há muito tempo tenho um servidor, com o skat, TVUPllayer, PC Satellite, SopCast, Megacubo, etc, com um HD carregado de filmes, ligado em um vídeo link (transmissor VHF) transmitindo para o canal 10 em todas as TV’s da casa. Este servidor está no telhado (forro), conectado com outro IP e controla alguns outros itens (WII, músicas, etc). O lance funciona bastante bem.

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Fonte: Lifehacker

King of the empty inbox Merlin Mann did an hour-long presentation for Google employees this week on dealing with the daily onslaught of email, and the video’s now available to the rest of us. Hit the play button to see Merlin’s full presentation (slides available here) which is based on his excellent Inbox Zero series at 43 Folders. His system inspired most of the empty inbox proclamations here on Lifehacker, so this is your chance to hear it from the horse’s mouth. Thanks to Merlin and everyone at Google for making this one available to the public.

[via 43 Folders]

Other cool technic to keep your mailbox organized and your mind clean is the ‘Trusted Trio’, from Gina Trapani. It could save an enourmous time and effort;Take a look:

Empty Your Inbox with the Trusted Trio

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Managing the steady stream of email that gathers in your inbox every day can feel like an impossible task. Not long ago, I kept a lengthening list of folders in my email software to track messages by topic, sender, project, urgency and any other context that seemed relevant that hour. I’d spend lots of time carefully dragging and dropping every message from my inbox into the folder it seemed to belong in that day. After awhile I had so many folders the system was completely useless. Some of the folders - even after the work of creating and populating them - I barely ever opened again.

Since then I’ve slimmed down my email buckets to just three: what I call the Trusted Trio. Using just a few, simple action-based folders, it takes very little thought to keep on top of my email and a consistently empty inbox.

Note: This system is a modification of the excellent Inbox Makeover method published in Macworld in April of 2005 by king of Inbox Zero Merlin Mann. I’ve been using Merlin’s system since the article was published and during that time whittled my own version down from his suggested 5 to 3 folders.

The Trusted Trio

• Follow Up

  These messages represent tasks you must complete; whether that’s a response that will take more than two minutes (anything less than that, just respond on the spot!) or some sort of an action. All these messages represent an item on your to do list.

  Examples of messages that might go here include: a request to update the web site, or a message from a long-lost high school friend who you haven’t spoken to in years that you want to spend some time writing with updates on your life. To make sure you actually follow up on the messages in this folder, you must review it regularly. Alternately, when you add a message to this folder, make sure you also add it to your to-do list. Here’s more on how to separate your email from your to-do’s.

• Archive

  The Archive folder is your long-term email reference library. Place all the messages that contain information you may want to retrieve at some point in the long term future in Archive. Any completed threads, completed requests, memo’s you’ve read, questions you had answered, and completed project email goes into Archive. Basically, whenever an email is “closed” but you may find it useful at some point in the future place it in Archive.

  Dumping everything directly into Archive may seem scary to dedicated filers . It was to me at first. However, the archive is your “pile” versus “file;” Just remember it’s completely searchable, and any message you place there will be retrievable using a well-crafted query.

• Hold

  The Hold folder is a temporary holding pen for important messages you’ll need quick access to within the next few days. If you’re waiting on someone else to get back to you with crucial information, or you’re maintaining a thread about a time-sensitive topic, keep it in the Hold folder. For you GTDers, items in the Hold folder might correspond with items in the next few weeks in your tickler file.

  Examples of messages that would go in Hold are: a FedEx confirmation number for a delivery that’s on its way, or a message from a co-worker that says, “I’ll get back to you Tuesday re: The Big Project.”

  This folder should be reviewed on a regular basis and cleared out as the message contents are no longer needed (ie, that FedEx got delivered or your co-worker gets back to you.)

