Posts Tagged With: paid
· October 8, 2008 at 5:40 am · Online Tools
Scrumy is a simple project management solution based on Scrum. Now I could do my best to explain Scrum, but would probably mess it up - so that is why this well placed link to Wikipedia is here so that you can figure that one out on your own.
With Scrumy, all you do is point your browser towards scrumy.com/ and then after the / type in any name you want. For each job you might need to get done, add a new story. Then you can add the tasks for that job under the “To Do” list. In addition to the “To Do” list you also have sections for work in progress, that are verified, and that are done. As the work progresses, you can drag and drop to do list items to other boxes. The process is simple, yet very effective for organizing your team’s ideas and tracking the progress.
The service is totally free, but if you want a few more features - I suggest you shell out for Scrumy Pro. With Scrumy Pro, you can password protect your project. You get the Dashboard to help you manage multiple sprints. You get Burndown Charts to help you schedule. You can rename your project at any time. Your project will never be deleted for inactivity. Ever.
If you need help organizing your next big project, give Scrumy a shot.
· May 23, 2007 at 5:00 am · Personal, Software Help
I have reviewed a ton of freeware applications for Lockergnome’s Windows Fanatics over the years. So many, I’m not sure if people really know which ones actually make it into my day to day life. Here are ten offline applications that I use on a day to day basis. Some are free, some are not - they are all quality goods though that you should all check out.
- Firefox
It has been my Web browser for year, and unless they do something extremely crazy - don’t think I’ll be moving away for one of the other browsers anytime soon.
- NoteTab Pro
NoteTab Pro is another program I have been using forever and have never found anything better. Three reasons I love it are: basic text editing, spell checker and word count. If your a text editor without those three don’t bother me.
- WinRAR
Out of all the zipping and un-zipping tools out there, I think WinRAR does the best job and stays out of my way unless I need it. Good stuff all around.
- VLC Media Player
I mainly have this one loaded up to play all the wacky video downloaded from the Web that doesn’t play right in your standard video players.
- CoreFTP Lite
I am not deeply in love with this FTP client - but it does the job without choking much. If I could find a better client - I’d probably use it instead. Alternatives welcome!
- Audacity
A must have for any podcast that is working with a $3 budget. Totally free and easy to use even for a beginner in the audio editing arena.
- CDBurnerXP Pro 3
Toss out your old CD burning software because you no longer need it. CDBurnerXP Pro 3 does for free what some of the other burning packages can’t even get done for $50 or more.
- XNeat Windows Manager
This is one I just ran across not too long ago. It allows you to hide things on your taskbar, send anything to the tray, show and hide windows, and a heck of a lot more.
- Foxit Reader
Adobe can bite my Web hosting butt. Foxit Reader gives me a PDF reader that doesn’t ask to update itself every five minutes with crap I don’t need. Thank you Foxit!
- OpenOffice.org
Anybody who says you can’t live day to day inside of Open Office is wrong. For me, at least - it does what it needs to do when I need it to do something. Usually I only use it for editing and creating invoices though so maybe I’m not the spokesperson they are looking for.
What about you? What do you think of these suggestions - or can you suggest a replacement for one? Let me know and make sure to leave some links for them as well.
· May 4, 2007 at 6:28 am · Hot Web Topics
Yahoo is paying for the unlimited E-mail storage everybody is going to get with more ads. Paid Yahoo Mail users or not - we are all going to get this “new feature” called advertisements.
Want the good news? Yahoo is going to give us unlimited E-mail storage soon. The bad news? If you haven’t been seeing ads - you are about to get them back - even if you have been paying for your E-mail service! I have enjoyed the perks of having the “paid” version of Yahoo Mail since I am a AT&T DSL customer. When I moved over to DSL I signed up with SBC Yahoo! DSL. One of the perks I liked the most was that there were no ads on the E-mail application.
Here is a copy of the E-mail I got from Yahoo:
Dear AT&T Yahoo! Member:
AT&T and Yahoo! have a history of providing our members with award-winning, industry-leading Internet products and services at a great value.
As more members are using AT&T Yahoo! Mail to send and receive photos, videos, and music, we will begin offering unlimited email storage in May to both existing and new members. Your service will continue to include all the premium products you already enjoy including video, LAUNCHcast Plus, and an all-in-one security suite.
Additionally, within the next few weeks you will begin seeing graphical advertisements in your AT&T Yahoo! Mail service. These advertisements will be integrated into the AT&T Yahoo! Mail experience, and we hope you will find the advertisements useful. Advertising such as this allows us to continue delivering new and innovative elements to our service and helps us keep prices competitive, while we continue to provide the high level of service that you have come to know and trust.
We strive to provide you with the best online experience possible and to address all your needs on the Internet.
Sincerely,
AT&T Yahoo! Member Services
I love how they push the advertisements as an additional feature to look forward to. Shame on you Yahoo!
· April 18, 2007 at 7:42 am · Web Hosting
It looks like Ping! Zine has gone from a free Web hosting magazine to a “subscription” based one. This is big news because I think at least, it means they have a chance of becoming successful enough to charge for it. For the folks out there that still want one of the best hosting magazines for free though - I have a place to send you. Lets just keep this our little secret. 
· January 12, 2007 at 5:00 am · Web Hosting
Would you pay $50 a year to get the “privilege” to post on some forums?
I would like to say the folks at Web Hosting Talk are pretty darn bonkers, but they have people actually paying for it. I can’t blame them because if people were willing to give me money for the same thing - I might have to do it. Do Web hosting people really have that much money to burn? People there are other Web hosting forums out there! Need a list of them?
Go check out HostingHoopla.com!
Come on, give me some feedback - are people really that desperate for a t-shirt or are they just not aware that there are better hosting forums out there? Is Web Hosting Talk desperate for money?
I know they have been resold on a few occasions but they seem popular - why do they need to stick it to their members without giving much more of a perk than just a free t-shirt?
· November 10, 2006 at 7:58 pm · Online Tools, Personal
Now I have touched on the topic of getting “paid to post” entries and how stupid all of this fighting back and forth has been with the ego bloggers against the regular “Joes” and “Janes” on the street. It all comes down to one simple idea. Do you want to do what you want to do or do you want to let a small group of popular bloggers dictate the “rules of blogging” to you? I picked the first choice.
This afternoon I signed up with Review Me, and in turn I am going to be getting paid $30 once this post is posted and done with. With that said, if you go through the Web site and want me to write about something it will only cost you $30 as well (looks like they bumped me up to $60). Not too bad of a price, I must say. Some people are getting up to $250 - but I don’t know who is going to really pay that much for one post. I probably could have had a higher number, but since the domain name switch a few months ago I have been building link popularity all over again.
The idea behind Review Me is simple, you sign up and they judge how much you are worth by popularity. Once that is done and you get in, advertisers will come to you and ask you to write about them. Now you do not have to post a positive review but you do have to disclose somewhere that you are doing paid posts. I think this is a nice balance and should keep the ego bloggers at bay for now.
I am looking at this as more than just another way to get some cash. That is nice and all, but I sometimes really need to find a good muse. Interesting ideas are not that easy to find so if I have people feeding me ideas and offering to pay me to write it, that is every real writer’s dream come true.
