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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Listerine is a fresh and clean Twitter list organizer]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/18/listerine-is-a-fresh-and-clean-twitter-list-organizer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/18/listerine-is-a-fresh-and-clean-twitter-list-organizer/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/18/listerine-is-a-fresh-and-clean-twitter-list-organizer/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-services/" rel="tag">Web services</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/social-software/" rel="tag">Social Software</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/microblogging/" rel="tag">Microblogging</a></p><a href="http://listerine.syndeolabs.com/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/11/listerine11.jpg" /></a>With everyone going gaga over Twitter lists, it was only a matter of time before someone built a third-party service for creating and managing lists. Enter <a href="http://listerine.syndeolabs.com/">Listerine</a>. Instead of making you go through pages upon pages of people you follow, this handy web app shows all your Twitter friends in a drag-and-drop interface. <br />
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The friends display shows mutual friends with a heart icon, and people who don't follow you back with a star. There's a search field, in case you follow so many people that even this compact grid layout is too difficult to navigate. To add a friend to a list, just grab their icon and drag it. Perhaps Listerine's coolest feature is the ability to direct-message everyone on a list. This works great if you want to invite your local list to an event, or DM your team at work.<br />
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[via <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5406774/listerine-organizes-your-twitter-lists">Lifehacker</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/18/listerine-is-a-fresh-and-clean-twitter-list-organizer/">Listerine is a fresh and clean Twitter list organizer</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://listerine.syndeolabs.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/18/listerine-is-a-fresh-and-clean-twitter-list-organizer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19244903/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/18/listerine-is-a-fresh-and-clean-twitter-list-organizer/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>listerine</category><category>lists</category><category>organizer</category><category>twitter</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Hathaway]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five essential addons for new Firefox users (Happy fifth birthday, Firefox!)]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/09/five-essential-addons-for-new-firefox-users-happy-fifth-birthda/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/09/five-essential-addons-for-new-firefox-users-happy-fifth-birthda/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/09/five-essential-addons-for-new-firefox-users-happy-fifth-birthda/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/mozilla/" rel="tag">Mozilla</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/browser/" rel="tag">Browsers</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">Lists</a></p><div align="center"><img width="580" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="372" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/11/firefox-addon-sadfsaf.jpg" /></div>
Five years ago today, a new web browser arrived on the scene. Yes, it was Firefox 1.0. At the half-decade mark, Firefox has become a force to be reckoned with. Nearly one in four people on the Internet is now using Firefox - and that includes the <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/03/09/firefox-has-100-market-share-on-one-continent/"><em>entire population of Antarctica</em></a>! <br />
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<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/27/congrats-citizens-of-mozilla-firefox-population-surpasses-that/">If Firefox users were a country</a>, they'd be the third most populous in the world - behind only China and India - at 330 million people! 2009 has certainly been a big year for the Fox.<br />
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Mozilla's add-on site reports 4.3 million registered users using nearly 164 million add-ons. That's a lot of people using a lot of add-ons. If you're a new Firefox user, you might be having trouble deciding which are worth installing. <br />
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Since this is Firefox's fifth birthday, here are five add-ons that can make browsing better for just about anyone!<p><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/09/five-essential-addons-for-new-firefox-users-happy-fifth-birthda/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Five essential addons for new Firefox users (Happy fifth birthday, Firefox!)</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/09/five-essential-addons-for-new-firefox-users-happy-fifth-birthda/">Five essential addons for new Firefox users (Happy fifth birthday, Firefox!)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/09/five-essential-addons-for-new-firefox-users-happy-fifth-birthda/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19228721/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/09/five-essential-addons-for-new-firefox-users-happy-fifth-birthda/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>add-ons</category><category>addons</category><category>extensions</category><category>features</category><category>firefox</category><category>lists</category><category>mozilla</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Mathews]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Twitter List goodies: official list widgets!]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/03/more-twitter-list-goodies-official-list-widgets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/03/more-twitter-list-goodies-official-list-widgets/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/03/more-twitter-list-goodies-official-list-widgets/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-services/" rel="tag">Web services</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/social-software/" rel="tag">Social Software</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/microblogging/" rel="tag">Microblogging</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_list"><img border="0" align="middle" hspace="8" vspace="8" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/11/twitterlistwidgets1-1.jpg" /></a></div>
Now that the new Lists feature has rolled out to everyone and become a big part of Twitter, the microblogging service has taken the logical next step and launched <a href="http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_list">list widgets</a>. That means you can embed a live version of your favorite Twitter list anywhere on the web. It doesn't even have to be your list, actually: if someone else has a favorite that you enjoy, you can make a widget of that, too.<br />
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Like the List-to-RSS solution I wrote about recently, list widgets allow you to follow a list without following everyone on it. Widgets also make it very easy to customize the appearance of your lists, as well as a bunch of other options. Live auto-updating is included - or you can set how often it loads new tweets - and you can also control the number of tweets that appear at once. Don't want to show avatars or hashtags? That's fine too, there are some checkboxes that will take care of it. This set of features makes widgets a great way to share your favorite Twitter content outside of Twitter.<br />
