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Guest Post: OpenOffice.org excels (pun intended)

5 February 2010

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I’ve just about had it up to here with Microsoft Office (if you’re not able to remote view I’m holding my hand up to my forehead). I got a new laptop about two months ago and since then I’ve been struggling. I followed the instructions and installed [...]

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Trying Out: Freckle…for time management rethought

18 January 2010

I’ve driven myself batty over the past year in particular being annoyed with myself about time slipping through my fingers. I’ve realised:
1) I have no concept of time anymore – that’s the passing of it, how long things take etc
2) I sometimes fanny away too much time social networking for work hanging out [...]

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Image editing & drawing with Skitch

14 October 2009
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I discovered image editing tool Skitch last year when Darren Rowse of Problogger rounded up his fourteen essential Mac OS applications for bloggers. I edit copious amounts of images each month – mostly resizing but sometimes a spot of drawing, and I wanted to use something light, quick, and free.
So why do I still love [...]

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