smArtist tools

December 29, 2015

Hi all! As the year 2015 draws to a close, I decided to look back at the last year to see what tools and tech I still use on a daily basis to continue my happy…

August 18, 2015

BitTorrent Sync Mobile Update: Create, Edit and Share | Official BitTorrent Sync Blog YES!! One my of favorite tools just got even better. BitTorrent Sync…

August 13, 2015

Someone Finally Made Google Hangouts Better On Desktop It's about time! Hangouts for serious use is awful on a Mac, and Common Hangouts has been fantastic to…

July 27, 2015

After Backlash, LinkedIn Brings Back Contact Export Feature After user complaints, LinkedIn has re-enabled the contact export feature that they recently…

July 15, 2015

Incredibly useful tip! Link: How to Get the Password of WiFi Network You Are Connected To

July 15, 2015

Link: http://bit.ly/1I2YdkH Very cool! New sharing permissions limits for files in Google Drive, finally offering the ability to prevent people from…

February 20, 2015

Great guide! I *love* BitTorrent Sync. How (and Why) to Ditch Dropbox and Sync Files with BitTorrent Sync Dropbox (and similar cloud services) are awesome, but…

February 20, 2015

Exciting! IFTTT is one of my *very* favorite tools. I use it to automate a huge variety of tasks, and I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't…

February 10, 2015

5 Tools to Extract Images From PDF Files. Handy! The last in the list is a desktop app if your PDFs are under NDA. If you have a PDF file full of images, you…

February 5, 2015

This is quite useful! "Dropbox's web client is now smart enough to open files directly in their native apps" Dropbox hasn't radically changed its core product…

January 19, 2015

Productivity geeks! Do you use an app launcher? Here's an excellent overview of more awesome ways you can use them: Do you still launch applications by…

January 16, 2015

Handy tool! Automatically convert files in a folder to PDF. Behold HotFolder: HotFolder is a free program that you can use to monitor folders on your system to…

November 26, 2014

BitTorrent Sync is one of the very best tools I use for syncing all my data to all my devices, as well as syncing files with all my outsourcing partners across…

November 24, 2014

This is incredible! Adobe Photoshop Streaming runs inside the Chrome browser. We live in the future. :) Using Photoshop usually requires lugging a typically…

November 21, 2014

Hi everybody! The Tools and Tech of the Globetrotting Freelancer talk that I gave this year at the External Development Summit 2014 in Vancouver is finally…

November 21, 2014

Check this out! BitTorrent Sync is one of my favorite tools. Lots of great stuff here. What To Expect Next From Sync A year and a half ago, BitTorrent Sync…

November 20, 2014

Great freelancer app tips from MakeUseOf! "How Apps Can Help Any Freelancer Or Small Business Owner Be Productive" If you're running your own small business or…

November 11, 2014

If you work with PDFs, check out PDF Shaper! This sounds super cool. You can extract text or images from a PDF, rotate pages, sign them, convert the PDF to a…

November 10, 2014

Here's a handy Gmail filter to auto-filter Twitter messages into nested folders. Thanks, Robert Headley! http://buff.ly/1xdOfFh Gmail filter to automatically…

November 10, 2014

This is awesome! You can now launch desktop applications from Google Drive in Chrome, like PSDs into Photoshop. :) http://buff.ly/1wxLZdJ Link to full article.

November 6, 2014

Joe Siegler has a practical hands-on "how I actually use this" review of Google Inbox that's a good read! http://buff.ly/1sX1NAw I’ve spent some time with…

November 5, 2014

Any.Do is already my favorite to-do list. This is GREAT. Any.Do updates its to-do app with new sharing features: http://buff.ly/1sSfdOi There's a revamped…

November 4, 2014

Microsoft Office and Dropbox announce partnership. Dropbox can now edit Office files. Wow, very smart move for both! http://buff.ly/1xY3eTG Dropbox lets you…

October 21, 2014

Excellent tips for a great app! "11 Tips For Using Team Viewer – The Best Free Remote Desktop Connection Manager" http://buff.ly/1s3gAt2 Once upon a time…

