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- Cool Websites and Tools [December 18th]
- The Best iPhone Tower Defense Games 2009 + Giveaway
- Archive Your Twitter Tweets Into Your Evernote Account With @myEN
- How To Effectively Use Twitter Hashtags
- Transfz – A Tool to Search the Internet From Any Application
- Two Sites To Instantly Convert Your Images To Text
- How To Easily Share Your Wireless Connection In Ubuntu 9.10
- Osmo – Free Lightweight Contact Management & Calendar Software
| Cool Websites and Tools [December 18th] Posted: 18 Dec 2009 07:31 PM PST
(1) QuranFlash – Quran, also spelled as Koran, is the Holy book of Muslims. There are millions of Quran readers on the internet but very few websites provide a proper reading experience. Most of the websites are purely HTML based and require you to browse or search through a large menu to go to the specific chapter. QuranFlash makes reading Quran smoother by providing all the content in an easy-to-navigate flash interface Read more: QuranFlash: Read Quran Online In Flash
(2) PhotoSwarm – is a tool for those who are really into taking pictures, especially professional photographers. It lets you create free photo website and then use it to showcase your photography quickly and easily. You can upload your albums and add galleries without a hassle. Read more: PhotoSwarm: Create Free Photo Websites (3) Bing4Free – One of the things that Bing has better than Google is their collection of scenic images in their home search page. Now, you can quickly turn these bing images to background wallpapers with Bing4Free. This desktop app automatically downloads images from Bing.com as wallpapers. Read more: Bing4Free: Turns Bing Images to Background Wallpapers (4) Showtime – is a cool app for the iPhone which helps you keep a track of your favorite shows on TV. What's interesting here is that it isn't an iPhone app which you need to download from the Appstore. Instead, it's a web app created specifically to work on iPhone and iPod touch. Read more: Showtime: Track Your Favorite TV Show Air Times On iPhone (5) Instantizer – They shut down the Polaroid factory, but if you want to bring that retro-style photography to the digital age there's always Instantizer.com. This simple web application allows you to upload an image and turn it into a polaroid style image, complete with the psuedo-handwritten note of your choice. You're even given a link to share with your friends for 24 hours. Read more: Instantizer: Turn Your Photo Into a Polaroid Style Snapshot These are just half of the websites that we discovered in the last couple of days. If you want us to send you daily round-ups of all cool websites we come across, leave your email here. Or follow us via RSS feed. Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section! Related posts
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| The Best iPhone Tower Defense Games 2009 + Giveaway Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:30 PM PST
We’ve come to love these tower defense games for what they have to offer — they’re simple, easy to learn and most importantly, really fun to play. But which are the best tower defense games for the iPhone? The first name that comes to mind is Fieldrunners — I’m pretty sure that almost everyone who owns an iPhone would have played or seen this game in action. It’s exciting and honestly, pretty darn addictive. What? You think I’m just going to hand the trophy over to Fieldrunners? Think again. I’ve found a couple of challengers vying to reign victor. Find out which games got Fieldrunners’ panties in a knot, after the jump. Giveaway: We have 5 promo codes for every game listed here to be given away to our readers. How do you get one? Instructions are at the end of the post. FieldrunnersFor those who aren’t familiar with this game, let me run you through a brief intro. If memory serves correctly, Fieldrunners was the first proper tower defense game for the iPhone. During that time, it had no sound (if I’m not mistaken) and only had 1 map but it sure has come a long way since then. Fieldrunners now has several maps and gameplay modes as well as some exciting new firepower in its arsenal. Unlike other tower defense games, it doesn’t have a fixed path for the creeps to walk in. And that’s not a bad thing because you can create your own path by building your weapons in such a way to determine where the creeps should go. This allowed a certain mode of cheating by directing the creeps back and forth the rows of guns. Fieldrunners is the kind of game that just goes on and on. Not much planning is involved so you can have fun with it whether you’re playing for 5 minutes or 5 hours. The next version of Fieldrunners will integrate social play networking which will allow you to submit high scores and challenge friends. What I like about Fieldrunners:
-A “boss” every 10 rounds adds some challenge -Lots of distinctly different creeps, each with their own strengths and weaknesses -A particular method of cheating makes winning pretty certain Fieldrunners [iTunes Store link] is available from the iTunes Store at $2.99. Star DefenseA very worthy contender indeed. Star Defense is a stunning, graphically-intense 3D tower defense game set in space. Your mission is to protect the universe consisting of 7 worlds from alien invasion. What’s different in Star Defense is the fact that it pulled away from the norm, took a simple tower defense game and made it 3-dimensional. The result? Simply fantastic. When ngmoco debuted Star Defense in WWDC earlier this year, I was blown away. Realistically, playing this game on my 2G iPhone isn’t optimum, to say the least. Nevertheless, it didn’t stop my friends from constantly borrowing it just to play Star Defense. In this game, the creeps attack in waves; with a small interval in between to allow you to buy new defenses and upgrade existing ones. When you’re done, hit the timer and the next wave of creeps will emerge. There is a fixed pathway so you’ll know exactly where the creeps will start coming from. Having shown you the galaxy map with 7 worlds to protect, a finishing point was implied. This game puts the pressure on your early. In other words, you have a mission and this game isn’t entirely just for fun. You sort of have to finish it. What I like about Star Defense:
-Mission-based, can be rewarding if played consistently -Supports Plus+ social play network -Preview of the next wave of creeps allows preparation for it Star Defense is perfect for average to serious gamers with the drive to complete the game. Star Defense [iTunes Store link] is available from the iTunes Store at $0.99. There is a free version called Star Defense Prelude [iTunes Store link] that offers one of the 7 worlds to anyone who is willing to defend it. Geo-Defense & Geo-Defense SwarmI’ve grouped these 2 games together because they were developed by the same company but in fact, they’re quite different. Geo-Defense (GD, for short) offers the same type of gameplay as Star Defense i.e. fixed pathway. GD Swarm, on the other hand, allows you to forge your own pathway — akin to Fieldrunners. All I can say for both of these games is: don’t be fooled by the simplistic graphics. My initial (and honest to God) reaction when I killed my first creep was, “Wooooaaaw!” GD isn’t particularly concerned about its interface and presentation, as you can clearly see from the retro-looking screenshots above. What it lacks in the presentation, it makes up in gameplay — that, after all, is more important. The explosions after killing creeps are nothing less than phenomenal — shock waves spread out over the map and sparks fly everywhere. It’s bleeding chaotic! Sometimes, the blasters kill so many creeps that I can’t see anything through the sparks but still, I’m sitting there going, “Oh, yeeeah.” GD Swarm is basically the same game but it allows you to place your defenses anywhere you like, molding a pathway for the creeps to go through. The creeps come out through the green hexagon and move toward the red one. And since the starting and end points are hexagons, there are obviously multiple entries and exits. Static images don’t justify the awesomeness of the gameplay. You have to try it for yourself. What I like about GD and GD Swarm:
-Supports OpenFeint, another social play network -Not immensely intense on graphics means smooth gameplay on older iPhones -Plays music from the iPod during the game Geo-Defense [iTunes Store link] and Geo-Defense Swarm [iTunes Store link] both go for $1.99. There’s a free version of GD with 2 out of the 3 levels of difficulties and 6 maps [iTunes Store link] — still loads of fun. Sentinel 2: Earth DefenseThis is a slightly more complex tower defense game compared to the first four. In Sentinel 2, you play a Commander in charge of defending Earth against alien invasion (sound familiar?). Graphically, the game is way up there with Star Defense and Fieldrunners. In addition to the weapons you can build around the pathway, there are also several other defense options that can be claimed after accumulating sufficient energy. They come in pretty handy if the creeps managed to pass by your turrets unscathed. Like I said, Sentinel 2 is slightly more complicated because of the types of creeps and different weapon options. Nevertheless, the feeling of satisfaction you get after killing every wave of creeps is roughly the same. The game is also mission-based that is rewarded by playing it frequently. What I like about Sentinel 2:
-Many different types of creeps, some are can be invisible -Challenge friends through OpenFeint’s social play network -Fast forward mode speeds up gameplay -Plays iPod music during the game Sentinel 2: Earth Defense [iTunes Store link] is priced at $2.99 but the prelude, Sentinel: Mars Defense [iTunes Store link] is free for a limited time. TriDefenseProbably the toughest and most challenging tower defense game for the iPhone, hands down. There is a reason why it’s called TriDefense — creeps attack from the ground, air and water. There are also multiple entry sites, which is what makes this game really difficult to win. Strangely, even though its graphics are pretty good and offers a decent zoom level, it didn’t bog down on my 2G iPhone. As soon as you start playing, you’ll notice the enormity of the map you’ll have to defend. Entry sites are indicated by waves on the sides of the screen. The game supports 3-dimension positional audio — by using headphones, you can “hear” where the next wave creeps will be coming from. Yup, that’s pretty mind-blowing. TriDefense allows you to manipulate the map. By building around the entry points (or on water), you can dictate the direction for the creeps move. Although, air-borne creeps continue to travel as the crow flies. Again, the map is pretty huge so you’ll have to keep an eye out for creeps from every direction. What I like about TriDefense:
-2x and 4x game speeds -3D positional audio support when using headphones -Supports OpenFeint social play network -The emphasize of gameplay is on weapons and strategy, not on the creeps TriDefense is really hard to beat. It takes a dedicated player to win it; so it offers long-term gaming possibilities. At $2.99, TriDefense [iTunes Store link] is a steal for hours of fun it provides. There is a free version available [iTunes Store Link] that packages the tutorial and Mission:01. Giveaway: We have 5 promo codes for each game to give away! Valid for US iTunes Store accounts only. To get your hands on any one of these exciting tower defense games, either:
2. Click on the retweet button to share on Twitter or; 3. Do both! Then tell us where you’ve shared it and which game you would prefer: Fieldrunners, Star Defense, Geo-Defense, Geo-Defense Swarm, Sentinel 2 or TriDefense. You’re only allowed to choose one. Don’t forget to enter your email so that we can get in touch with you. The giveaway will end after we get 100 requests. Winners will be chosen randomly. Enjoy! Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section! New on Twitter ? Now you can follow MakeUseOf on Twitter too. Related posts
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| Archive Your Twitter Tweets Into Your Evernote Account With @myEN Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:31 PM PST
Here’s the simple 5 step process to archive your tweets the Evernote way. It’s quick and easy – although adding that tag takes some time to get used to. 1. Follow The Special Evernote Twitter AccountSign into Twitter and then go to the special Evernote Twitter account called @myEN. Follow the account.
2. Check Your Private Direct Messages For A LinkThe @myEN account will then automatically follow you back. Check your Direct Messages folder for a link which you then need to click on. 3. Link Your Twitter & Evernote Accounts TogetherNow you have to link your Evernote account and Twitter account together. After clicking on the link provided in the direct message, you will be taken to a screen in your Evernote account asking if you want to link your accounts. Click on “link accounts” and it will be done instantly. You will now see a new Twitter tab in your Evernote account. 4. Add The Special Tag To Your TweetsEverything has now been set up for you to archive your tweets in your Evernote account. All you need to do now to start the ball rolling is to add a special @myen to your tweets. Evernote then looks for these specially tagged tweets and instantly grabs them. That’s the theory anyway. Let’s see if it actually works. I’ll be pretty miffed if it doesn’t! 5. See Your Tweets Appear In Your Evernote AccountIt works! The tweets appear very quickly in your Evernote account. Obviously all of the text is searchable so if you want to know what you tweeted about your dinner two weeks ago, you can now search Evernote for it (provided you added that special @ tag). A Couple Of Other Features
The slight drawback of this archiving method is that you HAVE to remember that @ tag otherwise the tweet won’t be archived in Evernote (and as I indicated last time, my memory is atrocious). Plus the tag may be small but it is still 5 characters cutting into that 140 character limit. So you may not want to give up 5 characters out of your tweet – or you may not be able to. It would be nice if Evernote would automate the process without us having to tag each tweet like this. Still, a lot of you may see this method as a nice easy way to archive your tweets for posterity and you may not mind allocating a small part for the tag. What do you think? Is this something you would use? Or will you wait for a more automated method to come out of Evernote HQ? Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section! Related posts
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| How To Effectively Use Twitter Hashtags Posted: 18 Dec 2009 01:31 PM PST
Those are called hashtags, and they are often misunderstood by new members of the Twitter community. So, what are they exactly? In this article we will take a look at what hashtags are, how to use them, and what they can do for you. Hashtags – Background & How-ToIn our Twitter manual Twitter: Best Practices and Tips [PDF Guide], we stated that “a hashtag is the Twitter equivalent of metadata on a message”. This means that hashtags are like keywords, and by appending tags to your tweets they will be easier to find within Twitter. Let me explain. Say I want to write a tweet about MUO's article on hashtags:
Now everyone searching for MakeUseOf will be able to see the article. If people find the article interesting and want to tweet about it they only need to include the #makeuseof tag at the end of their tweets and everyone will be able to follow the conversation surrounding the article. Hashtags are generally placed at the end of a tweet. Like keywords, you can attach multiple tags to your tweets. Hashtags are sometimes abbreviated (#followfriday or #FF) for ease of use. How To Find Popular HashtagsThere are many various websites/directories to help you utilize hashtags in your tweets. One of the best tools for finding tags is Twubs. Twubs is a website comprised of Twitter groups, and these groups are built around aggregated content from hashtags. There is no shortage of tags on Twubs. You can view the most popular listings