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[via <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/02/twitter-reveals-more-lists-power-with-a-widget/">TechCrunch</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/03/more-twitter-list-goodies-official-list-widgets/">More Twitter List goodies: official list widgets!</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_list>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/03/more-twitter-list-goodies-official-list-widgets/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19220121/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/03/more-twitter-list-goodies-official-list-widgets/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>list widgets</category><category>lists</category><category>ListWidgets</category><category>twitter</category><category>widgets</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Hathaway]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subscribe to Twitter's new lists as RSS feeds]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/02/subscribe-to-twitters-new-lists-as-rss-feeds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/02/subscribe-to-twitters-new-lists-as-rss-feeds/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/02/subscribe-to-twitters-new-lists-as-rss-feeds/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-services/" rel="tag">Web services</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/microblogging/" rel="tag">Microblogging</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com/"><img vspace="8" hspace="8" border="0" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/11/twitterlisttorss1.jpg" /></a></div>
If you're loving Twitter's new lists feature, but you're finding yourself a bit overwhelmed by following so many new people, there might be a better way to try out a list. One Twitter user has put together <a href="http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com/">a list-to-RSS script</a>. All you have to do is pop a list's URL into the site and drop the resulting feed URL into your reader. This way, you don't have to check the list on the web, and you don't have follow everyone on it.<br /> <br /> Be warned, the list-to-RSS site has run into some rate-limit issues with Twitter's APIs, so you may have to check back periodically if it doesn't work for you on the first try. Meanwhile, if you're still looking for some good lists to subscribe to, may I recommend the <a href="http://twitter.com/DownloadSquad/dls">Download Squad team list</a>? Sebastian has also collected some great list recommendations and <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-lists-how-to-directory-good-lists/">a step-by-step guide to using lists</a> in an earlier Download Squad post.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/02/subscribe-to-twitters-new-lists-as-rss-feeds/">Subscribe to Twitter's new lists as RSS feeds</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/02/subscribe-to-twitters-new-lists-as-rss-feeds/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19218791/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/02/subscribe-to-twitters-new-lists-as-rss-feeds/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>lists</category><category>rss</category><category>rss feeds</category><category>RssFeeds</category><category>twitter</category><category>twitter lists</category><category>TwitterLists</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Hathaway]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[15+ great Google Chrome extensions]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/02/15-great-google-chrome-extensions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/02/15-great-google-chrome-extensions/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/02/15-great-google-chrome-extensions/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/windows/" rel="tag">Windows</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/macintosh/" rel="tag">Macintosh</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/linux/" rel="tag">Linux</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/google/" rel="tag">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/browser/" rel="tag">Browsers</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">Lists</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img hspace="4" height="273" border="0" width="580" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/chrome-sdgaeh.jpg" alt="" /></div>
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We've already mentioned other ways to power up <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/GoogleChrome/">Google Chrome</a>. Before extensions arrived on the developer channel, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/Userscripts/">Userscripts</a> and <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/bookmarklets/">bookmarklets</a> were your only options. Both are still great ways to add some kick-ass functionality to Chrome. If you're running the stable or beta builds, you may want to stick to them for now.
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    <li><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/02/10-handy-userscripts-for-google-chrome/">10 handy Userscripts for Google Chrome users</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/07/09/15-handy-bookmarklets-to-power-up-any-browser/">15+ handy bookmarklets for Google Chrome</a> (and other browsers, too!)</li>
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Now, onto the extensions!<br />
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If you have a favorite that I left off, feel free to share it in the comments!<br />
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Though <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/Twitter/">Twitter</a> seem to be having some stability issues, at the time of writing, almost every active Twitter user should now have access to the new Lists functionality.<br /> <br /> We <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/15/twitter-lists-feature-hits-beta-makes-twitter-a-lot-better/">covered it briefly</a> back when the beta started, but here's a quick guide on how to make them -- <em>and </em>how to get the most out of them, because really... this might be exactly the change we social media addicts have all been waiting for.<br /> <br /> It's really quite easy. In three steps:<br /> <br /> 1. <strong>Visit the <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter homepage</a>.</strong> If you see the Lists box (<em>as seen at the top of this entry</em>), then you're good to go -- if it's not there, you'll have to wait until you're included in the testing, which should be really soon now.<br /> <br />
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<div><br /> 2. <strong>Type in the name of someone that matches the list you're creating.</strong> Why this doesn't auto-complete using some kind of funky AJAX I do not know...<br /> </div>
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<div><br /> 3. <strong>Finally</strong>, hit that new button that you've probably not seen before, and add them to a list!<br /> <br /> And now you're done adding the first person to your first list! What now? Well... you can either make your own list of awesome people (or boring people to avoid?) -- or you can go and use the lists that <em>other </em>people have made! <br /> <br /> Here are some good Twitter Lists to get started with -- I'll try to cater for everyone:</div>
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    <li><a href="http://twitter.com/twitter/team"><strong>The Twitter Team</strong></a> -- good for up-to-the-minute news from the developer team itself. They can be quite funny too, from time to time...</li>
    <li><a href="http://twitter.com/huffingtonpost/baseball-writers"><strong>Baseball Writers</strong></a> -- The Huffington Post have compiled this great list of sports-tweeters. Worth following if you're into baseball!</li>
    <li>The Huffington Post also have an <a href="http://twitter.com/huffingtonpost/iran"><strong>Iran list</strong></a>, a <a href="http://twitter.com/huffingtonpost/democratic-reps"><strong>Democratic Rep. list</strong></a>, a <a href="http://twitter.com/huffingtonpost/republican-reps"><strong>Republican Rep. list</strong></a>... (you can view all their lists <a href="http://twitter.com/huffingtonpost/lists"><strong>here</strong></a>.)</li>
    <li><a href="http://twitter.com/patientZeroBand/great-bands-musicans-ind"><strong>Musicians and Labels</strong></a> -- This one has a comprehensive collection of every record company and music magazine, and some bands/artists too.</li>
    <li>And of course, we have a list of <strong><a href="http://twitter.com/DownloadSquad/dls">Download Squad's writers</a></strong> too!</li>
