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Firefox 3.6, Fullscreen and WebDeveloper

3, Mar 2010

After updating to Firefox 3.6, I started having issues with WebDeveloper, the single favorite Firefox extension I’m using on an almost daily basis.
Namely, the keyboard shortcut I was using most frequently ⌘-⇧-F had been overwritten by the latest Firefox update; instead of calling the ‘Display Element Information’ function from WebDeveloper, it now called View in [...]

Automator tips

4, Feb 2010

I promised a long time ago to tell you more about the most underrated yet one of the most powerful tools on your Mac OSX: the Automator.
I’ll be speaking here about the Automator version on Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6) which, although highly similar to the one in Leopard (OSX 10.5), has a number of extremely [...]

Have a Break – free OSX productivity app

11, Jan 2010

Because sometimes you just need a reminder to have a break, relax your eyes or change your posture, Have a Break is a tiny free mac app that lets you do just that: set up a periodic reminder which you simply CAN’T ignore.
Freshly baked, hot from the oven, my first osx app with hideous graphics [...]

Essential tips to make your Mac the king of USER FRIENDLINESS

11, Dec 2008

It’s a common symptom among new Mac users to be really ecstatic about their new MacBook, praise the speed and functionality, then after a month or so start seeing some flaws; much like in any relationship, where your passionate blind love from the first weeks starts to fade, giving way to more realistic assessments.
Some hard-core [...]

How to seamlessly sync your iCal with Google Calendar

2, Dec 2008

Quick question: what is the One and only most essential tool for any productivity fan?
You guessed it – the calendar.
There are many reasons why you’d want to use Google Calendar for your time management: first of all, it’s free; second, it’s online(you can access it from everywhere). Third, it has SMS alerts, which is probably [...]

Task Five – the simple yet beautiful online task management tool

6, Nov 2008

I never really managed to get GTD working for me.
The basic concepts of the GTD (Getting Things Done) method are really easy to grasp and pretty useful:
Write stuff down instead of trying to remember it, do the easy tasks quickly to get them out of your way, divide projects into smaller tasks and review [...]

From the email bin

5, Nov 2008

During the last year I almost never reposted the links and resources readers of HackTheDay have send me. It took a simple comment(might be a spam, but I hope it’s not) to make me want to get back to blogging over here on HTD.
So, here’s a couple of productivity-related links received from my readers [...]

Get rid of the MobileMe sync icon in Leopard’s menu bar

2, Oct 2008

Phew, the title took more to write than what the post really should contain, that is:

Keep Command key pressed while dragging the Sync icon out of the menu bar.
Now, why would you do this? Maybe, like me, you have a fresh Leopard install and you NEVER use MobileMe, and you want to declutter the menu [...]

Create any kind of charts easily with Google Visualization API

10, Jul 2008

Google just released Google Visualization API, which is a really cool great way to generate and embed beautiful charts into any webpage.
While the API is really Javascript based targeting web developers, the really cool thing about it is that you’re now able to generate Gadgets from within any Google Docs spreadsheet.
Easier done than said, actually. [...]

DIY a Firefox Search Engine – Twitter People

1, May 2008

I mentioned it already: I love Firefox’s feature of “Manage Search Engines” (Internet Explorer 7 has copied introduced a similar one as well). Simply love it, and the reason for it is that it saves me lots and lots of time.
One of the “custom” search engines I had installed was called Flickr Tags. Ironically, though, [...]


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