by Scott on November 30, 2009
Christmas is right around the corner. This is the year you should can have all of your Christmas To Do’s organized (with Smart To-Do List of course). Having a to do list will help reduce some of the stresses you encounter over the holiday season. The more you have everything planned out, the better prepared you will be if something unexpected occurs.
One way to use Smart To-Do List for Christmas is to a have a Gift Ideas project:
You could use this project to keep track of all of your gift ideas. Simply tag each idea with the name of the person that will be receiving the gift. You could then easily filter your list by one of the names used as a tag:
I’ve made up a few templates to help keep your Christmas To Do list organized this year. If you would like to check them out please click the links below, you can download the templates and import them into Smart To-Do List.
New Christmas Templates:
Hope you have a safe Holiday Season!
by Scott on November 18, 2009
Hello, just wanted to let you know that Smart To-Do List version 1.4 is now available for download. This version includes some minor bug fixes as well as a couple new features. Your to do lists are now autosaved periodically instead of only on exit. One other new feature is a quick entry box:
This quick entry box allows you to add multiple tasks quickly. This is especially useful if you would like to copy and paste a list that you received in an email or a list from a website.
You can access the Quick Task Entry window from the Tools menu or by typing q in the To-Do / Command box and pressing enter.
Don’t forget that Thanksgiving is right around the corner, if you need help creating that Thanksgiving To Do List. There are also some Christmas To Do List templates available as well.
by Scott on March 11, 2009
The latest version of Smart To-Do List has been posted to the server. If you’ve previously purchased Smart To-Do List you will be getting an email detailing where to download the latest version. This version adds the following functionality:
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by Scott on March 3, 2009
The Adobe Air runtime allows developers to create rich Internet applications that run from the desktop on Windows, Mac OS X, as well as Linux.
From the Adobe Air Wikipedia entry:
AIR is intended to be a versatile runtime environment, as it allows existing Flash, Actionscript or HTML and JavaScript code to be used to construct a more traditional desktop-like program. Adobe positions it as a browser-less runtime for rich Internet applications that can be deployed onto the desktop, rather than a fully-fledged application framework.
Adobe provides a marketplace to find applications that have been developed using this framework. Here are a few of the applications that I found looking through the productivity and creativity sections of the Adobe Air Marketplace. All of these applications are free.
1. Vertabase Timer
Vertabase Timer is perfect for anyone that has to track their time spent on specific projects. To use this application you simply enter the projects name in the Track Time On entry box (or select a previously entered project) and press the Start button. When you press the Stop button an optional note can be added to the recorded time.
Clicking the Show Time button allows you to view a breakdown of your time spent on each project. The time can then be exported to XML and CSV.
2. Color Browser
Color Browser is useful to anyone that develops webpages as well as other creative types that need to keep track of color palettes that they currently use or get inspired by. This application allows you to create a color palette as well as import palettes from outside sources.
The first palette shown in the screen shot below is the palette that I based my website design on for Smart To-Do List. I found this palette on ColourLovers.com. Colour Lovers allows you to export the palettes in a variety of formats, one of which is the ASE format which this application uses.
If you know of any other useful Adobe Air applications, I’d love to hear about them.
Updated on 7/9/2010
Removed an application based on feedback in the comments below.
by Scott on January 30, 2009
A Windows only tool, ZapGrab is an easy to use screen capture program. ZapGrab is one of those applications that I can’t live without. It is a free program and has been around for several years. I usually keep it right in my Quick Launch area (the little black box icon below).
Clicking the icon brings up the application (shown below). The application stays on top of all the other windows that you may have open. When you are ready to capture a screen shot you press the Grab button. Pressing this button changes your mouse cursor into a crosshairs and by then clicking the left mouse button and dragging over the desired area you can capture your screen shot. The resulting screen grab is placed on the clipboard to be pasted in the application of your choosing.
Any part of the screen may be captured. Here’s an example:
ZapGrab is portable and is a perfect candidate to keep on your flashdrive.