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If you have some great, comprehensive lists, <strong>please let me know</strong>, and I'll get them added -- there doesn't seem to be a List directory or search yet!<br /><br /><strong>Update</strong> -- <em>masterful fellow DownloadSquad blogger Lee has just discovered a Twitter Lists site called <a href="http://listorious.com/">Listorious</a>. It's really rather good.<br /></em>
<div> </div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-lists-how-to-directory-good-lists/">Twitter Lists finally unrolled to the masses -- get your lists here!</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:20:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://twitter.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-lists-how-to-directory-good-lists/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19215980/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-lists-how-to-directory-good-lists/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>lists</category><category>microblogging</category><category>social networking</category><category>SocialNetworking</category><category>twitter</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastian Anthony]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bunch of fun and productivity-boosting gadgets for Windows 7]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-facebook-weather-windows7-gadgets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-facebook-weather-windows7-gadgets/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-facebook-weather-windows7-gadgets/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/utilities/" rel="tag">Utilities</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/windows/" rel="tag">Windows</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/microsoft/" rel="tag">Microsoft</a></p><div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px;"><script type="text/javascript"> tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-facebook-weather-windows7-gadgets/'; tweetmeme_source = 'downloadsquad'; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></div>
The number of gadgets for Windows 7, both made by Microsoft and third-party developers, has skyrocketed. Only a few months ago there was little choice and almost nothing worth calling home about -- but <em>today</em>, you're spoilt for choice! What you have here are a bunch of the most useful (or interesting) gadgets usable with your shiny-new OS, Windows 7.<br />
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<strong>Note: </strong>If you're going to be installing third-party gadgets, you'll be faced with a confirmation dialogue before they can install:
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Just hit 'Install'!</strong> With that out of the way, on with the show!<br />
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            <td><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/gadget-weather_bug.jpg" />1. <strong><a href="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=93b01717-9f5e-4eeb-81d8-515ca60daa22&amp;bt=8&amp;pl=7">Weather Bug</a>:</strong> One of the things you'll soon notice about the gadgets I'm sharing here is that they all do one specific thing, and they do it well. I hate feature-creep. If I want to know the current weather -- then show me the damn weather. <br />
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            Weather Bug lets you select a nearby weather station and shows you everything you might need to know: current temperature (Celsius or Fahrenheit), forecasted high and low, wind speed, and the current cloudiness (or lack of). <br />
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            There's also a link for extended website-based information, and even a webcam stream if your weather station has one!</td>
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            <td><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/gadget-uefa-league-scores.jpg" />2. <strong><a href="http://uefainformer.deviantart.com/art/UEFA-Informer-75557638 ">UEFA Informer</a>:</strong> Here's one for the non-Americans (do Canadians like soccer?) -- a football gadget! Keep track of every major football (soccer) league in Europe, from Italian to English to even the Champion's League.<br />
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            The greatest thing about this gadget is you can even pull up the recent results and upcoming matches in a given league, or for your favourite/most hated team.<br />
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            There's an option in the settings to show even more leagues, so I assume it will be be kept updated -- perhaps to show the World Cup when that finally ticks around next summer?</td>
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            <td><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/gadget-gmail.jpg" />3. <strong><a href="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=0ab7b1be-4f2d-4f30-aa55-f270d53b9c99&amp;bt=1&amp;pl=1">Gmail Reader</a></strong>: There isn't really much I can say about this one. It tells you when you receive new mail. It tells you how many unread mail you currently have. It shows you the subject and sender of your unread mail.<br />
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            What more do you want?</td>
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            <td><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/gadget-tweetz.jpg" />4. <a href="http://blueonionsoftware.com/blog.aspx?p=5b4bd9c2-bf31-48a7-a34a-047c738d88f5"><strong>TweetZ</strong></a><strong>:</strong> Apparently created to do away with the annoyances inherent to Twadget, TweetZ is a full-featured Twitter tool disguised as a desktop gadget. <br />
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            Unfortunately its default setting is to tweet some birdsong annoyingly every time someone twits, but it's easy to turn off. As you can see in the screenshot, links are replaced with [link], and you can mouse-over them to see where they link to -- it even expands the link-shortening services, so you can actually see where you're going!<br />
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            And it doesn't seem to steal away all of your CPU cycles like Tweetdeck does...</td>
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            <td><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/gadget_facebook.jpg" />5.<a href="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=17d6e747-eee2-44b2-8848-a3e95a5e9b1b&amp;bt=1&amp;pl=1"><strong>Facebook Explorer</strong></a>: Now you can stalk your friends without constantly alt-tabbing back to your Facebook browser tab! Not only can you see pending friend requests or event invitations but you can also see if you've been poked -- life-altering, I know! All of your friend's updates are here too, with a break-out box popping-up to give you more details if you click on an update.<br />
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            You can't seem to comment on or 'like' anything though -- perhaps that will come at a later date? Or maybe this gadget has been designed with the idea of improving your productivity at work...? So there <em>is </em>a God...<br />
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            Either way, confining Facebook to a gadget would seem like a sensible thing to do. I imagine most of us know what it feels like to be sucked into the Facebook Void, sometimes never to resurface.</td>
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Some gadget niches are missing; most notably: <strong>an RSS reader!</strong> There are still relatively few gadgets compared to other computer customisations and, perhaps surprisingly, there are no decent RSS readers as a result.<br />
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The only good one seems to be <a href="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/googlereader.html?hl=en-GB">Google's own gadget</a> which only works with Google Desktop. If someone out there wants to design an RSS feed-reading gadget that can log into Google Reader... you'd be a very popular man.<br />
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The best I can offer you is a system-tray notifier called <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5315442/google-reader-notifier-for-windows-tells-you-about-unread-items">GRaiN</a> that was featured over on Lifehacker in July. Or, if you want to subscribe to a few individual feeds, the <a href="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=8b463d24-4ea9-4861-833a-76f3541a9a82">Hermes RSS reader</a> gadget might satisfy you.<br />
