For Network monitoring I Found these 3, each having there own merit, I will post more detail later:
Networx: http://api.256file.com/networx_setup.exe/en-download-61665.html
FreeMeter, great basic tool:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemeter/files/freemeter/FreeMeter_v1.4.2710/
BitMeter: https://codebox.net/pages/bitmeteros/downloads
Chrome:
Save Data Bandwidth:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/data-saver/pfmgfdlgomnbgkofeojodiodmgpgmkac?hl=en
Ghostery, stops ads! and tracking:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery/mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij?hl=en
Stop Video Memory Consumption:
Stop Auto Load Facebook Vids: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stop-facebook-video-auto/pfkabpdoakgeckelbclimaakmneacope?hl=en
Disable YouTube: HTML5: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-youtube-html5-pla/enmofgaijnbjpblfljopnpdogpldapoc
THEN disabled flash : via flashcontrol: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/flashcontrol/mfidmkgnfgnkihnjeklbekckimkipmoe?hl=en
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Monday, June 20, 2016
Optimize Slow Connection, Reserve bandwidth with these tools for HTTP and overall network speed
1). Use Fewer Extensions and
Set Chrome to Run Flash and Other Plug-Ins On-Demand Only
2) Limit Reservable Bandwidth
1. Go To Run. To open Local Group Policy Editor, type gpedit.msc at the box and hit Enter. This will open the place where you will have to set up some configuration.
local group policy editor microsoft windows 7
2. Move down to the destination following this path. Local group Policy>>Computer Configuration>>Administrative Templates>>Network>>QOS Packet Scheduler>>Limit Reservable Bandwidth.
limit reservable bandwidth
3. Click and “Enable Limit Reservable Bandwidth” and set the Bandwidth to Zero percent. Apply and OK to confirm down your choice.
3) Misc DialUp related
Avoid downloading files when you are using a Dial-Up internet connection, downloading files may slow it down.
Try to keep the number of web browser tabs as low as you can. Too many web browser tabs may slow down your Dial-Up internet connection.
Delete web browser history, cache on regular interval. The less load on web browser, more faster it will work. If you can’t do that manually, assign that work to some software tool, CCleaner is a great utility to clean out the junk files on a specified interval to keep Windows in optimized state.
4)Chrome: plug-ins section,. CLICK to PLAY
Under the Hood section, then press the Content Settings button.
Content Settings
Plugins section
Select Let me choose when to run plugin content option in the Plugins section
Lastly, click the Manage individual plugins link and make sure the Always allowed to run option for each plugin is unchecked. Click to Play functionality will not work for any plugins with Always allowed to run selected.
5)
Chrome users can go to Settings > Under the Hood > Content Settings and disable images from there.
6)
Download Check out "Data Saver": https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/data-saver/pfmgfdlgomnbgkofeojodiodmgpgmkac?utm_source=gmail
Refs:
http://lifehacker.com/5791586/how-and-why-to-set-up-a-secondary-browser-optimized-for-slow-internet-connections
http://thetechgears.com/how-to-improve-browsing-speed-on-a-dead-slow-connection-with-chrome/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/compress%20data%20slow%20connection
http://thetechgears.com/how-to-improve-browsing-speed-on-a-dead-slow-connection-with-chrome/
Set Chrome to Run Flash and Other Plug-Ins On-Demand Only
2) Limit Reservable Bandwidth
1. Go To Run. To open Local Group Policy Editor, type gpedit.msc at the box and hit Enter. This will open the place where you will have to set up some configuration.
local group policy editor microsoft windows 7
2. Move down to the destination following this path. Local group Policy>>Computer Configuration>>Administrative Templates>>Network>>QOS Packet Scheduler>>Limit Reservable Bandwidth.
limit reservable bandwidth
3. Click and “Enable Limit Reservable Bandwidth” and set the Bandwidth to Zero percent. Apply and OK to confirm down your choice.
3) Misc DialUp related
Avoid downloading files when you are using a Dial-Up internet connection, downloading files may slow it down.
Try to keep the number of web browser tabs as low as you can. Too many web browser tabs may slow down your Dial-Up internet connection.
Delete web browser history, cache on regular interval. The less load on web browser, more faster it will work. If you can’t do that manually, assign that work to some software tool, CCleaner is a great utility to clean out the junk files on a specified interval to keep Windows in optimized state.
4)Chrome: plug-ins section,. CLICK to PLAY
Under the Hood section, then press the Content Settings button.
Content Settings
Plugins section
Select Let me choose when to run plugin content option in the Plugins section
Lastly, click the Manage individual plugins link and make sure the Always allowed to run option for each plugin is unchecked. Click to Play functionality will not work for any plugins with Always allowed to run selected.