on the front page or by category. Let's say you want to find a hashtag to use that is Internet-related. Just go to the Categories section and click on Internet. Each category has several tags to choose from. The Internet category for example has tags for #facebook, #twitter, and #socialmedia. Not sure which category your hashtag is in? You can search keywords within Twubs as well. What if your desired hashtag is not listed in Twubs or no one has written a description for it? You can register it yourself! Just click Register Your Hashtag!, enter your tag into the box, and click Check Availability. Registering a hashtag minimizes the likelihood of using a tag that is already taken, as well as preventing others from using your tag. This helps keep the conversation central and it reduces clutter. Tracking The ConversationOnce you find a hashtag/keyword worth using, you can start tracking the conversation around it. By chatting with tags you are more likely to find like-minded people on Twitter who share the same passions and interests as you. Twubs has this function built in, but there are tools better suited for this task. You can start viewing the conversation with these utilities: TweetChatTweetChat offers a really simple way to monitor a hashtag. All you do is type in your tag and hit Go >>. You are then taken to a screen where your results are updated in real-time. You can control the speed of the results scrolling by and even pause them. If you sign in with your Twitter username and password you can type your messages (with tags) right from within TweetChat. It is a great way to maintain a Twitter conversation. TwitterfallTwitterfall offers a unique way of tracking more than one hashtag at a time. Type your keywords into the search box and results start cascading down the page. You can change the speed, pause results, and choose whether or not to show re-tweets. Twitterfall also lets you show tweets based on geographical location and exclude certain terms from your results. You can even color-code your searches to help keep track. Marketing With HashtagsHashtags can be used for all sorts of marketing reasons: news (#h1n1, #iranelection), political campaigns (#obama), events, tweetups, contests, and giveaways just to name a few. Companies rely on hashtags to generate buzz about their products and services, also. Usage of hashtags can be an effective marketing strategy in that it allows them to start a conversation and chat with potential clients/customers in a real-time Twitter-based environment. This also allows them to be more creative with their marketing strategy. Events and contests carry hashtags to help promote their products and send more traffic to their online stores and product pages. It is a cost effective way of marketing and building brand recognition. What does this mean for you, the consumer? Knowledge of hashtags grants you the power to navigate Twitter in search of better #deals and #prize giveaways. If you are looking for a specific product or brand, see if there are any hashtags for that brand. A little research can go a long way! Still Don't Know What Hashtags Are?As you can see, hashtags have many uses in the Twittersphere. They allow you to track trending topics, host conversations with like-minded Twitterers, and market your brand to the masses. Hopefully reading this article has alleviated some of the mysteries surrounding these tags and maybe is a call-to-action to start using them to your own benefit. Using any other cool utilities to manage your hashtags? Leave a comment about them, along with your other opinions, thoughts, and ideas! Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section! New on Twitter ? Now you can follow MakeUseOf on Twitter too. Related posts
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| Transfz – A Tool to Search the Internet From Any Application Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:31 AM PST
The usefulness of this tool that lets you search the Internet from any application is what makes us call it an integrated search agent. Look at Transfz from another angle; it takes away the dependency of search from the browser and extends it system-wide. In this post we will take a look at Transfz v.1.22 (Beta). Transfz runs from the system tray. All the functions of Transfz are contained within a context menu. The Global Menu is launched with a shortcut key press of CTRL+D. This key can of course be customized to anything of your choosing. The Global menu is not a part of the regular Windows right click context menu but it behaves like one in the fact that it can be called up in any application. We need to only highlight a piece of text and pass it on to any of the search engines that are configured with Transfz. Transfz can be made to work with any of your installed browsers. The context menu has a few default engines like Google, Free Dictionary, Wikipedia, Digg, IMDB, Yahoo etc. Let's bring it up with a press of the shortcut key and look at the features it provides…
