Sorry for the long times between posts, have been busy planning the change over from Fronter to Moodle.

This afternoon im going to try to install Ubuntu Server Edition and see waht happens

Portable web apps

With must students and staff having there own portable memory sticks portable apps http://portableapps.com/ are becoming more popular.

These are applications that can be run from memory sticks, most of these are open source, so free to use. The portableapps.com platform that can be downloaded free of charge provides a platform that looks similar to the start menu on windows. With a area on the left with all the applications you have installed on your device, then on the right a filing area for all the files on the memory stick.

There is an option to download the suite in 3 flavours, platform only, light and standard editions. All over the platform then there is the choice of abiword (just a word processor) or Open Office suite (a full freeware version of office).
Along with other apps for browsing, instant messaging, PDF reader, antivirus and audio players.

In the applications section there is even more apps to download from xampp and notepad++ for developers. There is even an options of running Mac OS Classic 7 of the stick, with a promise of a version of Linux coming soon.

So what’s this mean? Well you can have all your favourite compute programs with you all the time, carry your bookmarks and settings on your memory stick to use on any computers running windows with out leaving any personal data behind.

This is one stage removed of having your own computer on a memory stick, so the excuses of not having access to your work will soon becoming a thing of the past.

Some other websites with similar apps though in my opinion not as easy to use are http://www.makeuseof.com/
http://www.portablefreeware.com/all.php
http://www.tinyapps.org/internet.html

If any of you use portable apps, or know of any other good stuff that can be run from a memory stick please leave some comments

Remember the milk

I saw this program while I was trawling the internet and it looked interesting http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
It’s a handy little web app that can be used as a calendar or a to do list. Split in to work study and personal tasks.
You can be reminded about these tasks via email, SMS, and instant messenger (AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Skype and Yahoo! are all supported).

Remember the milk mobile can also be accessed via mobile phones.

Tasks can be added to the list by email, your’ remember the milk account has its own unique email address. So that emails are converted into tasks and appear in the inbox.

Web browsers can be set up so highlighted dates and time can be submitted at the click of a button.

One of the biggest selling points about RTM is the fact that it’s in the clouds. The online interface is straightforward and clean. It has Google Gears, so you can access your tasks even when you’re not online. Get the benefits of having info online and also avoid trouble if the campus WiFi goes down.

Do you use or have you tried Remember the Milk? What do you think? OR What do you use as your personal organization system? Let us know in some comments!