I hate Microsoft Office. I also hate OpenOffice.org. In fact, I don’t want to discriminate – while I admit that some office suite may be worse than other, I equally hate each one of them. The main reason is that I found a lot of other ways to get my office work done, but if [...]

I hate installing applications, especially when I install the same thing three or four times in a week. Why do I have to do that? Think about two friends asking me to reinstall their OS and setup everything as needed, think about me having to install some program on my desktop and laptop. Fortunately, it [...]

A few years ago, there were people in the press who were expecting Web-based “operating systems” to give us “a new Linux,” but it seems they were wrong. Unfortunately, while startup pages like iGoogle or Netvibes managed to become pretty popular, the Web OS itself still has a long road ahead, and it seems the [...]

When I write stuff, I always avoid using office suites or complex text editing software like Abiword, for example. This gives me more speed, but I also drop some useful features, such as spell checking. Fortunately, I use some well done online services to take care of that. Even better, they’re free, so today we’ll [...]

If I can avoid spreadsheets, I always do it, no matter if I end up using a pen and some paper, but I also agree that pen and paper are to be avoided sometimes, and I end up where I started: using a spreadsheet application. Fortunately, there are a few Web-based solutions to use, so [...]

When it comes to mind mapping software, there’s a big void in my mind. I know, it sounds a bit strange, and it’s also a fact that I’m not proud of at all. Even more, I played with a few programs from this category so far, but never got to use one for my own [...]

When I say that I stopped using any kind of office suite, people look to me like I would look at someone telling me he/she has no idea about a thing called “the Internet,” but the difference is that I can get the job done without using an office suite, although I am involved in [...]

Tired of looking for the perfect RapidShare downloader? If the answer is affirmative, I can only give you two choices: get your hands on some premium account, or – even easier – find something better than RapidShare! I know it may sound strange, but I just found a website that provides file hosting services much [...]

The more time I spend online, the more I feel like leaving computers behind and doing something completely different, something that would only require me, myself, and I, without having to use any tools that change with each week. Does this sound like cowardice? I think not, since I can’t remember the last time I [...]

I may be away from home, but Microsoft never sleeps, and since I bumped into some new Windows 7 updates after powering up my laptop, I decided to investigate… and the results may not be encouraging for those who are used to update their operating system blindfolded. Why? Oh, well, even if you’re not using [...]