October 16, 2014

This is extremely cool! Can't wait to play with these. "IFTTT's New Twitter Triggers Automate Monitoring Twitter" http://buff.ly/1zdVeTJ If This Then That…

October 3, 2014

Interesting! This could either be relatively helpful, or horribly annoying. That being said, though, how many Evernote users here actually write content…

October 1, 2014

This is a really cool idea. What would you use it for? "To-Do App Wunderlist Links Up With Dropbox, Its First Integration" http://buff.ly/1wXWndc Wunderlist…

September 30, 2014

iCloud users should enable this security setting NOW. "Apple’s two-factor authentication now protects iCloud backups" http://bit.ly/1smMIsp Elcomsoft’s backup…

September 30, 2014

I wrote a new article about clever uses for BitTorrent Sync! "Sync Stories: Ideas for Business Travelers" http://buff.ly/YO8AoI Sync Stories is a column…

September 30, 2014

Remember the celebrity nude leaks? 2FA would have prevented it. "The Best Two-Factor Authentication App for iPhone" http://bit.ly/YMjGKI Two-factor…

September 29, 2014

Awesome, Adobe's rolling out a streaming version of Photoshop for Chromebooks! But I'm curious about performance. http://buff.ly/1vretEg Link to full article.

September 29, 2014

I have a soft spot for clever to-do list apps, and Moo.Do's approach looks interesting. It's basically taking the concept of tagging and hashtags with simple…

September 27, 2014

The detail level is overkill for my uses for art pipeline and process documentation and troubleshooting, but this could still be extremely helpful for some…

September 11, 2014

[UPDATE 11/26/2014] The video is now online! Check it out: [/UPDATE] Hi everybody! I just finished giving my presentations at the External Development Summit…

August 29, 2014

I like the idea of using hashtags for organization. "Most of us use Gmail as our main email service, but it's so much more. Gmail can act as your to-do list…

August 27, 2014

If you don't know the answer to that question, I strongly suggest spending five minutes on a one-time-setup to secure your Android or iOS device. It's super…

March 28, 2014

Hi everybody! I used some cool tech to automatically create and update a spreadsheet of every game company that posts video game development jobs on LinkedIn…

January 1, 2012

Just ran across an awesome new tool: Dropbox Automator! This is a pretty wild one. Essentially, you can create rules (or "automations") for Dropbox via this…

December 12, 2011

Hi, guys! I've been spending the last few months really digging into the most efficient ways to manage my business from wherever I happen to be while having…

May 15, 2011

I'd like to introduce my readers to a wonderful tool I was introduced to some time back -- VisiPics! Ever wanted to clear out your reference folder of…

February 22, 2010

Photoshop has been around for 20 years now, and I found a really awesome timeline image showing the development of Photoshop over time, which key features were…

February 17, 2010

Hi guys! I'm coming out of a post-Germany haze of sickness to link you to some handy tweaks for Google Calendar. I'm a total nut for Google Calendar and…

December 17, 2009

This is extremely cool! Check out Google Browser Size . Essentially, this web tool will draw an overlay map of your website marking the different resolution…

March 31, 2009

Here is my FAVORITE Outlook tool. It’s lightning fast indexed search that beats the pants off anything Microsoft has. Microsoft liked it so much, in fact…

January 11, 2008

One of my favorite and most-used apps that I might not have talked about before is PathCopy . It copies a filename with full path info to the clipboard…

May 11, 2007

I found something awesome on LifeHacker a moment ago that smArtists may appreciate. It's called The Freelancer's Toolset . It's a list of 100 web applications…

April 13, 2007

Found a cool article this morning: 101 Hidden Tips and Secrets for Photoshop Some useful information in here I didn't know. A few repeats, but here were some…

March 24, 2007

I've been looking for ways to improve my PC workflow, and I touched on that in an earlier Productivity Tip . One of my readers suggested that I use Launchy …

March 24, 2007

I've long been frustrated at Windows' tendency to suck. If some random part of Windows suddenly freezes, EVERY part of Windows is frozen. Sometimes I can't…

March 22, 2007

I have accounts with all four major instant messenger protocols. Because I hate each one of their native programs, I use a single program that can log into…