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Digsby and Pidgin are two competing programs that perform pretty much the same task, consolidating your all your chat services into one program.  I’ve got accounts with Google, Yahoo, AIM, Facebook and MSN.  Until recently, I used Digsby to run all.   When I installed it, I had to click no to a 1/2 dozen or [...]

TripIt is a very slick web tool, for planning trips.  It’s pretty simple, but works great.  Register, and give it any email addresses you might use.  Then, as you plan your trip and get plane, hotel and car confirmation emails, simply forward them to plans@tripit.com.  It parses the data, and makes a master itinerary.   I’ve [...]

It’s always frustrated me when clicking a “mailto” link in a browser, and it tries to open Outlook.  I use GMail for all my email.  Turns out that since Firefox 3.0, there is a fix.
* go to Tools > Options* select the Applications tab* search for mail* select Use Gmail from the list of actions [...]

Birds are a wonderfull sight, pleasant to listen too, and incredibly important to the environment.  Unfortunately, they are also very susceptible to environmental changes, loss of habitat and other issues that threaten their survival.
The Daily Green has a great article about simple steps we can all take to make our yards more bird friendly, including [...]

Facebook had a significant design change last week, and for many, this was not a positive change. I might be in the minority, but I don’t actually mind the visual aspects of the design, with one huge, glaring, obnoxious exception. I love to see my friends statuses, links they find interesting, photos, [...]

This definately falls more on the “tools” end of the spectrum, since many of these are decidely low-tech, but this article has some great suggestions for some unexpected uses for stuff you’ve probably got around the house.  I’ve used some before, and will certainly try others.  Some of my favorites:
22 Tenderize a roast by adding [...]

After the disappointing discontinuation of Google Notebook, I’ve been testing a few different replacements, and I think I’ve settled on Evernote as by far my favorite.  I can’t imagine anyone who does ANY amount of online research not using a tool like this.
From their site, the list several great features:

On the web – Create, clip, [...]

There are dozens of good capable online Photo editing programs out there, but few Vector image editors. And sometimes you need to edit or create a vector image.
Raven is a new product from Aviary that allows vector image editing in your browser. I don’t think it’ll replace Illustrator for serious designers, but for [...]

I’m an unabashed GMail (Google Mail) fan.  It’s fast, searches work great, and I love tags vs. folders.   It simply works great.  And it’s easy to manage multiple email addresses from one spot.   If you’ve got an email address that you want to keep, you can manage nearly any email address through Google.

And Google has [...]

CSS defines how most every modern website works. It’s powerful, but not always easy to use. Smashing magazine has an excellent list of CSS tools. Any web designer would be well served to look through this list, and bookmark it for later. If you’re trying to do anything in CSS, this [...]