Webapps and Websites

Free Stuff at Bible Geek

In the spirit of the season, Shaun Tabalt at Bible Geek is giving away a gift a day until Christmas (5 days left!). Each day has a different challenge, and a different winner, and a different gift. Check it out.

Getting Things Done with Remember the Milk

Though the interface is not perfect, online web application Remember the Milk works well for those practicing any kind of “Getting Things Done” methodology. Here is an excellent guide for that.
To integrate RTM with Gmail, Thunderbird, or other services, check out this post.
For those willing to get their elbows a little dirty, you can also [...]

Get Maps of Biblical Places

Ever wanted to see what Jerusalem looked like in Biblical times? Biblical Studies and Technology Tools tells you how in this post.
You can find another site with high quality maps at BibleMap.org. This site will map out places based upon selections of Scripture, which is very handy indeed. The functionality for this and the aforementioned [...]

Sync Google Calendar with Desktop Applications

Google Calendar now syncs with Apple’s iCal, Mozilla’s Sunbird, or Thunderbird (with the Lightning extension) without any additional plugins or even all that much work. Follow these instructions.
Google Calendar with one of these applications provides the perfect online/offline solution to scheduling. Individuals and organizations alike can benifit from this.

Some Reviews of Bible Software

Fostertribe has finished compiling his list of Bible Software reviews. This is a very handy guide to (largely introductory) Bible software. Bibleworks doesn’t make the list, nor do a couple of online tools, but the guide is very helpfully organized. Anyone interested in an introductory desktop program for reading and searching the Bible should check [...]

WebNotes Lets You Annotate the Web

The web is now a primary arena for serious research. With Google Scholar, the Internet Archive, academic blogs where writers self-publish their complete works (such as this one), it is now possible to do a whole host of respectable research on the internet.
But how do you take notes on a web page? Should you print [...]

More Ubiquity Commands

For those who found this post interesting, there are a whole host of additional Ubiquity commands available to you. If you have already set up Ubiquity (follow this link if you haven’t), then you may be interested in Mozilla’s (incomplete) repository of commands that other people have been creating for this exciting new interface. Be [...]

Best Webapps of 2008

Webware’s Webapp year in review includes a list of 10 apps that have recently begun to move into the mainstream:

It’s a well-known fact that our readers are on the cutting – if not bleeding – edge of technology. But sometimes, it’s important to take a step back and realize that the apps to which [...]

Gmail Adds To-do Lists

Gmail finally has a built in to-do list, a much needed and requested feature. It’s pretty bare-bones, but its there, which is certainly an improvement. You have to enable it through Gmail Labs. From Webware:
Since e-mail is where and how many of us get things done, both in our personal and professional life, why not [...]

Is Memorization Useful?

I found this post interesting. It argues that in an age of Wikipedia and Google memorization is unimportant.
According to Tapscott, the existence of Google, Wikipedia, and other online libraries means that rote memorization is no longer a necessary part of education. “Teachers are no longer the fountain of knowledge; the internet is,” Tapscott told the [...]