Comments on: Top Twenty Tools for 2008

By: V!

V! — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:02:03 +0000

Great list, I will be checking up on those in due time.
2008 was a year of travel, work and fatherhood for me. Unlike most of you, I evaporated from social networking and condensed offline, so, I do not blog, twit(ter), facebook or myspace anymore. The only social network I keep up with every now and then is http://hi5.com

Here’s my mini list:

Hardware:
G1 Phone (*New* Everything is now on my fingertips)
Microsoft Zune (for podcasting)
Digital and video cameras (I take/took lots of pics and vids)
Regular Windows Vista desktop and laptop (My son fried my tablet PC, it was my fault)

New revelations:
- Joomla (CMS – Open Source)
- Android OS for mobile phones (By Google)

If you like free stuff (software) like me, you may want to check this out (it’s a little old though): http://tech.msn.com/products/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=6729042&page=14

By: billz

billz — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:17:35 +0000

@BamendaBabe I’ve had it for years, just packed it and brought it to Cameroon in 2006. There’s a good dark roasted Cameroonian blend I buy here for making drip coffee (forget the brand), only trouble is the grind isn’t fine enough for the Moka Pot. Until I find a grinder, I’m depending on family & friends to keep the supply flowing.

By: Classifieds Africa

Classifieds Africa — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:22:33 +0000

@bill
for Kerawa, I started with phpeclipse.
Ended up with notepad ++.

By: BamendaBabe

BamendaBabe — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:34:48 +0000

Just curious but… Where’d u get your moka pot? In Cameroon? And what’s Cameroon’s dark roast? Is your coffee grown/roasted in Cameroon? I’ve been wondering about the coffee industry in Cam.

My 2008 Stuff (all featured at LLBean.com):
-Touring travel bag (used for school)
-Passport organizer (used as purse/wallet)
-Personal organizer (used for toiletries)
Actually, these items have served me well since 2004 and, uh, they’ve been to Africa and back. So they pass the test of time and distance!

By: billz

billz — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:05:39 +0000

@solomonsydelle, agreed re: Audacity. It's part of my portable apps suite; just missed the list since it's something of a niche tool in my case. If you like small mp3 players you might try out xmplay, a great free Win32 player that's been around since 1998. It packs a lot of features into a tiny 300kb package and has lots of community support.

By: solomonsydelle

solomonsydelle — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:32:48 +0000

Oddly enough I learned about Maneno today and i looks good.

I used a little app called Free MP3 player and Audacity quite often in ‘08.

By: billz

billz — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:16:07 +0000

@BamendaBabe, the Moka Pot is one of the greatest inventions ever, IMHO. Re: Hans, he was a no-show in Cameroon for the holidays, but that was expected. He’s back at work in NYC. As for the fruit trees in the yard, we should be eating fresh papaya & probably mangoes soon. The banana tree is growing fast, too.

@Churchill, great list!

By: mambe nanje churchill

mambe nanje churchill — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:49:45 +0000

my list

software:
– phpdev {php, apache mysql installer)
– codeigniter
– open office
– adobe fireworks, photoshop, flash dreamweaver
– blogspot
– twitter
– facebook
– gmail
end software:

electonic gadgets:
– dell lattitude c640
end electronic gadgets:

By: BamendaBabe

BamendaBabe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:46:43 +0000

One day, at the thrift store, I saw your kind of coffee pot. It mystified me; I thought it was some kind of alien-invented teapot. It is January and I’ve been wondering, how are your papaya and other trees doing? And did Hans return for Xmas?

By: billz

billz — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:55:22 +0000

@Edwin, looking forward to seeing what you’ve got in store for feedly in 2009.

@Miquel, glad to hear it. One of the things I like best about Maneno is the lightning-fast page loads. Creates the illusion that I’ve got *real* broadband here.

@Kerawa, nice list. did you use Notepad++ to build Kerawa.com?