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I've also not mentioned the thousands of system-diagnostic gadgets, or the Google Search gadgets -- I figured I would try and show you some new gadgets that you might not have seen before!</div>
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<a type="button_count" name="fb_share" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-facebook-weather-windows7-gadgets/">A bunch of fun and productivity-boosting gadgets for Windows 7</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-facebook-weather-windows7-gadgets/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19215206/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/29/twitter-facebook-weather-windows7-gadgets/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>addons</category><category>facebook</category><category>features</category><category>gadgets</category><category>gmail</category><category>lists</category><category>plugins</category><category>rss</category><category>sports</category><category>twitter</category><category>weather</category><category>windows 7</category><category>Windows7</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastian Anthony]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 hot Growl styles to make your pop-up alerts really pop]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/28/10-hot-growl-styles-to-make-your-pop-up-alerts-really-pop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/28/10-hot-growl-styles-to-make-your-pop-up-alerts-really-pop/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/28/10-hot-growl-styles-to-make-your-pop-up-alerts-really-pop/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/utilities/" rel="tag">Utilities</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/macintosh/" rel="tag">Macintosh</a></p><a href="http://growl.info/"><img border="0" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/growlstylesfeature.jpg" alt="" />Growl</a> provides customizable pop-up alerts for hundreds of Mac apps, making sure you never miss an important chat message or completed download. You can use Growl to set an alert for just about anything, and you can also make Growl notifications look practically any way you want. The built-in themes and the list on the official <a href="http://growl.info/styles.php">Growl Styles page</a> don't even begin to cover all the options for gorgeous notifications, from the minimal to the very flashy. <br />
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<div style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px;"><script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/28/10-hot-growl-styles-to-make-your-pop-up-alerts-really-pop/'; </script> <script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div>
Here are 10 lesser-known Growl styles that look a lot nicer than the defaults:<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/photos/10-hottest-growl-styles/">10 Hottest Growl Styles</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/photos/10-hottest-growl-styles/2400600/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/basicsstyle_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Basics" title="Basics" /></a><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/photos/10-hottest-growl-styles/2400601/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/bgreekstyle_thumbnail.jpg" alt="B-Greek" title="B-Greek" /></a><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/photos/10-hottest-growl-styles/2400602/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/glossyblackstyle_thumbnail.jpg" alt="GlossyBlack" title="GlossyBlack" /></a><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/photos/10-hottest-growl-styles/2400603/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/iphonesquestyle_thumbnail.jpg" alt="iPhonesque" title="iPhonesque" /></a><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/photos/10-hottest-growl-styles/2400604/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/niqustyle_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Niqu" title="Niqu" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/28/10-hot-growl-styles-to-make-your-pop-up-alerts-really-pop/">10 hot Growl styles to make your pop-up alerts really pop</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://growl.info/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/28/10-hot-growl-styles-to-make-your-pop-up-alerts-really-pop/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19209059/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/28/10-hot-growl-styles-to-make-your-pop-up-alerts-really-pop/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>growl</category><category>lists</category><category>notifications</category><category>skins</category><category>styles</category><category>themes</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Hathaway]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twitter Lists feature hits beta, makes Twitter a lot better]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/15/twitter-lists-feature-hits-beta-makes-twitter-a-lot-better/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/15/twitter-lists-feature-hits-beta-makes-twitter-a-lot-better/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/15/twitter-lists-feature-hits-beta-makes-twitter-a-lot-better/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-services/" rel="tag">Web services</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/social-software/" rel="tag">Social Software</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/microblogging/" rel="tag">Microblogging</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://twitter.com/lists"><img align="middle" hspace="8" border="0" vspace="8" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/twitterlauncheslists.jpg" /></a></div>
Twitter's new <a href="http://twitter.com/lists">Lists feature</a> has rolled out in beta to a large number of users, and it adds a lot to the Twitter experience without detracting too much from the site's simplicity. You can create, view and manage lists of users from the Twitter.com sidebar, and add users by going to your "following" page. Once you've got a list created, clicking on it will show you a timeline of tweets from the users you've added. <br />
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If you make a list public, you can send a link to others to share it, and they can add everyone on your list in one fell swoop. You can also see which lists you've been added to by clicking on a link located at the top of the sidebar next to your following/followers numbers. This bumps the link to your timeline, showing your total number of tweets, out of the way to a small-print link under your username. Of course, it's also possible to make private lists, in case you want to group people into categories without offending anybody.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/15/twitter-lists-feature-hits-beta-makes-twitter-a-lot-better/">Twitter Lists feature hits beta, makes Twitter a lot better</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://twitter.com/lists>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/15/twitter-lists-feature-hits-beta-makes-twitter-a-lot-better/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19197878/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/15/twitter-lists-feature-hits-beta-makes-twitter-a-lot-better/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>lists</category><category>news</category><category>twitter</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Hathaway]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preemptive FAIL : Five easy things Verizon isn't doing to fix Android]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/06/preemptive-fail-five-easy-things-verizon-isnt-doing-to-fix-an/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/06/preemptive-fail-five-easy-things-verizon-isnt-doing-to-fix-an/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/06/preemptive-fail-five-easy-things-verizon-isnt-doing-to-fix-an/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/google/" rel="tag">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/open-source/" rel="tag">Open Source</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/mobile/" rel="tag">Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">Lists</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/android/" rel="tag">Android</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/op-ed/" rel="tag">Op-Ed</a></p><img hspace="4" height="276" border="2" align="right" width="255" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/android-fail3.jpg" />It's all over the place; Verizon is embracing <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/Android/">Android</a>. Google loving apologist geeks everywhere are heralding the 85 million new customers -- <em>who are <strong>obviously </strong>ready to try Android, if only Verizon would let them</em> -- as the beginning of a new era in mobile phone competition. The cries of panacea are all I've heard all day:<br />
