Tiny bytes of tech
Looking for new music that’s similar to the music you are already listening to? If so, JustSpotify might be a good place to start. It’s a free service that recommends music to you based on what you import or vote on in their system. Sign in using your Twitter account.
Looking for tourist attractions in the United States or Spain or Mexico? Wherever you are visiting, you should definitely check out Fun Tourist Attractions, a cool website that groups thousands of tourist attractions by country and then by city. Neat!
Looking to convert your website into a mobile version for the iPhone and other mobile devices? If so, you might want to first check out this useful article on best practices to developing great websites for the iPhone and other mobile devices. It goes through some code snippets of popular mobile websites like Facebook, etc.
Ever run into the situation where you have two Windows Explorer windows open so that you can copy, move, or view files? Hmmm…probably pretty often. Windows Double Explorer is a neat program that lets you manage two Windows Explorer windows in the same window! You can also drag and drop favorite folders to the toolbar for quick access. Neat!
Got a PowerPoint presentation you are preparing for? If so, you might want to keep an extra tab open with SlideFinder. It’s a new site that is basically a search engine for PowerPoint slides! Type in anything and you’ll find hundreds of free slides you can download. You can also search for slides in over 23 languages. Neat!
Using Windows 7 yet? If so, you should enable the hidden GodMode feature! It’s actually pretty cool. It lets you access all of the control panels for the entire operating system in one folder. You have to do a bit of trickery, which is explained well at CNET. It’s pretty handy, especially for people who like to change a lot of settings.
FontPage is a cool program to view and examine all of the fonts currently installed on your system. It lets you view any typeface in bold, italic, underline and even in 3D. You can also compare two fonts to each other and preview fonts that are not yet installed on your system.
Want to kick off 2010 with a bang? If you have an iPhone, it’s probably time to download some new apps to make your life easier. Mashable has a huge list of over 700+ apps broken down by categories that you can download. The list includes everything from Social to Games to Shopping and Family. Enjoy!
Looking for a good online tool to create professional-looking diagrams? Cacoo is a free online drawing tool that lets you create all kinds of diagrams including site maps, wire frames, UML, network charts, and more. Also, it has real-time collaboration, so multiple users can edit the same diagram simultaneously. Nice!
The holiday season is upon us and it’s time to give and receive lots of gifts! Wantz.it is a free service that let you create a wishlist online and share it with family and friends using Twitter, Facebook, and email. What’s also cool is that you can automatically update your wishlist from del.icio.us and Twitter by tagging items with “dowant” in del.icio.us or adding @dowant to a tweet in Twitter. Cool!
