Outliner/PIM roll call: Fall 2011

Posted by Dr Andus
Jul 12, 2012 at 01:51 PM

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Dr Andus wrote:
>>Thanks guys! If you use any similar time (and movement) savers, I’d
>be
>>glad to hear about them.
> >I’m glad you mentioned this. Indeed I find that even as
>my information management applications change, some ‘minor’ gems remain faithful
>servants. They deserve an honorable mention:
> >- Slickrun, already mentioned by
>several; I launch all my programs with a maximum of two letters. It has become so much
>second nature that when I work in somebody else’s computer I will keep hitting Alt+Q
>(the shortcut to evoke SlickRun)
> >- PopPeeper; a tray mail checker and the fastest
>way to review new mail. Apart for POP it handles IMAP, webmail, and even RSS (the
>non-free version)
> >- Rainlendar; a calendar waiting in the system tray, displaying
>all events from Outlook, which in turn is synced with Google Calendar via Google
>Sync.
> >- PureText; a tiny resident utility to convert clipboard contents to
>plaintext at a keystroke
> >- TextTally; a similar utility to count words in the
>clipboard
> >- Diacrit, to easily insert the occasional accented characters not
>covered by my keyboard setup
> >- Simidude, to share the keyboard among various
>computers, even cross-OS
> >- Brainstorm with Magic Paste on, to rapidly collect
>texts from various sources for further processing
> >- PDFill Tools, to split, merge
>and rotate PDFs
> >- EasyTether, to connect my laptop to the internet via my Android
>phone when Wi-Fi is not available; no dongle or separate plan required
> >- AnVir Task
>Manager, to control extraneous startup items and warn me if my PC’s resources are used
>up too much
> >- With Skype having become my preferred method of oral communication as
>well as instant messaging, a very useful tool is Grecorder, which will backup Skype
>chat conversations to Gmail, labeling them as such.

This is probably old news for most of you but I finally discovered Fences for organising desktop icons, which is proving to be a neat (and free) utility:
http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/