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"It's going to be a floodgate of new users! "<br />
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"Death to the iPhone!"<br />
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And, as one particularly difficult to satisfy <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/android_phones_with_google_voice_are_coming_to_verizon.php#comments">commenter on another blog wrote</a>:<br />
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"Get over yourselves apple and make a new product."<br />
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I'll have to admit, as a current <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/G2/">G2</a>, and previous <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/G1/">G1</a> owner, I was a little excited myself. Then I read one thing from the joint Verizon/Google press call which made me crestfallen. <br />
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"<a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/android_phones_with_google_voice_are_coming_to_verizon.php">Verizon also has no plans to make any changes to the Android Market.</a>"<br />
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And with that, all my dreams of an <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/tag/Android/">Android</a> controlled world ran away like so much sand through my fingers. This is an enormous mistake, Verizon. Care to know why? The <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/search/?q=Android%20Market">Android Market</a> is <strong><em>terrible</em></strong>. It's worse than terrible, it's horrible. <br />
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Horrible, and just a little bit dangerous. <br />
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I've got a list of five things Verizon must do to the Android Market if they're to have any hope of even modest success. <br /><p><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/06/preemptive-fail-five-easy-things-verizon-isnt-doing-to-fix-an/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Preemptive FAIL : Five easy things Verizon isn't doing to fix Android</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/06/preemptive-fail-five-easy-things-verizon-isnt-doing-to-fix-an/">Preemptive FAIL : Five easy things Verizon isn't doing to fix Android</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/06/preemptive-fail-five-easy-things-verizon-isnt-doing-to-fix-an/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19186803/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/06/preemptive-fail-five-easy-things-verizon-isnt-doing-to-fix-an/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>android</category><category>bad ideas</category><category>BadIdeas</category><category>FAIL</category><category>G1</category><category>G2</category><category>iphone</category><category>lists</category><category>market</category><category>verizon</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Robertson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twitter starts testing Lists, makes mass following easier]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/01/twitter-starts-testing-lists-makes-mass-following-easier/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/01/twitter-starts-testing-lists-makes-mass-following-easier/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/01/twitter-starts-testing-lists-makes-mass-following-easier/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/social-software/" rel="tag">Social Software</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/microblogging/" rel="tag">Microblogging</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2009/09/soon-to-launch-lists.html"><img vspace="8" hspace="8" border="0" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/10/twitterlists.jpg" /></a></div>
Twitter's been working on a lot of new features lately, from <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/21/twitter-gets-ready-to-add-geolocation-features/">geolocation</a> to <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/22/twitter-starts-rolling-out-new-format-for-retweets/">Project Retweet</a>, and the latest new toy to enter limited testing is <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/">Lists</a>. Pretty soon, you'll be able to make a list of Twitter accounts so that others can follow them all with one click. We've seen some well-known Twitter users - I'm not naming any names, but it <a href="http://scobleizer.com/2009/09/26/youre-not-on-twitters-suggested-user-list-but-you-are-in-good-company/">rhymes with Scobbert Roble</a> - vehemently bash the Suggested User List that Twitter invites new accounts to follow, so an alternate way to find interesting groups of users is definitely a positive development.'<br /> <br /> Lists is a new Twitter API that third-party apps will be able to use, so we might see some of the early attempts at Twitter groups, like WeFollow, fall by the wayside. No matter, though: a huge database of user-generated lists will offer more specific categories of people to follow, and hopefully turn into less of a popularity contest. On the other hand, Lists could make it faster for all those Twitter spambots to follow the maximum number of accounts.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/01/twitter-starts-testing-lists-makes-mass-following-easier/">Twitter starts testing Lists, makes mass following easier</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://blog.twitter.com/2009/09/soon-to-launch-lists.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/01/twitter-starts-testing-lists-makes-mass-following-easier/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19180350/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/01/twitter-starts-testing-lists-makes-mass-following-easier/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>API</category><category>lists</category><category>twitter</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Hathaway]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell DLS: What are your Top 10 Web Apps?]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/28/tell-dls-what-are-your-top-10-web-apps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/28/tell-dls-what-are-your-top-10-web-apps/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/28/tell-dls-what-are-your-top-10-web-apps/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/developer/" rel="tag">Developer</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/internet/" rel="tag">Internet</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/blogging/" rel="tag">Blogging</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/e-mail/" rel="tag">E-mail</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-services/" rel="tag">Web services</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-2-0/" rel="tag">web 2.0</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web/" rel="tag">Web</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">Lists</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/09/webapps.jpg" /></div>
