Desktop Sharing

A VNC Alternative

CrossLoop simplifies the process of securely working with friends located in different physical locations and across different network environments. CrossLoop enables you to see the screen and control the mouse and keyboard on a remote computer. It is as if you are working side by side at the same PC.

You can get up and running with CrossLoop in under 2 minutes. Simply download and install the application and it will automatically configure itself to your network environment.

A Very Interesting SQL Tutorial

A great way to learn a little sql database stuff - GalaXQL - Cool interactive sql tutorial toy.

Project Management Tool

Redmine is a flexible project management web application written using Ruby on Rails framework.

Word Clouds

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

Text Patterns Extraction

LineByter is a utility designed to find and extract patterns from text files. It’s free for personal use.

It includes some unique features like duplicate removal and the ability to specify multiple match and reject patterns, that make it ideal for doing things like extracting emails or urls from text files.

Some great free icons

http://www.yeeeeee.com/2008/08/13/the-worlds-most-beautiful-icons/

Design Stencil Kits from Yahoo

Yahoo has very useful design stencil kits for Visio and in PDF and PNG format to create mockups and wireframes of all kinds.

Freely available here: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/wireframes/

The components they have include:

• Ad Units
• Calendars
• Carousels
• Charts and Tables
• UI Controls
• Form Elements

• Grids
• Menus and Buttons
• Mobile - General
• Mobile - iPhone
• Navigation and Pagination
• OS Elements

• Placeholder Text
• Screen Resolutions
• Tabs
• Windows and Containers