Empty your inbox

Now that the Trusted Trio is in place, it’s time to empty your inbox. Whether you’re starting with an overstuffed inbox with months worth of messages or the 2 dozen that arrived since your last processing session, the method is the same. Starting with the oldest message, open it up and:

• If it requires a response or action which will take less than one minute to complete, do it on the spot, then move the message to Archive.
• If it requires an action on your part that will take more than one minute to complete, move it to the Follow Up folder.
• If it’s a piece of information or a promise you’re waiting on from someone else, move it to Hold.
• If it’s an informational message you may want to refer to later, move it to Archive.
• If it’s of no use, delete it.

Wash, rinse and repeat for every message in your inbox until it is completely empty.

Keep it empty

Once you’ve got your inbox down to zero messages, keeping it that way is a matter of repeating the process above a few times a day. Schedule times for processing email into your schedule - like once first thing in the morning, once after lunch and once in the late afternoon. Train yourself to follow the golden rule:

Never leave a read email message in your inbox.

Commit to making a decision about the fate of every message you read in the inbox on the spot. Whether you respond immediately or file it in Followup, Archive or Hold, never leave a message in your inbox to make room for future, incoming mail - because there will always be more.

The catch

Now, just because you have all your messages filed neatly away in Followup, Archive and Hold doesn’t mean you’re free and clear. The hard part of this system is consistently revisiting Followup and Hold and complete the “open loops” stowed away there. To keep yourself from getting lulled into a total sense of completeness, mark all the messages in Hold and Followup as unread so you can keep an eye on the number of outstanding items.

Caveat

Of course this exact system won’t work for everyone in every situation. For instance, I use a few other Lifehacker-specific labels in my LH Gmail, for instance, in addition to these three. But anytime I add a new bucket I think long and hard about it - and new additions are often temporary or saved search folders that eventually get deleted, whereas the Trusted Trio is a permanent fixture.

How do you organize your email to make sure nothing slips through the cracks? Let us know in the comments or to tips at lifehacker.com.

Note: this article was updated in January of 2008, to reflect the Action to Follow Up folder name change, reasons detailed here.

Update: Here are some tips on how to implement this system using Gmail.

Gina Trapani, the editor of Lifehacker, believes that email-wrangling is a required skill that many aspire to but few achieve. Her semi-weekly feature, Geek to Live, appears every Wednesday and Friday on Lifehacker. Subscribe to the Geek to Live feed to get new installments in your newsreader.

fonte: Blog de Projetos

Como Utilizar as Ferramentas do Google em Governos e Empresas

COMO AS FERRAMENTAS DO GOOGLE PODEM AJUDAR NO AUMENTO DA PRODUTIVIDADE DA SUA ORGANIZAÇÃO.

O CEPAM (Centro de Estudos e Pesquisa da Administração Municipal), por meio do projeto CIM (Célula de Inovação do Município), a SECTES (Secretaria de Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior do Estado de Minas Gerais), através do projeto TEIA (Tecnologia, Empreendedorismo e Inovação Aplicados), e o Google Brasil vão realizar o primeiro Google Day em rede no País.

DATA E HORÁRIO

O Google Day em Rede vai ocorrer no dia 07/10, quarta-feira, das 13h30 às 18h00.

OBJETIVO

O objetivo do Google Day em Rede é mostrar como os gestores públicos e privados podem aplicar as ferramentas do Google no seu dia-a-dia, aumentando a produtividade individual e organizacional e beneficiando seus públicos.

PÚBLICO

O público em geral poderá participar do Google Day. Para isso, o encontro será transmitido em tempo real a partir de dois eventos presenciais, a Inovatec 2009, realizada em Minas Gerais, e o Google Gov, em São Paulo.

A transmissão do Google Day em rede poderá ser acompanhada por ambientes virtuais que orbitam em torno dos projetos CIM e TEIA. Vale destacar que a página central do encontro será a rede social do CIM (www.redecim.com.br), lançada há cerca de um mês.

PROGRAMAÇÃO

- A programação do Google Day começa às 14 horas com uma apresentação geral da equipe do Google sobre as ferramentas que podem ajudar no aumento da produtividade das empresas.