We're continuing our Tell DLS column by leaving the desktop and heading to the web. There's tonnes and tonnes of webapps out there -- however here's just 10 that I use day-in, day-out. If you're got any other favourites, be sure to leave them in the comments!<p><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/28/tell-dls-what-are-your-top-10-web-apps/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Tell DLS: What are your Top 10 Web Apps?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/28/tell-dls-what-are-your-top-10-web-apps/">Tell DLS: What are your Top 10 Web Apps?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/28/tell-dls-what-are-your-top-10-web-apps/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19174795/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/09/28/tell-dls-what-are-your-top-10-web-apps/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>basecamp</category><category>facebook</category><category>flickr</category><category>instapaper</category><category>lists</category><category>tumblr</category><category>upcoming</category><category>web-applications</category><category>web-apps</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nik Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online tools to fight the freshman 20 - Back to School]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/21/online-tools-to-fight-the-freshman-20-back-to-school/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/21/online-tools-to-fight-the-freshman-20-back-to-school/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/21/online-tools-to-fight-the-freshman-20-back-to-school/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/social-software/" rel="tag">Social Software</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/blackberry/" rel="tag">BlackBerry</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/iphone/" rel="tag">iPhone</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-2-0/" rel="tag">web 2.0</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">Lists</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/162457377/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2009/08/gg.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
<br />Off to college and dreading the inevitable 20 pounds or so of fat that comes with drinking binges, lack of exercise, all you can eat dorm food and late night snacks? Hate the thought of not being able to wear your favorite jeans come winter break? Relax, here's a round up of good online weight management tools which might be able to help you stay on track.<br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/">The Daily Plate</a> - A calorie tracking tool from LIVESTRONG.com, this site helps you track your calories and burn rate via your personal online food diary. Once you register, you can input the foods you eat and the database will automagically provide the calories. Nice interface and there's even an iPhone and iPod touch (Blackberry too) app for $2.99 if you want to track on your mobile. <br /><br />
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<br /><p><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/21/online-tools-to-fight-the-freshman-20-back-to-school/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Online tools to fight the freshman 20 - Back to School</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/21/online-tools-to-fight-the-freshman-20-back-to-school/">Online tools to fight the freshman 20 - Back to School</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/21/online-tools-to-fight-the-freshman-20-back-to-school/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/19132581/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/21/online-tools-to-fight-the-freshman-20-back-to-school/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>b2s</category><category>back to school</category><category>BackToSchool</category><category>calorie count</category><category>Calorie counter</category><category>CalorieCount</category><category>CalorieCounter</category><category>Calories</category><category>FatSecret.com</category><category>fitday</category><category>freshman 15</category><category>freshman 20</category><category>Freshman15</category><category>Freshman20</category><category>lists</category><category>livestrong</category><category>online diet tools</category><category>OnlineDietTools</category><category>social networking diet tools</category><category>social networking weight loss</category><category>SocialNetworkingDietTools</category><category>SocialNetworkingWeightLoss</category><category>the daily plate</category><category>TheDailyPlate</category><category>traineo</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dolores Parker]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 (or so) apps I'm thankful for]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/27/16-or-so-apps-im-thankful-for/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/27/16-or-so-apps-im-thankful-for/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/27/16-or-so-apps-im-thankful-for/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/features/" rel="tag">Features</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/commercial/" rel="tag">Commercial</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/freeware/" rel="tag">Freeware</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/open-source/" rel="tag">Open Source</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">Lists</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.PNG"><img hspace="4" height="319" border="0" width="500" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2008/11/16.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
It's Thanksgiving day for those of you in the United States, time to reflect upon the things for which you're truly thankful. While I'm sure there are many more noble things to list, this is Downloadsquad, after all, and what would be more fitting than a list of programs I appreciate?<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">16. <a href="http://cabos.sourceforge.jp/">Cabos</a>.</span> I rarely use a Gnutella client any more. When there is the odd song stuck in my head that necessitates a one-off download, Cabos is what I use. It's got a clean, simple interface, and it works - and that's really all I'm after.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15. <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/">Flash Player</a>.</span> Damn you, Adobe. Now that v10 has taken care of some of the CPU and memory issues, it's hard to begrudge Flash. There are just way, way too many addictive little games and excellent web applications that have been built using it.<br /> <br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 14. <a href="http://www.ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en">FastCopy</a>.</span> My boss also runs a DJ business, and transferring his multi-hundred gig library from drive to drive was starting to drive me insane. After stupidly giving Windows a crack at the job once, I quickly hunted down a better tool for the job. FastCopy with the buffer cranked up made (relatively) short work of the task.<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">13. <a href="http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/">Find and Run Robot</a>.</span> It's not quite a flashy as the more popular Launchy, but it's much lighter on resources and gets the job done just as well. There are also tons of great extensions for it. For those who swear by the power of the keyboard, FARR is a must have.<p><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/27/16-or-so-apps-im-thankful-for/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>16 (or so) apps I'm thankful for</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/27/16-or-so-apps-im-thankful-for/">16 (or so) apps I'm thankful for</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/27/16-or-so-apps-im-thankful-for/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/1384599/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/27/16-or-so-apps-im-thankful-for/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>apps</category><category>favorite</category><category>lists</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Mathews]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-Do Desklist is a simple, free GTD app with nice visuals]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/18/to-do-desklist-is-a-simple-free-gtd-app-with-nice-visuals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/18/to-do-desklist-is-a-simple-free-gtd-app-with-nice-visuals/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/18/to-do-desklist-is-a-simple-free-gtd-app-with-nice-visuals/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/text/" rel="tag">Text</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/windows/" rel="tag">Windows</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/office/" rel="tag">Office</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/productivity/" rel="tag">Productivity</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/freeware/" rel="tag">Freeware</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.dextronet.com/to-do-desklist.php"><img width="450" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="198" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2008/11/todo.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