5)
Chrome users can go to Settings > Under the Hood > Content Settings and disable images from there.
6)
Download Check out "Data Saver": https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/data-saver/pfmgfdlgomnbgkofeojodiodmgpgmkac?utm_source=gmail
Refs:
http://lifehacker.com/5791586/how-and-why-to-set-up-a-secondary-browser-optimized-for-slow-internet-connections
http://thetechgears.com/how-to-improve-browsing-speed-on-a-dead-slow-connection-with-chrome/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/compress%20data%20slow%20connection
http://thetechgears.com/how-to-improve-browsing-speed-on-a-dead-slow-connection-with-chrome/
Disable the Win 7 or Win 8 Prompt: “You'll need to provide administrator permission”
Open regeditbrowse to the below keySet to 0,RebootHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Enjoy!Thursday, May 5, 2016
Productivity Tools: Email, Memo and Tasks : Moving to the Cloud: Universal Email for Android, Cloud Based Notepad / Memo, and ToDo List / Task Management
Finding the "Best" Productivity Tools: Email, Memo and Tasks for me,
my criteria is simple, minimalist interface, rich features, freeware (or LOW cost) and integration with other apps....
After getting inspired watching this guy, Geet Duggal and based on his reviews / insight and seeing how I was using (in an unproductive way) 5 apps: Google Keep, GTasks, Basecamp, Gmail and Outlook to achieve productivity that probably could be done by only 3 apps....Ahh a lofty goal it is..to replace my gmail/Keep and integrate basecamp/GTasks with "new" apps....
I trekked into app hell (6 hours of it) to find solutions that are akin to the tools Geet Druggal describes yet I found that replacing email was possible / integrating was not....Task replacement for basecamp is a distant wish for me.... Some apps just don't work they way U wish...And because I insist on (have to) using basecamp, the slew of Task Management apps out there, just wont synch basecamp todo's....I think basecamp will be gone in 2 years anyway.....Apps like Slack, todoist ect are taking over the PM space....and are slicker....
Any way, for me this is my current list:
Winners
Taskshttps://tacoapp.com/tasks
WebApp
Free, clean UI, super fast, portable, and does its job well
Bring together my personal and work task manager
Google tasks
Reminders goto calendar!
BaseCamp
Best clean tool to manage tasks, complete, annotate and work on tasks
To Edit Tasks Click the task to go to source
One View, use on Windows and Android
Email Clienthttps://cloudmagic.com/
Android
Best Android email client out there, use it to replace outlook and gmail, features I love:
Search all inboxes, fast search
Show ALL messges at once,
Notify when U get email from ANY account
Manage all email accoutns in one place
Create a calendar from email!
Create a task from email!
Note Memo
https://www.evernote.com
I tried using Keep, but the inability to create Tasks and the inability to SEARCH notes combined with Evernote does all and more...it is just plain awesome, WOW..
See this guys explains it best, notebooks, searching, use this to replace notes, and even documents!
Reminders goto calendar!
Integration
https://ifttt.com/recipes/392333-basecamp-new-to-do-to-todoist
Free easy to use integrations
limited services but easy to create
better than 20$ per month zapier
Create some cool integrations like "Send me an email when it rains"
The Losers for me
https://ticktick.com/
Could not import GTasks or basecamp
Too much, not auto import/synch with other tools
Zapier.com
Expensive
ALLOT of integrations, best for business
, ridiculous expensive, suited for business
https://todoist.com/a
Cool features but the inability to import so I could see my old tasks without paying premium is a pain,
This tool wants to replace basecamp,
https://todoist.com/gmail is really cool though
FREE : limits on # tasks
Premium allows import, no limits? 28.99 / year
Does not allow easy import of basecamp or GTasks
Android App looks like email? I dont like that.
Sync sync was added (2015/06/07) but has since been removed because it didn't actually work and did some major damage to your tasklist and calendar in the process. No news on when a working version will be released.
Android app: Yes
Web interface: Good
Import: not natively, but todo port seems to fit the bill
https://www.taskclone.com/
Evernote integration, however the GTasks integration U gotta pay zapier!
MUST READ! TaskClone sends tasks via email, but Google Tasks does not accept tasks via email.
Fortunately, you can use the Zapier.com service to automatically convert our emails to tasks in Google Tasks.
splendo
a bland version of TickTick
No import calendar
Others I tried...
Any.do
Toodledo
Trello
Workato
Hootsuite
my criteria is simple, minimalist interface, rich features, freeware (or LOW cost) and integration with other apps....
