Archive for the Education Category
Nisus Thesaurus: Offering a thesaurus in your mac
Being a student it can be frustrating not having a thesaurus in arms reach 24/7. You never know when you might finish off that English essay and wow there is a difference when using a thesaurus to produce an essay. However being a mac fan boy I almost always have my MacBook near by so what better way to replace my oversized thesaurus with an application on my mac.
Posted by Seth Smith on December 20th, 2010 in Applications, Education, Freeware Tags: Mac dictionary,Nisus Thesaurus,Student thesaurus,Thesaurus, Leave a Comment
Back to School Tip: Use Dropbox to ease your school workflow
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or many students around the world, its back to school. It’s back to reading books, studying, and more importantly, working on assignments. If your school is like mine, the majority of assignments you work on are done on productivity programs like Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, etc., and having a smooth workflow between your school and home computers can be pretty difficult to maintain (especially if you have no way of accessing your personal school drive at home). Sure you can use flash drives, and the process of e-mailing documents to yourself to get everything done, but unfortunately we lose flash drives, and sometimes e-mails don’t send. The solution: a file hosting site, and there is no easier site than Dropbox. See what makes Dropbox so special after the break…
Posted by Kenneth Bolido on September 8th, 2010 in Education, Fun, Organization Tags: Dropbox,File management, Leave a Comment
textPlus: Text Messaging for iPod Touch and iPhone
There are some iPod Touch users that want to use their device as their main port of communication, and with many social networking and communication apps available on the App Store, this can become an easy reality. One of these applications, textPlus by GOGII, allows you to send text messages (over WiFi) for free. More on textPlus works and my review after the break…
Posted by Kenneth Bolido on September 15th, 2009 in App Store, Applications, Education, Fun, Instant Messaging Tags: App Store,iPod Touch,textPlus, 20 Comments »
American Heritage Dictionary – A Serious Amount of Knowledge
One of the iPhone’s greatest benefits to mankind is the ability to access knowledge from anywhere on the internet from anywhere with service to your phone. One of the iPhone’s greatest design flaws is the omission of a dictionary app. There are lots of dictionaries on the appstore, but the American Heritage Dictionary stands above the rest. Substantially.
Posted by Ariel Kaplan on September 11th, 2009 in App Store, Applications, Education, Utilities Tags: American Heritage Dictionary,Apps,Dictionary,Education,iPhone, Leave a Comment
Cram: An easier way to study on your Mac
When studying for tests or exams, do you ever feel overwhelmed by lack of organization or time? Do you ever wish that all of your materials were more neatly presented to you? The application Cram does this by efficiently organizing your study materials right on your Macintosh.
Posted by Nathaniel Magrath on July 24th, 2009 in Applications, Education, Organization Tags: Cram,Education,School,Study, 6 Comments »
Pear Note: Note Taking Redefined
Many people make notes whilst they are on their computer. Whether they are in a meeting, in a lecture, or just making notes about something that interests them; they need good software in order to make efficient, well structured notes which are coherent and will be understandable at a later stage. Pear Note; a note taking utility made by useful fruit software covers all of the basic features just mentioned, as well as several extra features which help it to stand out from the crowd.
Posted by Luke Hiller-Addis on June 11th, 2009 in Applications, Education, Organization Tags: notes,Pear Note,Tasks, 2 Comments »
