Google Gears (beta) - A big step towards web2.0

http://gears.google.com/

I will give it a try, right now only Google Reader is supported but there is more to come. Next step into googlefication - Oh Google almighty!

Cumulate Draw - Visio “light” For Everybody?

This could be a really nice replacement for Visio if you are tired paying license fees or planning to migrate to an operating system which wouldn’t support Visio, such as Linux. I read about Cumulate Draw at Lifehacker and as usual this “hack” is very useable for me, ok I have to admit that it may take some releases to come closer to the functionalities in Visio but at least they are on the right way. The main advantage of Cumulate Draw is that it’s totally browser based which means that you don’t have to install it on your computer, just surf to it on the web and start drawing. This pretty nice feature seems to be its biggest disadvantage as well, as you would not be able to edit your drawings while traveling in planes and other locations where network is unavailable. Anyway it’s intuitive and it works so that’s just fine for me, I like the applications to the web approach.

Link via Lifehacker

Testing ”Snap” – a link preview tool

My friend Petter has posted the link to Snap on his blog and I could not withstand the temptation to give it a try. So please feel free and hover with your mouse pointer over the links on my blog and figure out “Snap”.

Which feed reader to prefer?

As a Bloglines user I gave Google Reader a try and tested it now for 2 months. My positive impressions from the first weeks with the Google Reader turned into a slight frustration about the slow performance of Google Reader compared to Bloglines. In the beginning I was fond of the look and feel of Google Reader but after all I think it’s too “googlish” after all. So my winner is….. Bloglines!

What is the reader of your choice? Or how do you keep track of blogs and news?