After getting inspired watching this guy, Geet Duggal and based on his reviews / insight and seeing how I was using (in an unproductive way) 5 apps: Google Keep, GTasks, Basecamp, Gmail and Outlook to achieve productivity that probably could be done by only 3 apps....Ahh a lofty goal it is..to replace my gmail/Keep and integrate basecamp/GTasks with "new" apps....
I trekked into app hell (6 hours of it) to find solutions that are akin to the tools Geet Druggal describes yet I found that replacing email was possible / integrating was not....Task replacement for basecamp is a distant wish for me.... Some apps just don't work they way U wish...And because I insist on (have to) using basecamp, the slew of Task Management apps out there, just wont synch basecamp todo's....I think basecamp will be gone in 2 years anyway.....Apps like Slack, todoist ect are taking over the PM space....and are slicker....
Any way, for me this is my current list:
Winners
Taskshttps://tacoapp.com/tasks
WebApp
Free, clean UI, super fast, portable, and does its job well
Bring together my personal and work task manager
Google tasks
Reminders goto calendar!
BaseCamp
Best clean tool to manage tasks, complete, annotate and work on tasks
To Edit Tasks Click the task to go to source
One View, use on Windows and Android
Email Clienthttps://cloudmagic.com/
Android
Best Android email client out there, use it to replace outlook and gmail, features I love:
Search all inboxes, fast search
Show ALL messges at once,
Notify when U get email from ANY account
Manage all email accoutns in one place
Create a calendar from email!
Create a task from email!
Note Memo
https://www.evernote.com
I tried using Keep, but the inability to create Tasks and the inability to SEARCH notes combined with Evernote does all and more...it is just plain awesome, WOW..
See this guys explains it best, notebooks, searching, use this to replace notes, and even documents!
Reminders goto calendar!
Integration
https://ifttt.com/recipes/392333-basecamp-new-to-do-to-todoist
Free easy to use integrations
limited services but easy to create
better than 20$ per month zapier
Create some cool integrations like "Send me an email when it rains"
The Losers for me
https://ticktick.com/
Could not import GTasks or basecamp
Too much, not auto import/synch with other tools
Zapier.com
Expensive
ALLOT of integrations, best for business
, ridiculous expensive, suited for business
https://todoist.com/a
Cool features but the inability to import so I could see my old tasks without paying premium is a pain,
This tool wants to replace basecamp,
https://todoist.com/gmail is really cool though
FREE : limits on # tasks
Premium allows import, no limits? 28.99 / year
Does not allow easy import of basecamp or GTasks
Android App looks like email? I dont like that.
Sync sync was added (2015/06/07) but has since been removed because it didn't actually work and did some major damage to your tasklist and calendar in the process. No news on when a working version will be released.
Android app: Yes
Web interface: Good
Import: not natively, but todo port seems to fit the bill
https://www.taskclone.com/
Evernote integration, however the GTasks integration U gotta pay zapier!
MUST READ! TaskClone sends tasks via email, but Google Tasks does not accept tasks via email.
Fortunately, you can use the Zapier.com service to automatically convert our emails to tasks in Google Tasks.
splendo
a bland version of TickTick
No import calendar
Others I tried...
Any.do
Toodledo
Trello
Workato
Hootsuite
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
GMail, Email Clients, Cloud Tools, Google Keep / Text Editors and Finding the best experiences for Android and Windows:: Musings of a Remote Developer
GMail, Email Clients, Cloud Tools, Google Keep / Text Editors and Finding the best experiences for Android and Windows:: Musings of a Remote Developer
Here is a list of some issues and resolutions I came across the past few days, especially as related to remote work,
1. GMail Conversation Read most recent first
Fix
by turning Conversation View OFF: See Here:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/quick-tip-change-the-conversation-view-in-gmail/
2. GTasks change accounts:
3
Ways I found
1.
Get Google Tasks App from Extension Store, then U can specify the Google
Account (kind of a hack)
2.
Hack: I think the easiest way in Chrome is to open an Incognito Window (via the
"three-lines" button top right), and log in to the other account in
that window.
This
sucks bcuz incognito tab cant mix with normal tabs (uggh)
3.
BEST way I found, USE Taco, then u can synch tasks across multiple platforms,
so I started out with 1 problem and found a big solution to that and many other
task related stuff, now I just use Taco!
Get
it hire: https://tacoapp.com/tasks
3. Google Keep Tips and Hacks:
Searching
text in Keep?
Google
Keep search text and highlight found word
Use
Chrome Ctrl-F, open Keep in https://keep.google.com/ then Open a note then Ctrl
- F (it doesn’t work in offline though)
Download
voice recordings: Open Keep in a desktop browser, click a note, mouse over the
voice recording and click “Download”.