<br />Jay recently reviewed <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/16/minitask-light-task-manager-for-adobe-air/">MiniTask</a>, an ultra- simple to-do list application built on the Adobe Air platform. If you're like me and would prefer to avoid installing yet another oversized Adobe product on your Windows PC, <a href="http://www.dextronet.com/to-do-desklist.php">take a look at To-Do Desklist</a>.<br /><br />Like MiniTask, you can add an alarm to an item and hotkeys are supported for adding new tasks and showing your to-do items. Desklist also allows you to assign priority and add extended notes to tasks.<br /><br />Alerts can be displayed in any corner of your screen, and they're fully skinnable. The program comes with light, dark, and sky themes built in, but you're free to set your own background color or image and change the display font. You can also tweak opacity settings for the alerts.<br /><br />The full task window allows you to filter items by priority. When your list gets lengthy, it's a helpful way to make sure you're focusing on critical tasks.<br /><br />I'd like to have option to hide alerts (like MiniTask) or collapse task items, but for simple lists, Desklist is still a good option. It's freeware for Windows only.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/18/to-do-desklist-is-a-simple-free-gtd-app-with-nice-visuals/">To-Do Desklist is a simple, free GTD app with nice visuals</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.dextronet.com/to-do-desklist.php>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/18/to-do-desklist-is-a-simple-free-gtd-app-with-nice-visuals/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/1374177/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/11/18/to-do-desklist-is-a-simple-free-gtd-app-with-nice-visuals/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>gtd</category><category>lists</category><category>tasks</category><category>todo</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Mathews]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple text spreadsheets with Listē]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/06/simple-text-spreadsheets-with-list/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/06/simple-text-spreadsheets-with-list/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/06/simple-text-spreadsheets-with-list/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/windows/" rel="tag">Windows</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/office/" rel="tag">Office</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/productivity/" rel="tag">Productivity</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/freeware/" rel="tag">Freeware</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bitride.com/freeware/listsquared/info.php"><img hspace="4" height="133" width="440" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2008/10/list2.png" alt="" /></a></div>
<br />Need to put together a quick list or data table, but can't be bothered with the bloat of a full spreadsheet application?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bitride.com/freeware/listsquared/info.php">List&amp;sup2;</a> is a minimalist (32kb) application that can do just that. Its uncomplicated interface allows you to quickly assign names to columns and start entering your data.<br /><br />What can List&amp;sup2; do with such a small footprint? Import and export tabbed data files, import CSV, export to HTML, and perform simple search and replace operations. Columns and rows can be moved around and inserted with ease, and List&amp;sup2; even supports column sorting.<br /><br />Though the .zip download contains a .reg file, I was able to extract only the executable itself and run it on my MSI Wind with no trouble at all. With it on my flash drive I've got a tiny, incredibly simple way to maintain lists on the go - regardless of who's computer I'm using.<br /><br />I've been using Excel for jobs like this for ages, which just doesn't make any sense. List&amp;sup2; is much lighter, and does everything I need it to do. It's freeware, Windows only.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/06/simple-text-spreadsheets-with-list/">Simple text spreadsheets with Listē</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.bitride.com/freeware/listsquared/info.php>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/06/simple-text-spreadsheets-with-list/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/1333373/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/06/simple-text-spreadsheets-with-list/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>csv</category><category>data</category><category>lists</category><category>spreadsheet</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Mathews]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blist adds new document sharing features]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/blist-adds-new-document-sharing-features/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/blist-adds-new-document-sharing-features/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/blist-adds-new-document-sharing-features/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/utilities/" rel="tag">Utilities</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/social-software/" rel="tag">Social Software</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-2-0/" rel="tag">web 2.0</a></p><a href="http://blist.com"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2008/06/blistcontacts.jpg" alt="" /></a>Web-based list-creation service <a href="http://blist.com">Blist</a> has made a couple of changes recently, and the biggest one is "less a feature and more a philosophy." Because Blist is easier to demonstrate than it is to explain, you can now try Blist without an account. You can play with all the features, browser other people's Blists and even make your own -- you just can't save it.<br /><br />At the same time, they've introduced social features, similar to the ones you're familiar with from places like Digg and Google Reader. You can add contacts and share Blists with others via your contact list. Previously, you could only share via email (that feature is still available.) We love to see intelligent uses of social features like Blist's. It looks like they've added something that people will actually use, without going overboard with elaborate profiles.<br /><br />[via <a href="http://mashable.com/2008/06/26/blist-sharing-documents/">Mashable</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/blist-adds-new-document-sharing-features/">Blist adds new document sharing features</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://blist.