Category: Productivity

UiPath is a bit more sophisticated than Zapier. I like the Zapier integration and its simple to use but the free version is pretty limited, its also for personal stuff rather than business stuff. For the same price you can use UiPath and it’s a bit more versatile. This post will document an automated process

Macro Tools Following on from Macro productivity tools using AlternativeTo I came across: SikuliX automates anything you see on the screen of your desktop computer running Windows, Mac or some Linux/Unix. It uses image recognition powered by OpenCV to identify and control GUI components. This is handy in cases when there is no easy access to

Today, most people have multiple devices and being able to share information between them is sometimes useful. It can be a bit inconvenient when information you want is on another device. I am a bit “old school” and want my data on my device, not in the cloud or on some storage unit that can

I’m a great fan of new tools that increase productivity. I used key shortcuts in pre-windows DOS and have used them ever since. I’ve been watching some YouTube videos on being productive and found a few useful shortcuts, add-ins and apps, all free, that I will be trying out to see which ones work for

Something I used in one of my earlier exercises was layers on maps,  on this post How to use Maps to find Data on Assets. It allows for using an online map such as Google Maps and putting information on that map with specific overlays. Follow the link for example (Note, if you click on

When watching a video on how to move from HTTP to secure HTTPS the presenter mentioned that he used a CDN service. Yet another acronym. I am working on fixing my DataIKnoW site and they recommended “Optimole” for images (although when I tried to install this plugin I got a blank screen). So I thought

Tsheets is powerful and robust and delivers the basics that I need. Coda.io Timesheet Template, powerful but has bugs. I recommend Tsheets. At the end of my previous post on Free online time sheet programme Toggl (rubbish) and Tsheets (good) with the title indicating my views. I had spent about 4 days using Toggl and when

At the end of the last post I put a few steps for my process: Part 1.Initially broad targeting. Harvesting personal emails with searches which include gmail.com etc. Part 2. I need to find some Facility Management Directories and do a web crawl on some of those. To do that I could use the Firefox

I am back working on my own again. So I thought I’d give the online Time sheets an explore. I generally just do an excel timesheet and then add an invoice to it when I am contracting. Keeping a note of my hours on a notepad. Also, a lot of companies want me to do

After tinkering with Tables in Coda.io for planning for my website in the morning I did find I was more focused on what I needed to do on the website and completed most of the tasks in that part of the project. 3 down and one to go. Coda.io and Zapier I had a parting