Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Kapai! New Programmes
I've started using a few new programmes that might interest some people. Here's what I'm doing and how I'm doing it...
Tracks
This one's for everyone. A web-based app that works using the GTD principle of having unique contexts (i.e. @home, @office, @online) to Get Things Done. This works on Ruby on Rails and can be installed on your webhost or locally.
I'm running it locally (on OS X 10.4.x) using Locomotive - a one step installer for Ruby on Rails. Locomotive opens on start-up and my local install of Tracks is set as my homepage. Works perfectly on Firefox, there are a few known bugs on Safari.
The next two are OS X only. Go buy yourself a mac.
Tags: GTD, Tracks, Locomotive
Kip
Hat-tip to Lifehacker for this one. Kip organises your PDF files in an iphoto style interface. It features text searching and tagging and integrates well with scanners. You can also "print" webpages and documents straight to it for handy archiving.
It searches and tags documents automatically and allows you to edit those tags. You have to pay for the new release, BUT only the new release has the option to leave those PDFs where they were rather than bringing them into Kip's own directory.
I've started "printing" useful pages to Kip then tagging them more accurately. It's a much easier way to keep track of websites, like passport/visa regulations for various countries!
Tags: Kip, PDF, OSX, Lifehacker
itunes-LAME
Working within the itunes interface, itunes-LAME adds an applescript to encode new files using the high-quality LAME encoder. Simple to install; simple to use - couldn't be better. It integrates wonderfully with an itunes library.
Tags: itunes, lame, mp3
Kapai, everyone - get downloading.
