Applications (Web and Desktop)
There are a certain list of apps I use on a daily basis that I find to be extremely useful and actually helpful when I am trying to get more out of my computer than most. Here is my list:
Enso - a very humanized universal remote (launcher, spellchecker) for your PC. The smartest piece of software I’ve seen just about anywhere. get it here: http://www.humanized.com
GridMove - a window organizer, so I can get non-traditional arrangements of windows, like my code editor and notes app running in space, without tedious resizing. One drag and drop and it remembers where I like my windows. get it here: http://www.donationcoder.com
Evernote - the everywhere synced notes system that remembers everything so I don’t have to. It works on the web, with a clipper, desktop on PC/Mac/Linux, on iPod Touch and iPhone, and on smartphones. I have been a fan of EVernote since the beginning, but they upped the ante bigtime in the last year. Now with way more wow. get it here: http://www.evernote.com
MiniCap - Tiny, small footprint screen capture that isn’t bloated with features. Integrated crop and an intelligent capture selector make this terrific. get it here: http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/MiniCap/index.html
Notepad++ - An excellent notepad replacement and code editor. Plenty of options including the ability to add color profiles and additional languages link my favorite Vibrant Ink. get it here: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
RocketDock - A clone of the popular Mac “Dock” that acts as a launcher. With Enso, I don’t use this as much, but it is extremely useful and eyecandy to boot. If you download the stacks docklet, and some themes, you can make it look and act not a bit different than the Mac Dock. get it here: http://www.punklabs.com
WordPress - the best publishing platform that does so much more than that it is hard to describe. I have personally setup more than 100 WordPress installs, and it only gets better. It does blogs, websites, and tons more. get it here: http://www.wordpress.org
Essential WordPress Plugins: Akismet (anti-spam), All-in-one SEO Pack, Lighter Admin Menus, PageMash (Ajax Page/Post reordering), SMS Text Message (allow txt subscribers), Twitter Tools, WP Ads, Viper’s Video Quicktags, WP Auto Tagger, CurMusic, WP Quotes, WP Database Backup
Firefox - this is really a no-brainer. IE is unequivically horrible, Firefox isn’t. get it here: http://addons.mozilla.org
Essential Firefox Addons: Download Statusbar, Tiny Menu, AdBlock Plus, Colorzilla, Measureit, TinyURL Creator, Firebug, Better Gmail 2, ScribeFire, Evernote clipper
Essential Firefox Search Engines: Google, Wikipedia, Flickr CC by tags, YouTube, Amazon, BibleGateway, Stock XCHNGE (photos), WoWHead, WowWiki, WordPress Plugins
Locations
Personal Finance: Mint http://www.mint.com and Dave Ramsey http://www.daveramsey.com
Stock Photos: Stock XCHNG http://www.sxc.hu
Tech News: Obsessable http://www.obsessable.com and DownloadSquad http://www.downloadsquad.com
