Have MAC Will Travel

January 6, 2009

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If you’re working on a Mac, there are software that are worth looking into. If you’re working on an IBM Compatible PC – anything that runs on non X operating system, well you have Microsoft!

Here are some of the interesting findings if you’re looking for something worth working with or … if you’re looking for ideas for your new project! Enjoy!

If you’re a sixties generation child, you’d likely enjoy the Polaroid rage – Paul Ladroid is a very talented man. If you’re on Facebook, you might want to connect to him, and idolize him. At least, you know that his ideas are not stale, and can be put to many good use. Have photos you’d like ‘framed’ in a polashot without having to re-design it from scratch in Illustrator? Well Paul’s Poladroid project is a nifty software that makes for dragging and dropping your digital art or photos to generate up to 400 dpi ready-to-print Pola Design. The image below is proof of Jens Mayer’s work on Flickr, using Paul’s Poladroid…. and oh, did I say, that it’s available for Windows too?

Jen Meyer’s Poladroid

If you love running and you happen to be a hashbunny, like a girlfriend of mine who is relocating to Argentina, you’d love this software …. the images you shoot on your digital camera can be tracked, and appears on the OpenStreetMap’s map. Locations can be tagged into your EXIF, and … in due time, you’ll know exactly where you’ll have a neat tracking blog. Makes for a neat travel blog for the avid photographer non? Imagine what you can do with GPS – your next application could have this facility, and more. And did I tell Dirk Stichling’s MyTrack software is Open Source? By supporting the developer, you’ll be supporting the open source community develop great software for your needs besides improving it.

MyTrack

You’re an information freak, a journalist, a writer or maybe someone who has interest in world affairs – well, look no farther – with Livestation, wathing the world’s leading TV channels in the highest quality and for free is the thing of the past! From AlJazeera, through BBC, to ITN through France 24 to rfi and DW, through … Bloomberg, C-Span .. and more. Not only can you watch these channels for free, you can even listen to your favorite radio stations! Whilst you’re watching the channels, you can keep in touch with friends and associates as you surf, and email updates to your Editor! Live chat can take place alongside all Livestation content, so if you are watching a programme and want to talk about it, you can invite your friends to join you or chat to people already in the chat roomBy the way, it works on iPhone too.

LiveStation

Online pages, notes and documents and anything which can be located can now be organized in a visual map – see how you’ve evolved over time, and where your fingers are taking you next. With Personal Brain {Visual Information Manager}, your mind will be literally digitized! Did you know brainstorming is works explicitly better when you can ’see’ the pseudo-visual map somewhere. If you’re a developer, getting the SDK will improve your innovations as well as leveraging the technology to improve the community – Users can find information from multiple paths and see related issues immediately. This display provides a more meaningful context for people to access information. For example, rather than simply getting a file, you can the file and see everything that is related to it, how it fits into an overall project plan, who is responsible for it, and… Available for OSX, Linux and Windows, this tool has over forty features and options! 

Personal Brain

What’s your backup plan when things go silly? And I’m NOT talking about the monetary crisis or the Israel-Gaza war. What happens when the inevitable happens {and non, I’m not talking about your mum-in-law either!}. Files are automatically compressed, encrypted, and transmitted to your designated backup destinations. Easily back up your laptop to a desktop, your office server off-site, or a remote employee’s laptop to HQ… CrashPlan works for OSX, Linux and Windows and is FREE for Personal use. There’s also a solution for your business. If you dislike the idea of burning weekly backups on disks, there’s always an alternative

CrashPlan

Explore the beauty of mathematical processes with 3D-XplorMath!  … Originally developed for use in teaching and research, the software and Museum has been working hard to make it easy and enjoyable to use by anyone with mathematical curiosity and an appreciation for the visual and logical beauty of mathematics. Visiting the 3DXM Museum will show what you can possibly create with the software. Works with OSX, Windows and any other OS not mentioned.

3D-XplorMath

Stellarium is my favourite. Used in many real planetariums, Stellarium is the ultima thule for your learning about the Cosmos. Hey, I may be the alien, but if you look beyond planet Earth, you could be an alien on my planet too! Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with openGL. With this beauty, you can see what you’d see with your eyes, binoculars or a telescope! Enjoy.

Stellarium