Comments on: 7 Pieces of Software I Can’t Live Without

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:23:43 +0000

@ Alek: I’m glad that you find them helpful.

By: Alek

Alek — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:04:21 +0000

Thank you. Avery good list of applications. A couple I had never heard of but, after downloading, I really like.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:09:00 +0000

@ Shivanand: Extensions I have installed in Flock include Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, ColorZilla and ScreenGrab. I also use the StumbleUpon toolbar a fair bit.

By: Shivanand Sharma

Shivanand Sharma — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:36:49 +0000

And which Flock extensions do you use?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:53:26 +0000

@ Ross: Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve heard of OmniGraffle, but never really checked into it before. Sounds like something to add to my list.

@ Tom: I hope you find them helpful!

By: Tom - StandOutBlogger.com

Tom - StandOutBlogger.com — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:38:40 +0000

A nice list. I have not heard of a few of those!

By: Ross Johnson

Ross Johnson — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:47:21 +0000

I will have to check out Enso, sounds great. I have quicksilver on my mac, but am always looking for tools that increase productivity. I had been a long time CuteFTP user until I found FileZilla which has become a cornerstone in my arsenal.

Lately I have been using OmniGraffle a lot as well, it seems to really help me get a grasp on what I am working on and the user experience of my sites has definitely improved because of it. Great tool.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:47:21 +0000

@ Selene: Thanks! I’m looking forward to seeing how many applications I can run without totally bogging it down.

If you haven’t checked out Enso, you really need to do it right now. I find it quite painful to work on a computer that doesn’t have Enso installed. QuickSilver on the Mac is the closest thing I’ve found, but even that seems quite clunky in comparison.

Thunderbird, eh? I’m pretty attached to Gmail and it’s instant searchability. And I still manage my to-dos and calendar with paper. Still, I might check it out.

Time tracking software sounds like a good idea, though $200 seems a bit much for me right now. Know of any less expensive ones?

Business expense? Gaming expense is why I’m willing to pay for the new computer. Just kidding. (Mostly.)

By: Selene M. Bowlby

Selene M. Bowlby — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:24:51 +0000

Ooh! A shiny new Dell - Congrats! That is #1 on my wishlist (along w/ Adobe CS3 - the web designer one, LOL). I just bought a new 24″ Dell monitor a couple weeks ago to tide me over for a bit, but yeah, I’m working on a new desktop, too, LOL.

I agree on the Adobe suite (specifically Photoshop / ImageReady, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat and on occasion Illustrator).

I also love Filezilla and Flock, and use iTunes quite frequently.

I haven’t used the rest, though - and I will definitely need to check out Virtual PC if nothing else. At the moment I’m using my husband’s OLD computer to test IE6 (we didn’t upgrade IE for my testing purposes - he uses Firefox anyway, lol). The rest I will have to go check out!

Personally, I can’t live without Mozilla Thunderbird for my email. There’s even an extension for it called Lightning that serves as a calendar and to do list, etc. I only recently started using the calendar features, though, so I can’t comment too much on it. Thunderbird itself is great, though!

I also use a program called Studiometry for time tracking. It’s a bit steep (around $200) but worth it when you can accurately track your time on client work, etc. It’s a business expense, though, which is why I was able to justify the price.

(Business expense is why I’m more than willing to shell out for a new Dell and Adobe Suite in a few months too! LOL)