Gmail and Gmail for Google Apps went down today for over an hour and all Gmail users started freaking out on Twitter and Facebook. While the frightening 502 “Server Down” error may be a nightmare for those that urgently need to access their email for deadlines, documents, etc., stressing yourself out isn’t going to get Gmail back online. Read more »

When you don’t have your trusty laptop handy you can always rely on your thumb drive to maintain your productivity on the go, access your online accounts, securely store and backup important files, and run your favorite applications.  Read more »

It appears someone at Google finally realized that Gmail users might want a task manager integrated into their beloved webmail service. Well, all I can say is that it’s about frickin’ time. I’ve been using the Remember The Milk (RTM) Firefox add-on that fills this need as a sort of workaround for Read more »

Jott is one heck of a great GTD service but a little while ago they moved from being totally free to pay only.  While I definitely think that it is worth it to pay the nominal fee to access Jott, if you’re looking for a free alternative, Dial2Do and Reqall may very well fit the bill for you. I’ve assessed the feature list for each provider and included a Read more »

These search engines were built to eliminate the clutter that results from Google’s main search engine. Instead of searching the entire web, these search engines only search sites with relevant content for a given topic. Please suggest any sites that should be added to a given search engine and let us know of any [...] Read more »

According to a survey by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future, the average American spends 15.3 hours per week online. How do you compare? Is the time you spend online productive, wasteful, or just for personal entertainment? Thanks to a the software and web applications listed below, you too can easily keep track of your time spent online and offline and/or the time it takes you to complete daily tasks.

Time Tracker: A simple task list web application that has a nifty little timer attached to it to help you keep track of how much time you spend on given tasks Read more »