09.29.06

Google Reader

Posted in Software at 9:50 am by Željko Filipin

Are you in search for good feed reader? I am. I just need something that will work with all feeds I find (not so trivial), that will import my feeds from another reader (who likes to add feeds by hand?) and that looks like e-mail client (do you also find that feeds are like e-mail?).

Also, I prefer web applications. After all, I am a tester, I do strange things to my computer, so I like my data to be somewhere else. For example, all my e-mail is at Gmail.

For a while, I used SharpReader. It worked pretty well (thought it had problems with some feeds), but it is desktop application.

Then I switched to Bloglines. It has only one problem. When you click at feed that has two or more unread items, it marks all posts as read. I just do not want that.

I have tried Yahoo! Mail Beta. Looks good, but it is not usable yet. I like the idea of e-mail and feed reader at one place.

Finally, Google Reader is updated. Old reader was really unusable. The new one looks good. I will try it for a few days and decide should I switch to it.

09.25.06

Tools

Posted in Software at 2:46 pm by Željko Filipin

My machine got pretty slow. Maybe I will reinstall Windows, or just uninstall everything I do not use and defragment discs. I will start with writing down all software that I use, just in case something goes wrong.

  • Google – search engine
  • Google Analytics – how your visitors found you and how they interact with your site
  • Outlook – calendar
  • Excel – spreadsheet program
  • Hrvatski SpellChecker za MS Office 97/2000/XP/2003 – Croatian spell checker
  • .NET Framework (1.1, 2.0) – the tools you need to create .NET Framework applications for Windows
  • Microsoft Calculator – calculator
  • CmdHere.exe – adds an “Open Command Window Here” context menu option on file system folders
  • CruiseControl.NETcontinuous integration
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
  • Cute CD DVD Burner – DVD burner
  • Google Desktop Search – search desktop
  • WinMerge – text file comparison
  • TraceTool – trace tool
  • ZARdata recovery
  • Audacityaudio editor and recorder
  • NetLimiter – monitor internet traffic
  • Gmaps Pedometer – pedometer
  • drivers
    • Mouse Driver
    • Printer Driver
  • 09.20.06

    Podcasts

    Posted in Podcasts at 1:03 pm by Željko Filipin

    I have recently got mp3 player and I started listening to podcasts. So far I have listened all of QA Podcast and HanselMinutes.

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