Google Docs, and Zoho

What was Writely is now Google Docs. Sigh. They’ve combined it with the spreadsheet package, so they are available from the same screen – the homepage being effectively a file manager when you log in. One criticism of Google when they buy things is that they don’t bother to integrate them properly with everything else … Keep reading

Living Without Microsoft

LWM is a great site, one that offers a different angle on the MS debate. Rather than being rabidly pro-Mac or Linux, it instead aims to offer sensible alternatives for those people who would rather not use MS software. Solutions like switching to Linux or a Mac are discussed, of course, but LWM acknowledges that … Keep reading

A load of B.O.L.L.O.C.K.S.

Lee Hopkins, antipodean blogger extraordinaire and contributor to Shel and Neville‘s For Immediate Release podcast, and I have been bantering on various posts about the lack of an offline blog editor that, well, does what we want it to. This led me to make an utterly idiotic suggestion. There was a recent flurry among the … Keep reading

ajaxTunes

ajaxTunes is the latest in the line of web based desktop replacement services from Michael Robertson. It claims to be: …a web-based media player that lets you play, pause, forward and rewind high-quality streaming music straight from the Internet on any computer. Try ajaxTunes immediately, it has been preloaded with a demo account containing more … Keep reading

Offline editor features

So, having had a look at a few offline blog editors, what stuff is missing from them all that would be nice to have? How about being able to moderate and manage comments offline too? It seems dumb being able to post from an editor, only to have to log into your blog’s Admin screen … Keep reading