Category Archives: Resources

A Directory of The Best RSS readers

This is by no means a definitive list, but I’ve tested these programs and found them all to be worthwhile. Some more additions after feedback. Please keep the suggestions coming. (These are mainly Windows programs: At some point I’ll do a Mac list, suggestions for that also welcome) Awasu A free Windows RSS client, allowing monitoring… Read More »

A Directory of Browsers

Here are some browsers worth checking out (see Wired and the Seattle Times for more detail on some of these. There’s a complete directory at Download.com). Suggestions as ever welcome. Opera worth singing about, but not everyone’s cup of tea Deepnet Explorer want RSS and P2P with that? iRider surf’s up Mozilla Firefox foxy Safari (Mac)… Read More »

Directory of MindMapping Software

Update, Feb 15 2007. An online mapping tool that’s cute but questionable in its mindmapping credentials: bubbl.us. In fairness, it talks more about brainstorming than mindmapping, but I’m surprised that it’s not easy to add branches to all four sides of each little box. You can, apparently, share your work with others, which makes sense,… Read More »

Acrobat Converting Software

Here’s a list of services and products that create documents in Adobe’s  “Portable Document Format” (PDF). (Much of this is drawn from Merle’s article on WebProNews) Software that creates PDF files from other files PDFMoto: A Web publishing system that converts documents you create in any Windows application into PDF. They offer several different versions, so… Read More »

A Directory Of Firewalls

Hardware firewalls are not included in this list. For an excellent comparison of some of these programs see PCPro’s article. Kerio Blurb:  Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) helps users control how their computers exchange data with other computers on the Internet or local network. Kerio Personal Firewall is a necessity for all desktop computers connected to broadband… Read More »