Why I like Hall.com?

Easy to use

No download, install and many-steps signup. I created the first virtual space, they call Hall, even without registration.

It enables virtual realtime communication with chat and different applications like, 4 now.

These applications are realtime enable. For example, every change made in the notepad app will be synchronized to all members viewing this application in realtime, character by character.

More applications I would like to see:

• draw/digram, collaborative sketch draw. Sometimes it’s easier to explain ideas with a simple diagram.
• discussion,  foldable posts in Treeview which is a most used tool in team work. It would be better if I will able to enclose picture and files.

• It’s lightweight, crossplatform. It won’t slow down computer and stuck your work
• It’s open and social.  I met a vc, Tim Connors, and Sanjay Kotagiri, . ^^
• Search. Groove aimed to bring the right people to the right place at the right time. However information in the spaced are isolated and there were no global search.

What’s missing?

• what if I am not opening the browser or not on hall.com? I am missing realtime notifications.
• I use more time on iphone than my computer. Will the notifications available?
• Public Profile/private mesage and hall directory listing for both SEO and easy discovery.

update 1

I received a notification email when I am offline. nice ^^

Blackmagic Disk Speed Test is a professional software to benchmark/fire SSD disk. Originally this software was designed  for disk benchmarking for high quality uncompressed video capture.

In the lastest update, it will write compressed data to evaluate both performance and readability since some SSDs are using hidden compression writing data.

How to use this software? That’s really simple:

• download and double click to mount .dmg package
• run this app, you can drag it into Application Folder or just double click the APP
• Click the Start in the dashboad interface
• Now you can see the testing stats and compare it with the  manufacture specification

Download this utality from mac app store.

If you are looking for a reason to try IE9, Mricosoft is tring to give you this one. So what’s the prize there?

The offerings include 3 months for free on Slacker and AOL Radio, one free month on Grooveshark, Hulu, Vimeo and Pandora, a free movie from Flixter and some discounts on tickets from Fandango and Ticketmaster. Some of there offers will only be available later this month or at the beginning of December. To get them, click on the prize of your choosing and follow the instructions. These include pinning the icon to the taskbar and sharing on Facebook or Twitter. Should be easy enough.

Head over to  Where’s the love? to get the free stuff.

Will this urge consumers upgrading Win XP to Win7 system?

AntiRSI is a program for Mac OS X that helps prevent RSI (repetitive strain injury) and other computer related stress. It does so by forcing you to take regular breaks, yet without getting in the way.

It is a common for office workers or gamers to keep eyes on screen. This program alerts you to have a 13 second pause every four minutes. It restarts the break if mouse move or keystroke is detected.  Likewise a 8 minutes after 50 minutes. Of course it’s possible to adjust the interval time.

It’s particularly useful to those who have eye dry/pain problems. Do you have similar issue? Sitting in front of the computer or in a long-term heating environment, people tend to feel astringent eye, blurred vision, these are the symptoms of dry eyes.

Download this product and contribute some if it’s affordable. Simply a few dollar via paypal or  just an email

What makes this app standing out:

1. free
2. tiny, only 76k to download
3. works, solves the RSI issue

sonar power manager

Sonar Power Manager (SPM) is an interesting idle power management software for laptop users.  No addon device is required for your laptop to detect your absence and perform power management you set:

• laptop energy saving mode
• sleep
• turn off screen

Detectable distance is around 2.43m.  SPM is a great alternative to default Windows Power Manager(WPM) for movie/tv show lovers.  Moving the mouse time by time to prevent the screen saver is annoying and it’s always unsafe without a screen saver or lock on laptop with sensitive business or private data.

It’s also a great utility to protect sensitive data when you leave your screen unlocked. WPM takes a while to lock the screen even idle detection set as 1 minute. SPM is able to lock it immediately you are 2-3M away from your laptop. Turning on both WPM and SPM is the best screen autolock solution I found so far.

Features:

easy to use and FREE

tiny size:  736KB

more convenient power management

check more here:  Sonar Power Manager

vanity folder remover

Does your Windows take longer and longer time to startup?  Lots of empty folder is one possible reason. It’s very trivial to browse through all the folders and delete empty ones one by one.

Folder Vanity Remover, as tiny as 32KB , is one of the best empty folder remover I tried so far.  It ecursivly detect and delete empty folders.

Features:

• download and run, no installation required
• easy to use –select a folder and click the green arrow button, Done!

Requirement:

• Windows 2000 or later
• .net framework 3.5
• it might work on Linux/Mono(not tested yet)

Download now: Vanity Remover