Michael VanPutten

In 2006 I started to work primarily on an Apple Computer desktop and laptop at work. I have used Windows-based PC(s) for many years and my desktop at home is still a PC. While there are lots of great applications developed for Windows by the independent and open source communities — I was and continue […]

Nicole really enjoys designing her own greeting cards. While searching for other personal card making tools that she might enjoy using I came across a gem called Pop-Up Card Designer. I first read about this simple piece of software while reading through the Make Magazine Web site.
The interface for the software is very simple and […]

If you ever need or want to create a PDF document from any application running on your Windows based PC, then look no further than CutePDF Writer a free ware application that enables you to simply print from any application and create a PDF. Of all the PDF programs out there, CutePDF Writer wins hands […]

I’ve been chatting with some associates about the relation of time, media, and location. In browsing the Web, I came across an interesting tool from AOL that came out into beta over this past summer. Somehow, it never hit my radar: circaVie enables users to post photos, notes and details and then display information in […]

I recently needed a tool that would enable me to view all http requests issued by the Web page loaded in my browser — in order to figure out what files were being requested and from which location. For those of you in a similar situation, I strongly recommend the LiveHTTPHeaders Firefox extension.
The tool is […]

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Two years ago I began to look into what I could do to improve my productivity. Part of my workflow analysis included management of bookmarks. I needed a way to keep all of my bookmarks synced, categorized, and easily sharable.
To provide some background, I have thousands of bookmarks that I have collected. My bookmarks include […]

Boinx iStopMotion is a fun piece of software that enables you to create stop motion and time lapse animations using your iSight or DV camera. Creating stop motion animations can be fun for both kids, parents and teachers. The software also comes with a great tool for printing Flipbooks of your animations. iStopMotion retails for […]

On May 18th, 2006 a team of six people released a beautiful animation under a creative commons license titled ‘Elephants Dream‘. By May 29th, over 500,000 visitors had downloaded the animation. Over the months that followed remixes of the animation began to appear online. A ‘making of’ video was released by the creators of ‘Elephants […]

Myfonts.com has a wonderful font identification ultility named ‘What the font?‘Using this tool you can upload an image containing text, or link to an image online. What the font will then attempt to identify the font faced used. This tool has proven invaluable over the years when I receive an image or logo containing text […]