How many mobile devices can claim that they’re actually good at allowing me to login into Grandma’s computer to inspect her Windows’ problems? Not many (does Android have anything spectacular?). There are two versions of TeamViewer in the App Store, one being free, and the other being one hundred dollars. I’m focusing on the free version, specifically because it’s most likely all you need for personal use - accessing your private computers or to help friends/family (this is straight from the TeamViewer page people).
From Personal to Project, HomeMarks Houses Bookmarks
I have a knack for collecting bookmarks, especially when they’re project related. I remember back in January of this year, when I was putting together the crafty little shack that is Apple-Bits, I was saving HTML after CSS after PHP article like crazy. I had to have folders and sub folders full of at least 40 different web design bookmarks. Without a shred of web developer in me, I needed all the reference materials I could find, and I wish that, at the time, I had HomeMarks.
Air Contacts, When Wireless Sharing is Bliss. Review and Giveaway.
Cellphones are inevitably fragile. I can’t count the number of times I’ve logged onto Facebook, with status messages ablaze of, “Send me a text, lost my contacts.” And of course we send a quick hello, secretly hoping that we never have to do it again. We with Macs can copy everything between our Address Book and our Contacts on the iPhone, but not everyone has such luxury. Sometimes something crummy will happen, and you’ll inevitably lose every contact that has ever bestowed your device. So what the heck can you do without a Mac or a PC, to get all those contacts back? The answer is quite simple, quite brilliant, or perhaps quite amazing. Any term here can apply to Air Contacts, an excellent contact sharing application.
WindowFlow, via Keyboard & Pane
We’ve done our fair share of window management applications here at MacStories. SizeUp, Mercury Mover, and Zooom/2 have all entered the market in hopes of improving how you interact with your Mac’s windows. And they’re all equally interesting, because they incorporate similar shortcuts while going about resizing and moving in completely different ways.
Today’s application, WindowFlow, adds a new element to the mix that could replace the infamous ⌘-Tab.
Mailroom, the Better, Faster GMail Client
When Federico and I initially reviewed Mailroom, our review wasn’t exactly the most positive. We felt the app wasn’t ready for the primetime, and I didn’t want to leave a sour taste in people’s mouths. The application really did have potential, and it seems the developer has been listening to the influx of suggestions. Today, I’d like to Re-Review Mailroom, because it has become a really great GMail client for the iPhone.
Eternity Time Log, Task Management from a Bird’s Eye View . Review and Giveaway.
I don’t think people realize just how much of their lives are spent doing things. When I ask “Jane” how long it took her to write that report, I expect a response like, “Oh, just a few hours. No biggie!” Now admittedly no one would be too happy about wasting three hours for a stupid report, but for conversation’s sake, let’s roll with it. As much as she let those few hours roll of her back like it was no big deal, time is a bitch. And when we finally realize that, it just might help re-prioritize aspects of our life that we’re spending way too much time on.
Eternity Time Log is an application designed to not only log the time you spend doing things, but show you just where you may or may not need improvement. It’s an excellent tool of getting an overview of your life, and it’s helped me rethink what I do, what I can I do to improve my time management for certain tasks, and what I can cut back on. I think for a lot of people who’ll use this seriously, there’s going to be this eyebrow-raising revelation that tells you just how much time you’ve actually working compared to time spent with your kids.
Camtasia for Mac, Screencasting Made Simple
I’ve made a couple MacStories screencasts before, and while I can’t particularly say they are good, (in fact, they’re hilariously bad), they’ve all been done with Screenflow. That is, until recently. While it’s not the fault of Screenflow that’s the problem - rather me, who has not a proper Mic nor recording skill - Screenflow never felt right. I don’t know, I could never find the proper documentation I wanted, I couldn’t get the effects I wanted, and perhaps it was lazy on my part to not actually play around with it for a couple of weeks, but I could just never get into the _flow_. When Camtasia came along, they bombarded me with documentation, easy to follow tutorials, and ultimately, it’s become my #1 choice in screencasting software. Having used Camtasia and Screenflow together, if you know one you can use the other quite seamlessly.
Savings Goal, for that Special Something
Osfoora, a New Take on Tweetie
I lay my head in the guillotine with this post title, but I have to get this out of the way: If you’ve ever used Tweetie 2, you’ve used Osfoora. And while I don’t want to say it, the feature comparison is so similar it’s not even funny. So with this said, I’m going to review Osfoora as perhaps a re-imagination of Tweetie 2 – what does it do better and what does it do worse?