Spirited Away — hide inactive apps.

Posted February 16th, 2012 by Marta Spendowska with No Comments

First of all — I love Spirited Away movie! Don’t you? I guess it’s time to watch it again. But that’s not what I want to talk about today. Just recently I found this app that would do things for me for free. Free is awesome so I’ve decided to try it. It’s called Spirited Away and, as the developer says, it’s purpose is to
check each running application’s activity, and if an application isn’t active for a certain fixed time, Spirited Away hides the application automatically. It is, in effect, Spirited Away
Watch the video below to see it in action and make sure to try it yourself. And btw, if you’re not convinced yet, but you still don’t know how to hide inactive ...

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HOW TO : Sync iCal calendars.

Posted August 24th, 2011 by Marta Spendowska with 8 Comments

Syncing iCal calendars between computers with Dropbox is so easy I can hardly keep myself from jumping right into the tutorial. Let me, though, introduce you to why I’ve decided to look for solution in the first place.
Before we’ll get happy and comfortable with iCloud, we can figure out the way to sync calendars between devices. Personally, I use three machines that let me work remotely ; iMac (for work at home), MacbookPro 15 (for working at coffe shops & while traveling), iPad (for various productivity apps and general browsing). After trying MobileMe, I’ve decided not to sign up, because it didn’t give me enough features for $99/year.
As of now, apps for keeping track of what’s happening are :
Dropbox iCal (on every device) 2Do on ...

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How To : Convert videos to mp4 and make them smaller.

Posted July 23rd, 2011 by Marta Spendowska with 3 Comments

Many people have no idea where to start with converting videos to mp4 for making sure they are smaller and of high quality. If you are one of them, this tutorial will help you tremendously.   There are few ways for converting movies to mp4 for online viewing and quite an ocean of tools. Today I’d like to share with you one tool, that will take care of this problem for you. It’s called HandBrake and it’s totally free. Watch the video below (7 minutes), take a look at my settings on the screenshots, and download the correct version of HandBrake  (Mac, Windows, Linux). I hope it rocks your world, takes away all the worries, and improves the quality and the size of your ...

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How to be productive and create your workflow.

Posted July 9th, 2011 by Marta Spendowska with 3 Comments

I confess, I’m a terrible app junkie. With apps I can usually accomplish whatever I want faster, easier and maybe even better.
Apps that help with productivity and workflow are my biggest friends. I’ve tried.. too many (sorry Hubby!).
I found the perfect solution for myself and I want to share it with you.
(I’m working on iOS, so my advice is mostly for Mac users, but not all of it is based on computer, so stay atuned)
IDEA GENERATORS First and foremost, I shuffled away my notebook that would lie next to my computer with some to-dos in it.
To open it, find the latest important scribble was simply too time consuming.
Some time ago, I’m not sure when I’ve heard this advice exactly, Dyana Valentine was ...

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HOW TO : edit posts in WordPress

Posted July 6th, 2011 by Marta Spendowska with No Comments

 
When you’re about to edit your post on your WordPress blog, you are probably going to your Dashboard, then Posts, then Edit Posts, and finally you choose the post that needs to be modified.
Did you know you can speed up this workflow and get rid of all unnecessary steps to edit your posts, pages, and comments?
It’s really easy, requires just a snippet of a code, super simple actions like copy + paste, and after accomplishing this task, you’re going to have much more easier access to editing.
Watch the tutorial below, share it with others, and, as I say in the video, if you have trouble with implementing this strategy, make a comment below and I’ll answer that for you.
Notes are ...

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HOW TO : customize short url

Posted June 2nd, 2011 by Marta Spendowska with 2 Comments

Ever wonder how you can customize short url into something more memorable? Well, I’m here to show you! (more…)

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HOW TO : Back Up Facebook

Posted April 5th, 2011 by Marta Spendowska with No Comments

Wondering How To Back Up Facebook? This video will show you how to back up your personal facebook information.
Since March 31st facebook allows to convert your personal profile into the facebook business page, but you need to make sure you’ll back up your facebook data. You can read about switching from profile to the facebook page on the insidefacebook and watch my video below.

How To Back Up Facebook Data

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