Monday, June 22, 2009

Open source versus commercial software

How do you avoid paying for a Final Cut or Visio license and support the open source community all at once? Find a free open source alternative to expensive commercial software at Osalt.com.

Osalt.com is a guide to open source software. Hundreds of open source products are systematically listed in categories ranging from business to development, education and databases. Each product description contains pros and cons compared to similar commercial software as well as user ratings.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

How technology changed us


From: Bits & Pieces

How not to use the PowerPoint

You try make a presentation to a boring meeting, you need follow the advice below. hehehe

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Google Spreadsheets getting closer every day...

Some of the killer features for Microsoft Excel, no doubt, is the capability of more complex scripting (VB), querying and pivoting (there are the ones who say this is the Microsoft's masterpiece). Google Docs is trying to get closer to this, by launching the Scripts service, which allows you to integrate your own functions into Spreadsheets, for instance.

Interesting...