Input is a verb
Applications I Use
UPDATE April 2009:
- Switched from OneNote 2007 to Evernote because I'm using a Mac, Ubuntu and Windows.
- Switched from Windows Search 4.0 to Google Desktop because it searches Evernote 3 databases. (You have to install GDS and then install Evernote).
- Note: Evernote works with OS X Spotlight "out of the box." Evernote can import from OneNote and also export to XML.
Here's what I use:
| Category | App | Rationale |
| CD/DVD Burner | ?? |
See my treatise on burning DVDs |
| Email (1) | Outlook 2003 |
See What Goes Where It is the corporate standard at my current place of employment. They use Exchange with domain authentication, and they do NOT enable POP3. The Washington Monument is more portable than Outlook. |
| Email (2) |
GMail | Gotta love the ~ 3GB storage limit. If I were doing a startup, we'd just use GMail as our corporate email system. See What Goes Where for why I use GMail. |
| Email (3) |
Portable Thunderbird2.0 |
It is a portable app. I can have the same email experience with the same plug-ins on all Windows computers. See What Goes Where for why I use GMail instead. |
| Operating System (1) |
Windows XP |
It is installed on my employment-provided laptop. |
| Operating System (2) |
Windows 2000 |
I place a high priority on being able to run my apps on multiple machines. For example, I want to be able to run Quicken on my home PC and my work PC. But I'm not supposed to install applications on my work PC. So I created a VMWare virtual machine with Windows 2000, and I installed Quicken onto that VM. I can run my VM from a USB drive on any Windows PC. I went with Win2K instead of XP because VMWare passes through the CPU info to the guest, and XP ends up wanting you to re-activate it. (This is particularly likely if you run the VM on both Athlon and Intel CPUs.) Unfortunately, this is just too slow on the current laptop my employer provides, so I quit using it. Quicken happens only on my home desktop PC. |
| Remote Control | VNC |
I use TightVNC. It is an adequate, cross-platform remote-control app. I use the TightVNC variant because it does file transfer and it can JPEG compress the image of the remote desktop over limited-bandwidth links. The client is a portable app. |
| RSS Reader | Awasu Pro 2.2.2 |
It is what I've been using for quite some time. I'm used to it. I think I've managed to get it to run portably by installing it on a PC, copying it to a USB drive, removing it from the installed PC, and tinkering with debug.ini. Also, I like its combine-channels plug-in. Basics: hides read items, shows item summaries in the main pane (Note: few RSS add-ons for Firefox do this). |
| Web Browser |
Portable Firefox 2.x |
It is a portable app. I can have the same browser with the same plug-ins on all Windows computers. |
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