Use
Google Keep as a shared clipboard. Copy text or a link into a note on your PC,
open it on your Android phone.
You
don’t want Google Keep as a separate tab in your browser, there is a quick fix.
You can turn Keep into its own Panel with an extension. download Panel View for
Keep
Keyboard
Shortcuts! -> http://googlesystem.blogspot.in/2013/07/google-keep-tips.html
22.
Keyboard shortcuts:
j/k
- navigate to the next/previous note
n/p
- same as j/k, but also useful for navigating between list items
c
- compose a new note
/
- use the search feature
e
- archive selected note
#
- delete selected note
o
- open selected note
Enter
- edit selected note
Ctrl+g
- toggle between list and grid view
Esc
- finish editing a note.
4. Outlook Sent Item missing :
When replying in Outlook for
GMail Account that is linked to Office 365, then Sent Item is gone, this became
a driver for me to re-org my Windows and Android Email Clients, instead of
using Outlook and Gmail for everything with Pop3/SMTP Accounts, I decided to have Gmail manage Google email /
Outlook manage Off365 on Android and use Outlook Accounts on Windows, This also
led me to CloudMagic, Im trying out now….
Instead
of trying to wrangle the Gmail Account to work when in Outlook, I used for :
Windows
Use
Outlook for Gmail/Office 365 as separate Accounts n Outlook
Andorid:
Gmail
and Outlook apps
OR
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Android Receipt Apps: the top 3 out of the 15 I tried
Recently I had the need and urge to utilize an expense/receipt tracking app for Android that would offload my paper trail....out of the 10 to 15 that I tried only three really stood out based on my criteria which was
1) Simple and Clean interface
2) highly accurate OCR and
3) Export to CSV
.... I did not need was a rich expense tracking app for a wide range of categories or rich reporting so here's what I found ...here are my top three
1) Simple and Clean interface
2) highly accurate OCR and
3) Export to CSV
.... I did not need was a rich expense tracking app for a wide range of categories or rich reporting so here's what I found ...here are my top three
1) HelloReceipts
These guys had the most accurate OCR I tested (batch of 10 varying receipts)this app even picked up dates and handwriten amounts, and tax & auto categorized! compared to the others the clean interface, basic export functionality, clean mobile and web interface and highly accurate OCR made this simple tool my go 2 expense tracking app ...great for any small biz or personal use! No frills just works
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intelliware.helloreceiptandroid
2) Receipt by Waze
This app was a close second very good OCR the only downfall was the high number of categories and the defaults were a little arduous to deal with that might be better for it growing company and someone who wants really detailed categorization of receipts
3) NumReceipts.
And third I pick this over the most popular receipt app expensify because of the unique Rich interface with a lot of visualisations including charts graphs and expense to income comparison allowing the user to compare expenses and income and for my testing the OCR was better than expensify
These guys had the most accurate OCR I tested (batch of 10 varying receipts)this app even picked up dates and handwriten amounts, and tax & auto categorized! compared to the others the clean interface, basic export functionality, clean mobile and web interface and highly accurate OCR made this simple tool my go 2 expense tracking app ...great for any small biz or personal use! No frills just works
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intelliware.helloreceiptandroid
2) Receipt by Waze
This app was a close second very good OCR the only downfall was the high number of categories and the defaults were a little arduous to deal with that might be better for it growing company and someone who wants really detailed categorization of receipts
3) NumReceipts.
And third I pick this over the most popular receipt app expensify because of the unique Rich interface with a lot of visualisations including charts graphs and expense to income comparison allowing the user to compare expenses and income and for my testing the OCR was better than expensify
The rest...wasted around 1 week downloading and testing..again my criterion was very specific...
Expensify
Docufy
CamScanner
SmartReceipts
MoneyFlo
CashReceipts
ReceiptsBank
Concur
Zaim
Expensify
Docufy
CamScanner
SmartReceipts
MoneyFlo
CashReceipts
ReceiptsBank
Concur
Zaim
Yeah that's how much time I spent save yourself some time and download one of those top three you won't be disappointed and they're free
Here is the UI, notice the date filled in AND Vendor!
Mobile App
Web App
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
GMail Must Haves for Productivity
1. Organize using labels, Nest Labels to emulate folders
2. Create filters to send messages to those filters automatically
3. Enable the Labs option to get NEW features in Gmail.
4. Use other peoples filters, using export import
5. If you have Outlook, connect it to read your GMail
Thats today's gotta do for my "users" group,
2. Create filters to send messages to those filters automatically
3. Enable the Labs option to get NEW features in Gmail.
4. Use other peoples filters, using export import
5. If you have Outlook, connect it to read your GMail
Thats today's gotta do for my "users" group,
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