As a reluctant user of microblogging (aka micromessaging services such as Twitter, Plurk and my Facebook status msg/ wall, I’ve kept tight control of how many of these sites I use. So when Pownce had been launched by the minds at Digg, I saw no reason to use yet another microblogging service (YAMS?). Maybe others [...]

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While MindManager 8 mind mapping software has become my favorite work productivity tool of all time, the price is fairly steep for some people. If you already have a previous version of MindManager, such as MM Pro 7, you can take advantage of a limited-time upgrade offer. Until Dec 31st, 2008, you can upgrade for [...]

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If you’re looking to use mind mapping in your daily work and don’t know where to start, check out Chuck Frey’s recent list of 14 desktop-based mind mapping programs for under US$100. Most are PC only, but there are several that run on Mac.
At the bottom end of the list, there’s the free FreeMind which [...]

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The NY Times recently ran a review of the new RIM BlackBerry Storm phone, which is touch-screen competitor to the iPhone. The writer’s big beef is the lack of a keyboard, since BlackBerries are known for their characteristic thumb keyboards and thumbwheels. His conclusion was BlackBerry Dud.
Personally, while I have spent a great deal of [...]

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MindJet has just released a new version 8 of my favorite mind mapping tool (and productivity) tool. Version 8 has some incredible new features that the impressive version 7 Pro did not have, including an embedded browser, embedded Microsoft Office apps use, export to Flash so that you can share interactive maps with non-MindManager users, [...]

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Google just launched 30+ new themes for their GMail webmail client and I have to say that I actually dislike all of them. Call me a curmudgeon but I just don’t get why they can’t leave the default the way it was, especially since I was using a Firefox plugin to customize my account. Now [...]

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With the Holiday season approaching rapidly, you’re probably thinking of that special someone and what kind of gifts to get them. Do you have someone on your list who works online? Whether they call themselves a blogger, a web worker, or whatever, here are a few options to consider for their “toolkit”.
I’m actually fortunate that [...]

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This site really needed a new theme – something a bit more “airy”. While I do have a custom design in progress, it’s taking a long time to finish, mainly because I’m documenting each step for future articles on customizing WordPress. So, for the time being, I’m using this theme, which should serve me for [...]

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John at Geekpreneur will shortly be releasing a free 48-page ebook about how to use Twitter for promotion. It’s called “A Geek’s Guide to Promoting Yourself and Your Online Business in 140 Characters or Less with Twitter,” but it’s not just for geeks and not just for promoting an online business. In the GeekCast below, [...]

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While I’m involved in various other projects, it’s difficult to find time to write here. A very kind reader, Peter, of my articles elsewhere in the blogosphere suggested I post links to my other writing here. So I’ll start off with a list and after this post individual snippets and links.
Currently I’m writing weekly at [...]

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One thing “experts” have been saying for at least a year is that video editing on mobile phones will be huge. Well, I don’t just enjoy being a contrarian, but when it comes to ridiculous claims against functionality, I enjoy contradicting even more. Beet TV says that both video editing and uploading via mobile phones [...]

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Nova Spivack’s definition of Web 3.0 as being a decade (2010-2020) of web technologies is, I think, probably a better one than something nebulous and open to interpretation – such as Web 2.0, which Tim O’Reilly defined but which most people just interpret for themselves. Nova defines Web 3.0 as being the set of technologies [...]

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Codswallop has a list of 101 tools to convert rich media files and measurments. This includes video, music, images, documents and more. Categories include:

Mega tools.
Media/ Audio.
Media/ Video.
Images.
Documents/ PDF.

Documents/ Word Processing.
Documents/ Excel.
Documents/ Powerpoint.
Documents/ Drafting.
Documents/ Miscellaneous.
International Standards/ Measurements.

International Standards/ Currency.

International Standards/ Clothing sizes.

Web Development.
Mobile Tools.

I can’t claim [...]

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Technophile is my irregular commentary on various technology and web tools of use to freelancers, bloggers and net professionals.

Giant portable hard drives.
One of the problems of being mobile is that if you take a laptop, you’re very limited in disk storage. Maybe you’re using lots of online applications, but sometimes you want to store content [...]

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