- Às 15 horas será realizada uma apresentação pela equipe do Google sobre o trabalho que tem sido feito com governos ao redor do mundo. A seguir, haverá uma apresentação das possibilidades da busca, do Youtube e do Orkut, introduzindo também o potencial da publicidade online. Para finalizar a primeira parte do encontro, a equipe do Google irá apresentar os usos de Maps, Docs e outros produtos Enterprise.

- Na segunda metade do encontro, será conduzida uma rodada de perguntas e respostas aberta a todos os públicos que participarem do Google Day, seja presencialmente ou remotamente por meio de ferramenta de “chat”.

MEDIADORES

- Pelo Google, participarão do evento o Francisco Gioielli, representante do Google Enterprise, Ivo Corrêa, Diretor de Políticas Públicas e Relações Governamentais do Google Brasil, Adriana Grineberg, que é Diretora de Negócios para a área de governo e José Nilo, que é Diretor de Negócios do Google Enterprise.

- Além dos profissionais do Google, contaremos com a participação de diversos representantes do poder público de Minas Gerais e de São Paulo.

- Haverá também a participação de blogueiros e de outras profissionais com forte atuação na internet.

COMO PARTICIPAR

O Google Day vem para reforçar o movimento permanente de inovação nas organizações públicas e privadas em que São Paulo e Minas Gerais são pioneiros. E como esse movimento é de interesse de cada indivíduo, todos estão convidados a participar presencialmente ou pela internet.

Para participar presencialmente em São Paulo, considerando que as vagas são limitadas, basta preencher o formulário disponível aqui. Já quem quiser participar em Minas Gerais, é só comparecer ao Expominas na data do encontro.

E para aqueles que quiserem participar pela internet, basta acessar esta página na data e horários informados acima, quando você poderá acompanhar e participar ao vivo do Google Day.

Até lá!

Veja aqui por onde você pode acompanhar o Google Day em Rede:

Rede CIM	http://www.redecim.com.br
Rede TEIA MG	http://www.teia.mg.gov.br
Rede Integra Minas	http://www.integraminas.mg.gov.br
Rede ALMIG	http://rededaalmig.ning.com/

fonte: Viajando na Maionese Móvel - Blog

O site Maparadar.com permite que qualquer um informe a localização de radares fotográficos de velocidade ou de semáforos. Estas informações podem ser exportadas para vários modelos de GPS, incluindo o Nokia Maps.

Para importar as informações no Nokia Maps, clique no “Painel de Controle” do site o link “exportar” e selecione “Nokia LMX” como formato. Será feito o download de um arquivo chamado “radares_maparadar.lmx”.
Como o formato .lmx não é reconhecido pelo Instalador da Nokia, o arquivo “radares_maparadar.lmx” precisa ser enviado manualmente para a memória do celular. Para isso, existem duas maneiras diferentes:
1. Mande um e-mail para seu próprio endereço com o arquivo “radares_maparadar.lmx” anexo e baixe-o no celular;
2. Conecte o celular ao computador onde se enconta o arquivo “radares_maparadar.lmx” e copie-o para a pasta “Documents” do cartão de memória do celular.
Feito isto, procure o arquivo “radares_maparadar.lmx” na Caixa Entrada (caso o mesmo tenha sido enviado por e-mail) ou no diretório “Documents” (caso tenha sido copiado na pasta) e abra-o.

Será executado um programa que irá listar todos os radares como pontos de interesse.

Para importá-los no Nokia Maps, pressione “Opções” -> “Salvar” -> “Todos os pts. refer.”

ATENÇÃO!!!
Fui informado que devido ao tamanho da base de dados gerada pelo maparadar.com a importação dos radares pode causar instabilidades no Nokia Maps. Estou procurando formas de “filtrar” a base de radares para possibilitar a importação.

fonte: Joel On software - Tungado de Rodrigo Toledo Blog

Há algum tempo eu encontrei um interessante post sobre algumas das principais diferenças entre o Nokia E71 e o iPhone, que de forma imparcial levantou os prós e os contras de cada um.