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/blist-adds-new-document-sharing-features/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/1239147/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/28/blist-adds-new-document-sharing-features/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>blist</category><category>list</category><category>lists</category><category>sharing</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Hathaway]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge survey of available GTD applications]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/05/huge-survey-of-available-gtd-applications/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/05/huge-survey-of-available-gtd-applications/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/05/huge-survey-of-available-gtd-applications/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/windows/" rel="tag">Windows</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/macintosh/" rel="tag">Macintosh</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/linux/" rel="tag">Linux</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/e-mail/" rel="tag">E-mail</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/office/" rel="tag">Office</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/productivity/" rel="tag">Productivity</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-services/" rel="tag">Web services</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/commercial/" rel="tag">Commercial</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/shareware/" rel="tag">Shareware</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/freeware/" rel="tag">Freeware</a></p><img width="225" vspace="16" hspace="4" height="183" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2007/11/gettingthingsdone.jpg" alt="Getting Things Done" />If there's one thing that users of David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) system suffer from, it's typically the temptation to mess with their system. Nothing feels better than having all of your <em>stuff</em> under control, except maybe having all of your <em>stuff</em> under control in a sexy new system.<br /><br />So if you've been rocking the same GTD application for too long and feel it's time to mix things up a little, check out this <a href="http://www.atpm.com/13.02/next-actions.shtml">amazing survey of the GTD application landscape</a> at About This Particular Mac. <br /><br />While it originates at a Mac-centric site, the list should be of interest to any GTD practitioner since many (if not most) of the listed applications are web apps, with the occasional cross-platform app thrown in.<br /><br />For good measure, here are our favorite GTD apps based on platfrom:<br /><br />Windows: <a href="http://www.clearcontext.com">ClearContext</a> (an Outlook add-in)<br />Mac: <a href="http://www.igtd.pl/iGTD/">iGTD</a><br />Web: <a href="http://www.backpackit.com">Backpack</a> or <a href="http://www.rememberthemilk.com">Remember The Milk</a><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/05/huge-survey-of-available-gtd-applications/">Huge survey of available GTD applications</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.atpm.com/13.02/next-actions.shtml>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/05/huge-survey-of-available-gtd-applications/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/1029831/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/05/huge-survey-of-available-gtd-applications/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>David-Allen</category><category>Getting-Things-Done</category><category>GTD</category><category>lists</category><category>tasks</category><category>todos</category><category>webapps</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Clarke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Live Labs Listas: for making and sharing lists]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/10/19/microsoft-live-labs-listas-for-making-and-sharing-lists/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/10/19/microsoft-live-labs-listas-for-making-and-sharing-lists/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/10/19/microsoft-live-labs-listas-for-making-and-sharing-lists/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/internet/" rel="tag">Internet</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/web-services/" rel="tag">Web services</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/microsoft/" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/social-software/" rel="tag">Social Software</a></p><a href="http://listas.labs.live.com"><img width="250" vspace="16" hspace="4" height="144" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2007/10/listas.jpg"  alt="Listas" /></a>Microsoft Live Labs has launched a public beta (or "tech preview") of a new web-based application for creating, managing, and sharing lists. <a href="http://listas.labs.live.com">Listas </a>offers a WYSIWYG editor for creating lists, tools for tagging lists so you can find them again later, and the ability to make the lists private or public.<br /><br />Lista is a bit wiki-like in that you can grant other users permission to edit your lists. Say you want to create a grocery list with your spouse while you're both at work. Just start writing up your list and let your sweety know when you're out of ideas. They can then login and start crossing out all the chocolate-flavored cereal on your list and replace it with raisin bran.<br /><br />You can also discover public lists that have been created by other users. Lists can include anything from bookmarks to notes on <strike>Steve Jobs</strike> Steve Ballmer's latest speech. You can check out a video with Live Labs' Raj Jain at <a href="http://on10.net/Blogs/larry/first-look-listas-by-microsoft-live-labs/">Microsoft's On 10</a>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/10/19/microsoft-live-labs-listas-for-making-and-sharing-lists/">Microsoft Live Labs Listas: for making and sharing lists</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://listas.labs.live.com/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/10/19/microsoft-live-labs-listas-for-making-and-sharing-lists/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/1017505/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/10/19/microsoft-live-labs-listas-for-making-and-sharing-lists/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>listas</category><category>lists</category><category>live-labs</category><category>microsoft</category><category>microsoft-live-labs</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Linder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The top 30 WordPress Plugins list made by you]]></title><link>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/28/the-top-30-wordpress-plugins-list-made-by-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/28/the-top-30-wordpress-plugins-list-made-by-you/</guid><comments>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/28/the-top-30-wordpress-plugins-list-made-by-you/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/internet/" rel="tag">Internet</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/blogging/" rel="tag">Blogging</a>, <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/category/social-software/" rel="tag">Social Software</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2006/06/wordpress_logo.png" alt="" />Lists of top [anything] are a big hit across the interwebs. They pack a lot of information into a neat list that's easy to comb for exactly what you need. As WordPress keeps gaining momentum and popularity, more and more bloggers are posting lists of their favorite plugins that help them stay on top of their game. Instead of posting a top X list, however, DLS reader Staska decided to aggregate. By using the power of community and <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/02/02/lists-of-your-favorite-wordpress-plugins/">this list</a> <em>of</em> top WordPress plugin posts from bloggers around the world, Staska created a <a href="http://www.staska.net/2007/03/27/top-30-wordpress-plugins-in-blogosphere/">Top 30 WordPress Plugins</a> list by tallying each plugin's mention from all those bloggers.<br /><br />That's a lot of lists, and a lot of aggregating.<br /><br />The result is a great success, with a strong list that should have something for everyone, and commentary from Staska on the wide array of WordPress plugins that keep the blogosphere runing.<br /><br /><em>Post by David Chartier</em><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/28/the-top-30-wordpress-plugins-list-made-by-you/">The top 30 WordPress Plugins list made by you</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com">Download Squad</a> on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.staska.net/2007/03/27/top-30-wordpress-plugins-in-blogosphere/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/28/the-top-30-wordpress-plugins-list-made-by-you/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/forward/862179/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/28/the-top-30-wordpress-plugins-list-made-by-you/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>list</category><category>lists</category><category>plugins</category><category>top 30</category><category>Top30</category><category>wordpress</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Download Squad Staff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>