Comments on: 100 Applications and Services I Use Daily http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily Tech News, Reviews and Guides Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:01:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Donna Miller | Wordpress Freelance Developer http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-178908 Donna Miller | Wordpress Freelance Developer Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:49:35 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-178908 @annie thanks for mentioning DigitalColorMeter, I just tried it and I love it! I have ColorZilla installed in Firefox because I like to be able to take note of hex values for colors that I like, and I use it when I get jobs to change color schemes of Wordpress themes. But DigitalColorMeter blows it out of the water - it just rocks! And to think it was sitting there in my Utilities folder all the time. @annie thanks for mentioning DigitalColorMeter, I just tried it and I love it! I have ColorZilla installed in Firefox because I like to be able to take note of hex values for colors that I like, and I use it when I get jobs to change color schemes of Wordpress themes. But DigitalColorMeter blows it out of the water – it just rocks! And to think it was sitting there in my Utilities folder all the time.

]]> By: Ehab http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-178413 Ehab Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:09:18 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-178413 My smaller list Dreamweaver FileZilla Kuler (I use the web app) Putty among other things. My smaller list

Dreamweaver
FileZilla
Kuler (I use the web app)
Putty

among other things.

]]> By: 100 Applications and Services used daily by Paul Stamatiou | Telegraphik http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-175097 100 Applications and Services used daily by Paul Stamatiou | Telegraphik Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:51:35 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-175097 [...] slightly older post from January 2009, but still a good one. Paul Stamatiou writes about 100 Applications and Services that he uses each day: It took me a while to get used to using something other than simply Twitter.com, but I have fallen [...] [...] slightly older post from January 2009, but still a good one. Paul Stamatiou writes about 100 Applications and Services that he uses each day: It took me a while to get used to using something other than simply Twitter.com, but I have fallen [...]

]]> By: Mark http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174337 Mark Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:46:43 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174337 I just wanted to mention that assuming you have sshd going on your Mac you could use putty to tunnel your XP VM's localhost:3000 to your Mac's IP:3000, then you wouldn't have to tweak any pages for testing. Just configure putty to connect to the IP address of one of the Mac's vmnet* interfaces and forward port 3000 to localhost:3000. If you use a public key for authentication and save the tunnel settings as a session it would be super easy to reestablish the tunnel from XP. I just wanted to mention that assuming you have sshd going on your Mac you could use putty to tunnel your XP VM’s localhost:3000 to your Mac’s IP:3000, then you wouldn’t have to tweak any pages for testing.

Just configure putty to connect to the IP address of one of the Mac’s vmnet* interfaces and forward port 3000 to localhost:3000. If you use a public key for authentication and save the tunnel settings as a session it would be super easy to reestablish the tunnel from XP.

]]> By: Revisiting Wakoopa to track my regular software | www.Rarst.net http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174330 Revisiting Wakoopa to track my regular software | www.Rarst.net Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:43:47 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174330 [...] time ago Paul Stamatiou (one of Skribit founders and developers) did a post on “What software do i use on a regular basis” suggestion. I liked the idea so added copy of suggestion to my Skribit [...] [...] time ago Paul Stamatiou (one of Skribit founders and developers) did a post on “What software do i use on a regular basis” suggestion. I liked the idea so added copy of suggestion to my Skribit [...]

]]> By: Aaron Eiche http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174316 Aaron Eiche Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:08:08 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174316 Daily is a tough shot. Firefox & Mail.app are givens. For work? TextMate - I've just recently come to discover this fine piece of software. It's incredibly flexible, and though I haven't gotten to the point of customizing it in great detail, I've moved all of my programming into it. PHP, Javascript, Actionscript. Pretty awesome. I've moved to editing my conf files from emacs, which is a jump for me. I have yet to find a better editor than TextMate. (one minor gripe has to do with the brace/bracket highlighting... I'd rather it stay lit when you're on the item.) Transmit - Great piece of FTP software, works beautifully. Versions - I tried out a handful of SVN apps before finally setting on this. Versions is the only app that I've found to be absolutely intuitive in it's use. Everything else seems to be feature incomplete, or not user friendly. I'm not an SVN guru quite yet, and when I needed to do something, I couldn't figure out the commands for terminal, I bought and installed Versions and I was going in minutes. Stickies - I use stickies when I've got to put something down that I want to keep track of. It's up or down on my desktop in less than 2 seconds, and is maintenance free. Daily is a tough shot. Firefox & Mail.app are givens.