• O iPhone é maior, mas possui uma grande tela sensível ao toque, o que torna a experiência de navegação melhor. Por outro lado, o Nokia E71 tem um teclado físico fantástico o que o torna muito fácil de responder a um email. Esta é apenas uma troca, você vai ter que decidir se a navegação ou a digitação é mais importante para o seu perfil de usuário.
  
• Os aplicativos para o iPhone são mais fáceis de usar e simples, entretanto, os softwares desenvolvidos para o E71 normalmente contam com mais recursos (por exemplo, existe uma verdadeira multitarefa, assim você pode ouvir os podcasts enquanto trabalha no e-mail e fazer download de páginas da web em segundo plano, e então você pode tirar uma foto sem enfrentar nenhum problema ou travamento em qualquer aplicativo aberto. De um modo o Nokia apresenta uma superioridade em termos de funcionalidade, enquanto que o iPhone é um aparelho destinado à pessoas que são menos técnicas e não querem passar algum tempo criando um celular com softwares e recursos que atendam exatamente às suas necessidades, fazendo o download de programas em várias fontes existentes na Internet.
  
• O Nokia E71 tem uma bateria substituível e um slot para cartão de memória que podem torná-lo apto ao perfil de usuário mais pesado.

Particularmente acho que a comparação é até covardia… O E71x dá um show no IPhone.

from journalism.co.uk
Cambridge, 17 March 2009.

- Against an ever increasing number of photo book services, FotoInsight is increasing its technological lead with the introduction of version 4.5 of FotoInsight Designer, which is now also available for Linux and Mac. The ease at which photos can freely be inserted into the book or into templates now also extends to clipart, maps, text and images from photo sharing sites like Flickr as well as the geotagging site “locr” and Wikipedia GeoNames. The photo sharing sites become an online interface for photo book building with family and friends, as users can now complement their printed photo albums with additional pictures (e.g. the Eiffel Tower form a different angle) from photo sharing sites, straight from within the FotoInsight Designer software. 

Geotagging and Photosharing

In addition, with just a mouse click pictures used in a photo calendar or photo book project in FotoInsight Designer 4.5 can be uploaded to the geotagging photo community “locr”. The other way around, aerial shots and maps from the geotagging community will come handy for comprehensive information of the locality in a personal travel book. “locr GmbH’s” Managing Director Malte Schloen states: “The collaboration between the FotoInsight Photo Book service and locr as a geotagging and information sharing site combines two innovative leaders to the benefit of users. Geotagging communities like ‘locr’ free internet users from Ordnance Survey’s outdated geographic information monopoly.” FotoInsight’s Managing Director Klaas Brumann adds: “We are so excited that our software tool for photo book design now integrates a gateway into shared photos and geographic information and online photo sharing, that we are already working on extending the range of photo sharing sites to also include Facebook and Picasa in the following release later this year.”

Travel Diaries

For geotagged images the new software can load corresponding local information straight from “locr” or Wikipedia into the photo book. Creating area maps takes just a click. FotoInsight’s Head of Communication Catalina Martínez states: “It has never been easier to write comprehensive travel diaries or even your own travel guide.” Using geotagging applications for photos or tagging the location information manually opens a new world of opportunity to relate images with locality information.

Image Layering and Blend-in Image Masks

According to FotoInsight “layering images in any order or position has been one of the outstanding features of its Designer software for photo books”. With the new software upgrade a range of different shapes or blend-in image masks can be used as image frames. There are also plenty of new frames and clipart to decorate photo gifts for Mothering Sunday, Easter, Father’s Day etc.

New Panorama Format

After extending its range with the Photo Book XXL with editable hardcover in portrait format (H36 x 28 cm) and in faux leather with traditional screw bind in panoramic format (H30 x W42 cm) last year, FotoInsight now adds an A4 panorama size (H28 x W21 cm). FotoInsight’s print resolution of 360 dpi produces crisp panorama images spreading across double pages up to 84 cm wide.

