P.S. (Pretty Sweet) » Widgets and Tools

Urban, But No Spoon

allie — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:18:55 +0000

When I was in LA, I used Urbanspoon for iPhone to find a restaurant close to LAX. It said there was a CPK right down the street from the airport. We had a little trouble finding it, but saw a sign and parked in the garage next to the address only to find out that it was the CPK corporate office. Money wasted on parking: $2.50. Urbanspoon: deleted.

Nueva

allie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:27:19 +0000

I found NuevaSync on Saturday, and I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that it has changed my life. Being able to enter and modify appointments directly on my iPhone instead of having to wait until I’m at my computer… How did I survive with it any other way?

Lipsum Reborn

allie — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:05:33 +0000

Lipsum, your throne has been usurped. Dummy Text Generator is lorum ipsum coming of age.

Dapp

allie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:06:17 +0000

Needs more exploration but potentially quite useful: Dapper. Supposedly, it enables you to turn any website into XML, RSS, a Facebook app, etc. Their demo is pretty impressive; the thought of nabbing a feed based on a search string is very appealing.

Fontself

allie — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:03:44 +0000

Fontself, a nifty little web-based text styler.

An Experiment Gone Useful

allie — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:38:44 +0000

I’m quite interested in the Artypapers framework, although I must admit that their archive of Artypapers website designs is, arguably, my favorite feature. “Each project is created so that it will take advantage of the common code while producing its own additions to it. The resulting code is then turned around and upgrades are made to the applications created previously. It’s tedious, it’s horrible, and it’s totally worth it in the long run.”

Mac OS X Shortcut Guide

allie — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:53:34 +0000

The quintessential Mac OS X shortcut guide. In other words, the one you’ve been desperately seeking since the dawn of OS X.

Color Scheme Generator

allie — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:51:40 +0000

A great widget for assembling multiple CSS color schemes for your users (or that friend who never seems to match their background color to their images…).