What it means to be "portable"

In the age of smart cellphones, pda's, notebooks and laptops, technology provides us a new solution for mobility for work: Portable Applications. As defined in wikipedia, "a portable application, or portable app for short, is a software program that does not require any kind of formal installation onto a computer's permanent storage device to be executed, and can be stored on a removable storage device..."*
Install these apps in a USB stick and you're good to go! Think about having your own software utilities in the stick in your hand!! Your USB flash disk (or any portable flash or hard disk memory) can carry more than just your files, it can carry your software to run your files too!!
To date a lot of developments have already been made in this frontier. There are a lot of FREE portable apps available in cyberspace. These software range from the simple utilities, like getting information about IP addresses, to complex utilities for office document processing, for multimedia rendering and etc.

Some of the more popular portable app utilities downloaded nowadays are:

• Anti-Virus applications like ClamWin and Avast
• Password managers - KeePass Password safe and RoboForm2Go
  
• Multimedia tools like GIMP and Audacity
• Browsers like FirefoxPortable and Green Browser
  

Some of the portable app utilities that i think are cool (and not in the list above):

• Web development tools - KampoZer
  
• Bit torrent Client - uTorrent
  
• Media Players - VLC portable
  
• Personal Finance - Money Manger Ex
  

Currently i'm using the following portable apps:

• ClamWin anti virus - you never know if the computer you're going to use has a virus, so i come well prepared. Also acts as utility i can use to check my friend's computer systems.
  
• GIMP - picture editor
• FirefoxPortable - so i wont lose my bookmarks!!
• ProxyGet - useful tool to get the proxy settings of the computer your using so you can configure your FirefoxPortable
  

Check out the links below to get your own portable apps!!

Portable apps are not exactly for the mobile warrior (since you need a computer with a USB port) but it is a great solution for working mobility :)

As the list of portable applications grows longer, the possibilities for working mobility are bordering the InXane!!!

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_application


www.theinfobox.com
www.portableapps.com
www.featheroffice.com
pendriveapps.com

What it means to have a "dream"

... a Dream that comes
TRUE
is NOT a Dream ...

What it means to receive "shit"

... not everyone who gives you
shit is your enemy

&

not everyone who gets you out of
shit is your friend ...

What it means to transfer office

i didnt know there was a lot of things involved in transferring office..
you have to:

1. turnover hardcopies of your files - almost done

2. turnover softcopies of your files - partially done

3. bring home some personal effects - partially done

4. return personal effects of friends that are lying around my cubicle - wont do it hehehe

5. deal with last minute work! - almost done

6. deal with new work! - not yet started!! waaahhhh!!!

7. make sure new workstation is satisfactory - done, its smaller than my old cubicle

8. make sure that the new computer assigned to you has been configured to your preferences - DONE!!!

9. make sure all your browser bookmarks have been copied - i just placed them in my links page here in multiply!! sorry for the flooding of posts!! :)

10. make sure all your personal files (pictures, movies, and music) are transferred to your new computer - getting there.. i need more hard disk space or i will have to erase stuff ;'(

11. say goodbye to your old officemates - not yet done

12. say hello to your new officemates - i know some of them already..

*sigh* and the list goes on.. you want to add to it? i might be missing a few items hehe..

anyways, I moved to another dept since last april 2 and i still have alot of junk on my old desk (in my former dept!)

office transfer, its totally InXane!!!