Alex around the World

I know, I haven’t been writing that much lately, but I was busy and travelling. Yeah, it also happens to me! I’m formatting some pictures Nath and I took during our last weekend in Amsterdam and will post them later. In the meantime, read this interesting article about how web technologies (syndication, Java, Ajax, wikis, [...]

Over the last months, I’ve discovered and started to use new tools available from Google. As for many Google users, it all started with the basic search engine, available through local domain names (I use google.ch). Some of the free Google tools Google that I currently use are: Picasa Gmail Google Calendar (related post) Blogger [...]

I’ve recently discovered Google Calendar, another free online tool from Google (Google Search, Picasa, Google Earth, Gmail, Google Analytics, etc.). I started to use it as a personal calendar but soon realised that my colleagues and I could share information about meetings, appointments and leaves using this the “Share this calendar” functionality.I was also thinking [...]

Furl: saves a personal copy of any page you find on the Web. Spurl: another public bookmark tool. 23 Photo Sharing: Flickr-like free online photo sharing tool. Ta-da Lists: Free, simple, sharable to-do lists, from the people who brought you Basecamp, 37 Signals.

Clipmarks: Clip and tag anything on the web. YouSendIt: Large file transfers are quick, easy, and secure with YouSendIt. DropSend: Email large files easily and securely. eSnips: Snip, store and share anything you like. That’s all for now, more to come soon.