Do people still use the old asl abbreviation? I guess they probably do in the chat rooms around cyberspace. They do in the social networking chat application Asl Plz, that's for sure. Here is a place where you can make new friends the digital way and connect with users nearby who also use similar mobile phones. When you locate your new found friends you can unite, chat and find out if they have similar interests to your own. If you want to make friends the digital way the Asl Plz app is a free service for Android, Blackberry, iPhone ... Read more
While meetings are meant to be the lifeblood of the business they are quite often wasted opportunities. Leads are not followed up on, they can be disorganized and there has to be an awful lot of note taking. MeetingKing is a project management, productivity and collaboration application that manages to simplify all these elements allowing you to concentrate on the things that are really important. Putting everyone in the know and brainstorming to move your business in the right direction - forwards. MeetingKing is a new web-based meeting workflow and information tool to help keep meetings short and effective ... Read more
We rely on our memory so much, don't we? But between our work life and our leisure time there are just so many things to remember yet we admonish ourselves when we forget a birthday or forget to pay a bill on time and incur a penalty fee. So why put yourself through it when there are productivity tools like ReminderGuru available to remember for you. But this one doesn't just remember - it will send you an email or an SMS to remind you to buy that present for your Auntie Doris or pay that Amex bill on time. ... Read more
Doozy is an iOS productivity application for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch that has just been seriously updated to include more features. It's basic function is to transform your tasks into neat looking interactive icons that show you all the things you need to do in your day-to-day life to make a busy life more manageable and controllable. Think of it as a mobile online version of a chalkboard or whiteboard where you can see all your tasks neatly laid out ready for you to act. Doozy, which is a play on the words 'do' and 'see,' recently received ... Read more
TV seems to have taken over from the movies as the biggest talk around the water cooler these days. The regularity of a series gets into the psyche of the watching public far more effectively. With so many series being highly complicated to follow the viewer is sucked more and more into a maelstrom of information and snippets of information from friends and many other sources. Miss an episode and you have no idea what's going on - just ask fans of "Lost." Fav.tv is a place for TV tragics. It's a place where you can share thoughts and view ... Read more
Hold the front page! All you writers out there who rely on research and interviews to help you create that article or even longer piece of work will know what a grind it is getting all of it together. Getting it all together is one thing. Keeping it all together and putting it in a workable order is another but this one just might make your life a whole lot easier. I know, I’ve been there. You have a file for newspaper and magazine cuttings, you copy and paste useful web content onto a Word document (or print it out and file ... Read more
Let's not fool ourselves here - we all forget things from time to time. Dont worry, it's not necessarily the onset of Alzheimer's. The fact is, we fill up our lives with so much information that it would be virtually impossible to remember everything. If you watch sporting coaches you will notice that they always have a notepad or a clipboard in their hand because even the smallest piece of information could be vital. Well, I'm not suggesting you rush out and buy a clipboard but there is a more modern way to keep up with the multitude of information ... Read more
Let's face it, who doesn't like a good fart joke? It's guaranteed to break the ice at parties, that's for sure. Duck Fart is a fun entertainment application for Android that continues the classy tradition of fart applications like 101 Farts and Whoopee Cushion letting you relieve the tension (no pun intended) in tight situations where you need something to lighten the load. Gee, there were a lot of double entendres in there, weren't there? Read more
Now here is a timely app for the beginning of a new year. Ideal Me Lite is a free productivity and self-help app for iPhone and iPod Touch that helps you lay down some positive affirmations of resolutions you would like to keep over the coming year. By laying out your goals and specifying your potential achievements IdealMe helps to keep them in your head and helps you to become the person that you always wanted to be. Read more
The are times during the day when you might need a little reminder as to something you need to remember or get done. When you are at home it's not so bad as you can be certain that your partner or mother will chime in at regular intervals as to whether you have done this or that yet. Mind Jogger is that little reminder that can give you positive affirmations by sending random nudges during the day. It might be to remember to take a medication or just to sit up straight at work to prevent your bad back flaring ... Read more