But we have been only talking about the default features of Transfz until now. Transfz can be made to do a lot more via a few plugins and extensions. Functionally they are extra micro-apps that inject more power in the way Transfz can be made to perform. The Micro-Apps That Add More To TransfzTake a look at the Extensions page of the Transfz website to pick the one you need. The extensions can be downloaded and installed with a single click when Transfz is running. For instance, the TextMagnifier extension magnifies any text that is selected. The AddToNotepad extension helps by adding data quickly to any open Notepad window. Twitter fanatics will find the extension coded for quick posting quite handy. Plugins extend the search reach of Transfz by giving you site or subject specific search aids. How helpful is a quick Blog Search via the context menu or an image search using Google from any application? Transfz doesn't stop there. It also gives the user the ability to create his own custom search plugins in just two steps using the Plugin Creator under the Options tab. Give the plugin a name and then go to your browser, find the site you want to add and search with Transfz as the keyword. Then go to the address bar of your browser and copy the string into the second field box of the Transfz plugin creator. You can now launch any lookup with your custom search engine. The basic rationale behind Transfz is to bring into the desktop some of the quick search capabilities that are usually browser-specific. Has Transfz succeeded by following that road? With its extensibility and ability to function from any application plus its text handling capabilities, I certainly think so. What's your take? Use it and let us know. Transfz v.1.22 (Beta) is a 602KB download only and is supported on Windows NT/2000, XP and Vista. Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section! Related posts
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| Two Sites To Instantly Convert Your Images To Text Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:31 AM PST
The images which this results in serves little practical purpose other than retro entertainment. The scenes that can be rendered using these techniques are often nothing short of astounding. This once tedious process has long since been simplified for the common human being as well. Everyone can now create incredibly looking text art in just seconds. For this article, we would like to focus on online services to convert images to text. With the two sites we’ll discuss below, you can upload your own images, and convert them to ASCII, HTML and even Matrix text art. Photo2TextPhoto2Text quickly converts any picture to ASCII art. After selecting and uploading a picture of your choice, the site will select characters to convert your images to text. The detail that this technique can render is amazing.
TEXT-IMAGEThe next site does more than just convert images to text, it also offers three wholly different varieties; HTML, ASCII and Matrix. The ASCII conversion is very similar to that of the preceding site; the image will be converted to ASCII art, with characters chosen to resemble the contents of the image. Unlike with Photo2Text, you can’t specify different character sets, but the other options more than compensate for this lacking. Apart from black text on a white background, you can also opt for different color combinations, as well as a different image width (to render more detail) and enhanced contrast. Matrix conversion is a spin on the standard ASCII conversion. It uses an alien-like Matrix font, and renders green text on a black background, creating an impressive science fiction scene. More interesting however is the HTML conversion. Instead of trying to mimic the image contents, this conversion simply repeats a random, or otherwise specified string of characters. Your picture is then replicated by text coloring. The algorithm might be a little simpler, but it delivers interesting results. You can again specify an image width to attain that extra detail, as well as pick an alternative background color. If you want, you can also render your image in greyscale or monochrome and apply extra contrast. Since the image is rendered in HTML, it does not always show very well in different browsers. Prior to conversion, you can specify which browser you’re using to get the best results. These are but two services to convert images to text art. If you know of any other online or offline apps, please share them with us in the comments section below! Related posts
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| How To Easily Share Your Wireless Connection In Ubuntu 9.10 Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:31 AM PST
Recently I tried setting up the laptop computer in my office to share its wireless Internet connection via Ethernet. That might be a little confusing, so allow me to expand. I work for a carbon neutral computer repair company so I regularly have people’s computers at my house. I work on these computers in my office, where I don’t have a wired connection to the Internet. I do however have a wireless connection and a Ubuntu laptop on my work desk that connects to the Internet. What I wanted to do was plug my client’s computers into my laptop and have them access the Internet. When I tried to search for how to share your wireless connection in this way, I mainly found a series of cryptic instructions – often revolving around the excellent Firestarter firewall – none of which worked for me on Ubuntu 9.10. But don’t worry – there is a simple way to do this, and I figured it out accidently while following all the various sets of instructions I found. As a service to the Ubuntu community, here is a simple step-by-step guide on how to share your wireless connection via your ethernet port in Ubuntu.