For work?

TextMate – I’ve just recently come to discover this fine piece of software. It’s incredibly flexible, and though I haven’t gotten to the point of customizing it in great detail, I’ve moved all of my programming into it. PHP, Javascript, Actionscript. Pretty awesome. I’ve moved to editing my conf files from emacs, which is a jump for me. I have yet to find a better editor than TextMate. (one minor gripe has to do with the brace/bracket highlighting… I’d rather it stay lit when you’re on the item.)

Transmit – Great piece of FTP software, works beautifully.

Versions – I tried out a handful of SVN apps before finally setting on this. Versions is the only app that I’ve found to be absolutely intuitive in it’s use. Everything else seems to be feature incomplete, or not user friendly. I’m not an SVN guru quite yet, and when I needed to do something, I couldn’t figure out the commands for terminal, I bought and installed Versions and I was going in minutes.

Stickies – I use stickies when I’ve got to put something down that I want to keep track of. It’s up or down on my desktop in less than 2 seconds, and is maintenance free.

]]> By: martin http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174284 martin Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:17:08 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174284 I use Twitter and http://juiceapp.com daily. I use Twitter and http://juiceapp.com daily.

]]> By: Chris Lentz http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174281 Chris Lentz Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:43:30 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174281 With my web projects piling up, I am going to check out some of these apps. Thanks for the heads up with Campfire and I am interested in hearing more on how you use TextMate. With my web projects piling up, I am going to check out some of these apps. Thanks for the heads up with Campfire and I am interested in hearing more on how you use TextMate.

]]> By: Charles Ravndal http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174277 Charles Ravndal Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:37:28 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174277 Interesting post! Programs or apps I use daily are Photoshop CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4, and Celtx. I use Songbird for music. Interesting post! Programs or apps I use daily are Photoshop CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4, and Celtx. I use Songbird for music.

]]> By: Blake Perdue http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174275 Blake Perdue Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:03:06 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174275 Good post man. I use textmate and might fall into that category who doesn't know its powers. I am gonna check out that book and figure out what else Textmate can do. Good post man. I use textmate and might fall into that category who doesn’t know its powers. I am gonna check out that book and figure out what else Textmate can do.

]]> By: Vassilis http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174266 Vassilis Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:44:57 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174266 On the way to full software switching (after hardware switch completed last autumn with the iphone), biggest news for me is the new Pages 09 which supports Endnote and that allows me to dump the slower MS Word. I also predict I will be a frequent user/trainer of iPhoto 09 and the other apps of iLife. That still leaves Powerpoint as a mandatory app, since it's the de facto standard for presentations in medical meetings. Sometimes I use keynote to present only to department where I can control the settings (and Keynote Remote makes it tempting to see reactions... :) On the cloud side of apps, I still prefer and enjoy the ones that offer integration between mac, iphone and the cloud. So, I am a regular user of Evernote, NetNewsWire and ToDo/Toodledo. I was using del.icio.us for some time, but I now prefer the hierarchy of Safari bookmarks vs the tagging chaos. Google Docs, a favorite last year, is now rarely in use, especially after the introduction of iwork.com which makes it really simple to share a doc and get feedback through Pages. Well, my workflow may look totally mac-centric but it's precisely this time-saving integration that got me hooked at the first place ;) On the way to full software switching (after hardware switch completed last autumn with the iphone), biggest news for me is the new Pages 09 which supports Endnote and that allows me to dump the slower MS Word. I also predict I will be a frequent user/trainer of iPhoto 09 and the other apps of iLife. That still leaves Powerpoint as a mandatory app, since it’s the de facto standard for presentations in medical meetings. Sometimes I use keynote to present only to department where I can control the settings (and Keynote Remote makes it tempting to see reactions… :)

On the cloud side of apps, I still prefer and enjoy the ones that offer integration between mac, iphone and the cloud. So, I am a regular user of Evernote, NetNewsWire and ToDo/Toodledo. I was using del.icio.us for some time, but I now prefer the hierarchy of Safari bookmarks vs the tagging chaos. Google Docs, a favorite last year, is now rarely in use, especially after the introduction of iwork.com which makes it really simple to share a doc and get feedback through Pages. Well, my workflow may look totally mac-centric but it’s precisely this time-saving integration that got me hooked at the first place ;)

]]> By: Peedy http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174261 Peedy Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:55:39 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174261 Im surprised nobody has mentioned Evernote. Unless I missed it. Evernote for me currently is a place to store the "stuff" that has no other formal place. Im surprised nobody has mentioned Evernote. Unless I missed it. Evernote for me currently is a place to store the “stuff” that has no other formal place.