Mac OS and Linux, too

Compatible with Windows XP, Linux and Mac operating system 10.5 Leopard and above, version 4.5 of the FotoInsight Designer software is now available to download from the FotoInsight website. The software upgrade sees greater functionality for editing, sorting and arranging photos, as well as for creating personalised photo gifts that preserve photographic memories.

In Time for the Easter holidays

The Easter holiday photographs are a great opportunity to try the new FotoInsight Designer features, printing photographic memories. Therefore FotoInsight offers 10% off all photo canvas print (voucher CNV1) and a square photo book (21 x 21 cm) for £10 (saving £4.99; voucher code PBSS1C, expires 30 April 2009).

For journalists:

For questions or if you would like to test the FotoInsight photobook software “Designer” as a journalist please contact us at tel. +44 (0)8700 114911 or email pr (at) fotoinsight.co.uk. FotoInsight also offer vouchers and software for reader offers. FotoInsight Photo Book Service: http://www.photo-book-software.co.uk/

Information about FotoInsight

FotoInsight Ltd was founded in 2003 in Cambridge and runs an easy to use digital photo processing service, offering an extensive array of award-winning photographic print and photo gifts as well as the photo books, photo poster, photographic calendars and photos on canvas printing. Customers benefit from patented development processes and the experience of Europe’s largest independent photo lab with an installed capacity of 18 million prints per day. Photos ordered through FotoInsight are developed in one of 19 strategically located, state of the art photo labs, employing 3000 staff, with an output of over 3 billion prints per year.

Information about locr

locr is a revolutionary geotagging photo community. According to the slogan “Geotag, Print & Share - Show your World in Photos”- locr offers users the possibility of visualizing photos with the aid of street maps, satellite images and location information. locr has specialized in travel-, geophotography and geophoto-software solutions for digital cameras and mobile phones. With a GPS-Mobile Phone, a digital camera with integrated GPS or a GPS-accessory device photos can be geotagged and uploaded to locr. Within the community people from all over the world share, rate and comment the most beautiful photos. With the “locr Geophoto Book” the first travel photo book that includes auto-created street maps, locr will extend its product range with print products in spring 2009. locr was founded in September 2006 in Brunswick, Germany.

Contact Name: Catalina Martinez
Role: Head of Communication
Company: FotoInsight Ltd.
Contact Email: click to reveal e-mail
Contact Phone: 08700 114911
Contact Fax: 08715 601675
Company Website: http://fotoinsight.co.uk/
More details: http://fotoinsight.blogspot.com/

travel/tourism

O Locr é uma forma de organizar fotografias utilizando para o efeito informação geográfica.
Algumas das funcionalidades são as descrições automáticas produzidas para cada fotografia a partir de informação geográfica e a partilha de fotos.

O Locr baseia por isso o seu funcionamento em fotografias com geotags. A geotag fornece a informação relativa à posição global em que a foto foi tirada e pode ser definida manualmente ou automaticamente via GPS. O geotaging manual pode ser efectuado online no website do Locr ou offline através do Locr PC Client que poderá descarregar após se ter registado no site.

Para começar a utilizar o Locr clique aqui.

Pois é… O Obama chegou lá. E sem o sistema de cotas.

tungado descaradamente de um blog por aí.

Depois de eu ter visto o BitchMaps interagindo com o Google Maps em prol da indicação melhor de uma informação, saiu recentemente o MapaRadar.

MapaRadar, interatividade para descobrir radares de trânsito

A aplicação simplesmente lista todos os radares de trânsito disponíveis na cidade, no meu caso Curitiba. Muito útil para você escapar daquelas multinhas chatas devido ao peso de seu pé em relação ao acelarador (vulgo pé-de-chumbo).

Achei uma excelente maneira de se catalogar uma informação do cotidiano e além por mais fazendo um Mashup da API do Google Maps, amo este tipo de coisa.