The open source instant messaging (IM) program Pidgin is now available in Afrikaans, thanks to the efforts of Translate.org.za.
Link to Instant messaging now in Afrikaans

FileZilla is one great open source FTP client that — up until now — was available only for Windows. Version 3 is a ground-up rewrite that makes the application available for the first time on Linux, too.
Link to FileZilla 3 brings Windows FTP goodness to Linux

As with Firefox, you can extend Thunderbird’s functionality by installing extensions. Mozilla’s official extension repository has quite a few nifty tools on offer, and which ones you choose to install depends entirely on your needs. There are, however, a few extensions that you might find indispensable no matter how you use Thunderbird.
Link to Productivity enhancers […]

Gmail has a bunch of lesser-known feature that can end up being very useful once you get to know them
Link to 5 little-known Gmail features

Set SMS, email or Twitter reminders from your iGoogle homepage with the iRemind iGoogle gadget. Setup is extremely easy (it can all be done from your iGoogle page), which means you’ll be ready to…
Link to Igoogle: Set Reminders on Your Startpage with iReminder

Send self-destructing email messages “Send an email that automatically expires or disappears after it’s viewed with ten self-destructing email services.”Ask the Readers: Sorting vacation email…
Link to It All Comes Together: The Email Roundup

action, fights

Link to Creative Fights

GTDer Rob documents how he captures and manages his projects and next actions using Microsoft Outlook and OneNote. I continue to collect & process my inputs in OneNote. When I identify a next action…
Link to Microsoft Outlook: Getting Things Done with Outlook and OneNote 2007

All platforms running Firefox: The Resizeable Form Fields extension makes textarea, text input, iframe and dropdown list sizes adjustable. With the extension installed, hover over a corner or end of…
Link to Featured Firefox Extension: Adjust Web Forms with Resizeable Form Fields

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Earlier today, as part of our Web Office Week Richard MacManus defined what constitutes an online office. His ultimate definition was a set of applications that include “a combination of productivity, publishing and collaboration features. A Web Office both embraces the functionality of desktop office suites […]