]]> By: oneighturbo http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174256 oneighturbo Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:37:28 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174256 Awesome list here Paul but I love the fact that we are on your feedly "car" screenshot! Thanks for the support! Awesome list here Paul but I love the fact that we are on your feedly “car” screenshot! Thanks for the support!

]]> By: Lee http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174254 Lee Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:03:08 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174254 Like bunches of people, I'm constantly in Google Apps for Domains for email, calendar, and document syncing. I still use iCal and Mail.app to access those services, though. My main workhorse combo is Textmate and CSSEdit, with Transmit and Terminal.app rounding out the team. Sure, I could have just bought Coda, but I love each of these apps on their own (and Textmate is also great for so much more than just web dev). At school, we are still very Windows-centric, and our senior project is built on .NET. Therefore, I'm in Visual Studio 2008 nearly every day. In my personal time, I've started iPhone apps, so Xcode gets a ton of time. Photoshop CS3 is my go-to for all graphics, though I have been known to play with Pixelmator some after getting it from Macheist last year. I use Billings to keep track of contract work because I love the built in timer that stays in the menu bar. Finally, Coversutra is the only way I'll actually use iTunes to listen to music. Oh. And Twitter. Twitter, twitter, twitter. Via SMS. That is all. I love these kind of posts. I'm a sucker for trying any app I haven't played with yet. Like bunches of people, I’m constantly in Google Apps for Domains for email, calendar, and document syncing. I still use iCal and Mail.app to access those services, though.
My main workhorse combo is Textmate and CSSEdit, with Transmit and Terminal.app rounding out the team. Sure, I could have just bought Coda, but I love each of these apps on their own (and Textmate is also great for so much more than just web dev).
At school, we are still very Windows-centric, and our senior project is built on .NET. Therefore, I’m in Visual Studio 2008 nearly every day. In my personal time, I’ve started iPhone apps, so Xcode gets a ton of time.
Photoshop CS3 is my go-to for all graphics, though I have been known to play with Pixelmator some after getting it from Macheist last year.
I use Billings to keep track of contract work because I love the built in timer that stays in the menu bar. Finally, Coversutra is the only way I’ll actually use iTunes to listen to music.

Oh. And Twitter. Twitter, twitter, twitter. Via SMS. That is all.

I love these kind of posts. I’m a sucker for trying any app I haven’t played with yet.

]]> By: links for 2009-01-30 « Mandarine http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174253 links for 2009-01-30 « Mandarine Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:06:49 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174253 [...] 100 Applications and Services I Use Daily - PaulStamatiou.com (tags: tools list software productivity web2.0) [...] [...] 100 Applications and Services I Use Daily – PaulStamatiou.com (tags: tools list software productivity web2.0) [...]

]]> By: Edwin Khodabakchian http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174249 Edwin Khodabakchian Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:19:55 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174249 Paul. we are really thrilled to see feedly in this shortlist. We are going to continue to work to stay in there. Note: your car page looks really good..Reminds me that it would be nice to over a way for users to mark some tabs as public of that other users could look over their shoulder. All the best for you in 2009. Edwin Paul. we are really thrilled to see feedly in this shortlist. We are going to continue to work to stay in there. Note: your car page looks really good..Reminds me that it would be nice to over a way for users to mark some tabs as public of that other users could look over their shoulder. All the best for you in 2009.
Edwin

]]> By: Justin Thiele http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174248 Justin Thiele Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:14:42 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174248 I couldn't go a day without using MindNode Pro! It's such a simple and elegant program and works the way my brain works. I definitely second, TweetDeck. I was skeptical because its a monster application (in terms of screen real estate and resources) but it is the best way to tame the Twitter beast. Thanks for the Mugasha mention, glad we got you hooked ;-) I couldn’t go a day without using MindNode Pro! It’s such a simple and elegant program and works the way my brain works. I definitely second, TweetDeck. I was skeptical because its a monster application (in terms of screen real estate and resources) but it is the best way to tame the Twitter beast.

