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.

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The iPad Paradox

Macworld

“Technical people always complain about being buttonholed at every family get-together by relatives who want “free tech support.” But why do they want this? Why do they need it? The answer is that consumer technology is overly complex.

And whose fault is it?

Unfortunately, it’s my fault. And possibly your fault. It’s the fault of everyone, including marketers, who relentlessly call for more, more and ever more features. Combine this with our calls for backward compatibility, and the result is systems that do everything. They’re so feature-rich, so complex, that some people can’t get them to do anything.”


Sponge: Feeds Aggregator for iPhone. One App to Rule Them All?

Trying to pack all the websites you’re subscribed to in a single application isn’t a new concept at all. Apps like Socialite for Mac and Ego for iPhone have successfully managed to integrate the most popular social networks in one single and easily accessible place, thus making really simple for people to take a look at what’s going on, what they missed and, overall, what’s new.

Sponge by Oobah Studios is a new application for iPhone which aims at collecting all your internet feeds in one screen, enabling you to catch up with the latest happenings on your various accounts. It’s very good, but it might use some adjustment and fixes. Read on to find out what.

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FML for iPhone, Delight in Misfortune. Review and Giveaway.

Life has no mercy sometimes, but I really don’t care much about it. As long as I can keep doing what I love and not doing what I can’t stand, I won’t give a shit about what could happen to me if I do something. That’s how I live everyday. But on the other hand, I can’t help but laughing at listening to other people’s tragedies, bad happenings and FAILs . If you ever lol’ed for someone falling down the stairs, you know what I’m talking about - let’s face it. But what about telling the world your own everyday life stories,and let people laugh at them?

Meet F* My Life, unofficial FML client for iPhone.

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Opera Mini for iPhone, First Impressions

Technologizer

“Whatever its performance turns out to be like, Opera Mini has some features that might lead some folks to opt for it over Safari, at least on a part-time basis. It’s got Opera’s Speed Dial feature, which lets you get to favorite Web sites with one tap. It uses Opera Link to synchronize bookmarks with other copies of Opera on different devices. It lets you search for text within the current page, a pretty basic feature which Safari lacks.

On the other hand, Mini doesn’t try to match the desktop-like accuracy with which Safari renders Web pages: It just displays a rough approximation (albeit an acceptable one, at least on the pages I visited). And I don’t think it offers Safari’s ability to play YouTube videos.”


Radar Winners Announced

Thanks everyone who entered the Radar giveaway. Also, we’d like to thank the Madewithbits developers for the licenses they gave to MacStories.

Here are the winners:

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David

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Thibaut Ninove

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Davide85

Michael

Martin Král

Dennis

Knox

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