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By: cerebral odd jobs » Illustrated portable computing devices

cerebral odd jobs » Illustrated portable computing devices — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:54:54 +0000

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By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:33:31 +0000

Excellent. Thanks for the article recommendation!

By: mpb

mpb — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:31:46 +0000

One of our edubloggers provided a list of tiny apps mostly for mobile devices, which I added to here–

How to make a Thumbtop PC
http://cerebraloddjobs.edublogs.org/2007/06/05/how-to-thumbtop-pc/

One that especially works well is Roboform’s Portable 2Go for handling passwords and making sure traces aren’t left behind.

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:36:47 +0000

I use the portable version of Post2Blog (made free recently) for blogging and many of the ones mentioned above. You need to install Post2Blog to your computer first and then you can create a portable version from it.

I might post a list of apps I use in the coming week at ShanKrila.

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Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:59:38 +0000

[...] … Blogger & Podcaster: More media maven how-tos with Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty … The Blog Herald: Lorelle VanFossen runs down some of her fave portable apps for bloggers, just in time for summer [...]

By: Tina P

Tina P — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:13:23 +0000

Lorelle and Angelo:

Take a look at Java based opensource (like TaskCoach, jGnash, and MMEX on my list above). Most of it is small enough to be portable even if that’s not the intent, and since it’s Java it’ll run on any machine you happen to find out in the wild blue yonder.

The fact that I can keep my books balanced and print out at least something that resembles an invoice regardless of what type of computer I find: priceless!

By: Portable USB Programs & You | J.T Dabbagian’s Blog

Portable USB Programs & You | J.T Dabbagian’s Blog — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:19:47 +0000

[...] you want this instead of a laptop? Well, as Lorelle VanFossen writes about her travels on The Blog Herald: I travel a lot. Not as much as some, but more than most. Usually I have my laptop with me, but [...]

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:49:07 +0000

Tina P: Awesome list! I didn’t think about PSPad being portable, but it is. THANKS.

I’m going to have to check out the others. TheFontThing is really intriguing. Brilliant.

Angelo: The problem with Macs is that many aren’t found in public Internet cafe’s and libraries, and other places where computers are borrowed and rented. That’s a painful part of life on the road – limited only to PCs. :D

By: Tina P

Tina P — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:02:33 +0000

Gah, I LOVE my portable apps! I’ve gotten to the point where I work from them rather than the full-sized version. PortableApps.com has portable opensource programs and a bundled menu… I have portable versions of FileZilla, the complete Open Office, GIMP, FF, and Thunderbird from them, among others.

As for programs that aren’t intended as portable apps but still do the trick (and all happily live on my 6G flash):

* TaskCoach (time tracking, project and task management, create to-the-second invoices)
* MoneyManager EX (handles my personal finance/check regsiter/budgeting)
* jGnash (double entry accounting, use it for my freelancing side business)
* KDiff (versioning and change management when updating modded PHP files, longer blog articles, etc)
* PSPad
* TheFontThing (and all my fonts, too)
* SyncBack: heaven forbid I loose the stuff on that drive!!!!!

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:24:50 +0000

What’s great with mac applications is that you can just copy over the .app file to anywhere, and you can run it from there, be it flash media, optical media, or even a bootable hard drive (via USB/firewire). Of course, you won’t be able to run these on PCs.