Rita on September 2nd, 2010

I’ve been a fan of Twitter for Mac (previously Tweetie) for quite the long time. My Twitter usage on the Mac first started as in-browser then I needed a built-in separate application and tried every option out there: Nambu, Seesmic, Tweetdeck, Destroy Twitter… Every one of those apps, especially the Adobe Air ones, was painful. [...]

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I was on my way today to a high-security area near the Beirut International Airport when the inevitable happened and I got lost twice: once near Dahyeh and once near Burj el Brajneh. I pulled out Ovi Maps on my Nokia N97 Mini (which I had stubbornly decided not to use because the instructions were [...]

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Ovi Maps, oh my!
If you told me one year ago that I’d be using Ovi Maps (of all other mapping services) for a life-changing decision, I’d have laughed at you so hard I’d have snorted. I was a loyal Google Maps user at the time, and didn’t see myself switching anytime soon.
But Ovi Maps came [...]

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Beside Firefox extensions, I have found another way to up my productivity online, and it’s all through the magic that is the Search bar. On the top right of the Firefox window, you’ll find a search bar which I believe defaults to Google search. However, you can find search engines and add them to access [...]

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Rita on May 14th, 2009

Those who have ever been near my computer know that one application is always open and probably 95% of the time in the foreground: Firefox. Ever since I decided to ditch Internet Explorer some year ago I think (it took me long enough to do it, something that I’m not proud of), Firefox has given [...]

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