Step 1: Edit Network ConnectionsOn your top panel, beside your clock and your system icons, you’ll see your network indicator. When you’re connected to wireless, it features bars telling you the stength of your network connection. Right-click this, then click “Edit Connections.” Step 2: Edit The Ethernet SettingsIn the window you just opened, make sure you’re looking at the “Wired” tab. Then select the “Auto eth0” connection and click “Edit.” Alternatively you can create a new connection by clicking “Add” but I found it simplest to just change the default. Just be sure to remember that you changed this setting in case you ever want to use your Ethernet port to access the Internet again, because you will have to change it back to do so. Step 3: Set To ShareHere’s where stuff starts to look confusing, but don’t panic: it’s not that bad. Click the “IPv4 Settings” tab. Beside the word “Method:” there is a drop-down menu that allows you to pick the manner in which your Ethernet device connects to the network. Select the “Shared to other computers” setting. Restart your computer. Assuming everything applied correctly, you should now be able to connect any computer to the Internet via your laptop’s Ethernet port. ConclusionThat’s certainly quite a bit easier than the methods I found by searching for how to share your wireless connection. So why did my exploration of the forums and the numerous other resources available to Ubuntu users not point this out? Well, as far as I can tell, network sharing’s only been this easy since the release of Ubuntu 9.10. No one’s asked for help regarding this since, so there’s no new information on the forum, or the wikis, or the various Ubuntu blogs about it. This shows that there is a limit to what you can learn about using an operating system from forums. Sharing a network connection is far easier now than it was 6 months ago, but because no one is asking for help on the forums I couldn’t find any evidence that doing so is easier now – I saw only the cryptic instructions of yesteryear. Know that I don’t mean to criticize the excellent Ubuntu community for their lack of support; on the contrary that community is the main reason I use Ubuntu. I just think this is a good example of a relatively simple task you can’t really learn by searching the forum. What do you think? Is there a better way for the Ubuntu community to make finding tutorials like this easy to find? If so, what is it? Let’s discuss this in the comments. Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section! Related posts
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| Osmo – Free Lightweight Contact Management & Calendar Software Posted: 18 Dec 2009 07:31 AM PST
Well I needed something very lightweight for a project I was working on. My requirements were to use a small amount of memory, be cross-platform, we needed a calendar, Tasks, Contacts, Notes. Last of all, it needed to be easy and intuitive. I went looking and I found a little application quickly called Osmo on Sourceforge. It fit the bill to a tee. You can find the project's page over at this link here and the authors home page is over here. The Windows download for this free contact management software is a measly little 4.6MB. The application is available for Windows or Linux and is released under the GNU General Public License. After a easy installation of next, next, next you will see this screen:
You can click on the timeline icon at the bottom of the screen where you can insert a timeline. I chose 8 hours in 1 hour intervals and I now see this: You can fill in your information as needed. It is not Outlook but then again Outlook running at under 7MB of memory at its peak would never happen. No matter how hard you try you will always be closer to 100MB of memory than 10MB like Osmo. You can change the color of days on the calendar so you can tell what’s what from a quick glance. Next up is the tasks tab. Here you can set up your to-do lists or other tasks and you can create categories and filter by them. They get a due date and a summary. After you hit the add new task button you will see this screen where you can fill in the information. There is a check box to enable a sound notification when the task has come due. It won't light up unless you change the no due date box. You can also choose priorities including high, medium and low. Nothing revolutionary but very lean and awesome. The next tab is your contacts – you can’t have free contact management software without the contacts right? There is a show birthdays button that will show you all the birthdays at a glance for easy reference. The button looks like a present up there in the task bar. The notes tab gives you a place to…um…write and read notes. Big shocker! Then we have our options. We all love our options right? You can choose your fonts, color highlighting and more for each tab independently. And did I tell you it runs at less than 7 MB of memory but it also runs on slow as molasses machines? So I was able to equip 10 machines over 10 years old with Windows 2000 Pro on them to run this for a small charity organization. It turned out well! Do you have other lightweight, free contact management software alternatives for bogged down commercial solutions? Post them in the comments! Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section! New on Twitter ? Now you can follow MakeUseOf on Twitter too. Related posts
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