Thanks for the Mugasha mention, glad we got you hooked ;-)

]]> By: annie http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174247 annie Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:06:15 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174247 Most have been mentioned, but -NetNewsWire -Adium -Twitterific -Transmit Also, some design-related programs: -DigitalColorMeter (it's in Apps > Utilities): just drag it to your dock, open it, and find out the hex of anything on your screen -xScope: gives you pixel rulers, horizontal/vertical rules, 800x600/1024x768/etc windows, etc that you can overlay anywhere on your screen to help with sizing/alignment -OmniGraffle Most have been mentioned, but

-NetNewsWire
-Adium
-Twitterific
-Transmit

Also, some design-related programs:

-DigitalColorMeter (it’s in Apps > Utilities): just drag it to your dock, open it, and find out the hex of anything on your screen
-xScope: gives you pixel rulers, horizontal/vertical rules, 800×600/1024×768/etc windows, etc that you can overlay anywhere on your screen to help with sizing/alignment
-OmniGraffle

]]> By: Rial S. http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174246 Rial S. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:52:11 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174246 StumbleUpon toolbar in Firefox, Mint.com for finances, Tweetdeck for twitter, Pidgin.im for various Instant Messengers, PandoraFM.real-ity.com for last.fm listening. SQLyog for SQL management on MySQL databases. Visionapp Remote Desktop for RDC management. Xfire for gaming IM and playtime tracking.... I think I should write an article now that you've helped me notice how much crap I actually use. StumbleUpon toolbar in Firefox, Mint.com for finances, Tweetdeck for twitter, Pidgin.im for various Instant Messengers, PandoraFM.real-ity.com for last.fm listening. SQLyog for SQL management on MySQL databases. Visionapp Remote Desktop for RDC management. Xfire for gaming IM and playtime tracking….

I think I should write an article now that you’ve helped me notice how much crap I actually use.

]]> By: Derek http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174245 Derek Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:53:43 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174245 Is there any type of SVN / tickets integration or plugin? Is there any type of SVN / tickets integration or plugin?

]]> By: Derek http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174244 Derek Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:52:00 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174244 I'm just now checking it Highrise. The service looks like it might be able to help me keep tabs on why and who I'm communicating with better. As great as it is to have threaded emails in Gmail or Apple Mail (non-Gmail accounts), it's still a challenge to keep maintain a fresh history. As far as regularly used apps, I really enjoy Remember The Milk - in Gmail (gadget), Fluid, or iPhone. I was a big fan of Things but the lack of true OTA syncing killed it for me. Big fan of Billings 3. Even bigger fan of TextMate. I’m just now checking it Highrise. The service looks like it might be able to help me keep tabs on why and who I’m communicating with better. As great as it is to have threaded emails in Gmail or Apple Mail (non-Gmail accounts), it’s still a challenge to keep maintain a fresh history.

As far as regularly used apps, I really enjoy Remember The Milk – in Gmail (gadget), Fluid, or iPhone. I was a big fan of Things but the lack of true OTA syncing killed it for me. Big fan of Billings 3. Even bigger fan of TextMate.

]]> By: Joost Schuur http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174242 Joost Schuur Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:30:41 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174242 I use Coversutra a lot as an iTunes shortcuts app and Teleport to share 2 Macs with 1 mouse & keyboard. I also use Precipitate to launch Google Docs content from Spotlight. I use Coversutra a lot as an iTunes shortcuts app and Teleport to share 2 Macs with 1 mouse & keyboard. I also use Precipitate to launch Google Docs content from Spotlight.

]]> By: @ngel http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174241 @ngel Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:54:51 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174241 The apps that I use everyday and I totally adore are: Papers, Tags, Textmate, Transmit, VmWare, Things, Photoshop and DreamWeaver! The apps that I use everyday and I totally adore are: Papers, Tags, Textmate, Transmit, VmWare, Things, Photoshop and DreamWeaver!

]]> By: @ngel http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174240 @ngel Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:18:14 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174240 Just ordered the book you proposed! Thanx Paul! Just ordered the book you proposed! Thanx Paul!

]]> By: lewro http://paulstamatiou.com/100-applications-and-services-i-use-daily#comment-174224 lewro Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:59:57 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/?p=4205#comment-174224 I use quite a few of the apps you have mentioned. I just have one alternative to Text Mate (which looks great by the way), I use Coda and I love it! I use quite a few of the apps you have mentioned. I just have one alternative to Text Mate (which looks great by the way), I use Coda and I love it!

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