You can sign-up and try Buzzword by signing up here.
In short, the guys at Virtual Ubiquity (purchased by Adobe somewhere in the beginning of winter 2007) have done a great job. Congrats!
Has anyone else tried Buzzword? How do you feel about it in comparison to other online word processing apps?
I spend a lot of my free time surfing the internet and almost half of my income comes from here. That means I’ve got a lot of contacts, but little time to IM anyone. I tend to use email a lot, even when I’m on the road.
I used to be an Outlook Express user until 2004. I was new to the whole security thing back then and frankly didn’t care whether my inbox is safe or not.
My next e-mail client was Thunderbird. I’m sure lots of you also use Outlook, Spicebird or something similar for managing your everyday tasks. Well, the opensource alternative was fine and all, but there was a big problem involved.
With webmail, your e-mail stays on the server. E-mail clients, on the other hand (if you don’t specifically tell them), ‘pull’ your mail onto the computer.
And while this may be an advantage for offline reading: what happens if you (my case here) have 3 computers and 5 operating systems?
Ease of access is the keyword here, I suppose. With my Gmail, I have all the functionality I need, and more. It’s always there, and if I get some important mail I can easily archive it or forward it, thus increasing my web productivity.
If you liked what I said and want to jump n the bandwagon, simply sign up for some webmail space: Gmail or Yahoo!Mail will suffice, but you also have Hotmail, Inbox and Spymac.
Do you use webmail? Why (not)? Tell us!
