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Better Gmail 2 Gets Unread Message Favicon (and Cleaned Up)

Posted By: Christineon: February 27, 2009In: Software, Webapps

Minutes ago I posted an update to the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension, which adds all sorts of functionality to Gmail. Since Gmail Labs launched, there’s been less of a need for Bette... Read more

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Simple Guidelines for Workday Quality Over Quantity

Posted By: Christineon: February 26, 2009In: About Smarterware

This succinct set of workday guidelines is a nice blueprint for getting productive on the important stuff and ruthless about cutting the crap. Written on a unknown “major corp” w... Read more

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The New Safari 4 Beta Is a Looker

Posted By: Christineon: February 25, 2009In: Mac OS X, Windows

Apple’s done a nice job of raising the browser visuals bar with yesterday’s release of the Safari 4 public beta web browser. This thing is very unstable, but very pretty–ki... Read more

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Smarterware System Update and New Feature

Posted By: Christineon: February 24, 2009In: About Smarterware

Smarterware.org has been live for two weeks now; it’s still positively fetal! Still, it’s been so much fun starting something brand new with free software and a cheap hosting pla... Read more

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New Plex Beta Offers Hulu Support Just Fine

Posted By: Christineon: February 23, 2009In: Mac OS X, Software

After all the hullabaloo last week about Hulu dropping support for Boxee, the popular Mac-based XBMC port, a new beta of Plex (another Mac XBMC port) drops, which offers a working Hulu plug-... Read more

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Sundry Appearances About the Interwho

Posted By: Christineon: February 20, 2009In: About Smarterware

Had a fun week flitting about various online outlets, and I wanted to share the carnage I left behind. Over at Harvard Business, I get all Stephen Covey on your ass and published a post on h... Read more

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My Ideal Computer (and Current Setup)

Posted By: Christineon: February 20, 2009In: Hardware, Software

Waferbaby is running a fabulous interview series with various netizens who describe their current hardware and software setup, then what their ideal setup would be. Read more

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Todo.txt Command Line Interface Updated Today

Posted By: Christineon: February 18, 2009In: Software

Not only am I the kind of hopeless nerd who spends a lot of time in the terminal, I’m also the kind who, in the face of countless elegant pieces of task management software, decides to... Read more

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Why Now’s a Great Time to Stop Being an Employee (If You Can*)

Posted By: Christineon: February 17, 2009In: About Smarterware

Leaving your full-time job in the midst of a recession is either a really stupid or really smart decision. Since I just made the move myself, I’m going to make the case for smart. If y... Read more

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Elizabeth Gilbert Makes a Case for the Invisible Creative Muse

Posted By: Christineon: February 13, 2009In: About Smarterware

Anyone who makes things for a living should watch author Elizabeth Gilbert’s 20 minute talk at the TED conference this month (full video below). Gilbert published the mega-Oprah-bestse... Read more

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My Five Rules for Life (Today, Anyway)

Posted By: Christineon: February 12, 2009In: About Smarterware

Because I’m a total sucker for life lesson self-help crap, I love the idea of Read more

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The Kindle Adds to, But Doesn’t Replace, Your Book Collection

Posted By: Christineon: February 11, 2009In: Gadgets

Amazon’s announcement of the Kindle 2 e-reader has book-lovers in a tizzy again, wondering how anyone could give up timeless paper-based books for the electronic version. Thing is, no... Read more

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How I Built My First Computer from the Ground Up

Posted By: Christineon: February 11, 2009In: Hardware

I built a new PC from parts for the first time a few months ago, and it’s only a little embarrassing to say that the fully-assembled system is one of my proudest accomplishments. I fin... Read more

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Coldplay Front Man Scribbles Ideas onto His Piano

Posted By: Christineon: February 09, 2009In: About Smarterware

60 Minutes interviews Coldplay’s front man Chris Martin about how he writes hit songs. Being “openly neurotic,” Martin makes sure he captures song ideas the moment they str... Read more

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How to Ditch Your iPhone for Android (by Unlocking a G1)

Posted By: Christineon: February 06, 2009In: Android, iPhone

Last October I was lucky enough to get my paws on the first-ever Android smartphone, the HTC G1, and review it for Lifehacker the day it was released to the public. I’d had the phone f... Read more

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