CSV (Comma Separated Values) files are used to store tabular data with each line of a csv file corresponding to one row of the table. The columns of each row are separated by commas which makes it an easy process to create a table out of csv files. The most common use of csv files is data export and import. Many applications provide an export to csv option which will store the selected data in a csv file which can then be imported into another application that supports csv import. Problems can arise if the generated csv file becomes very...
By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed)There are hundreds of Twitter applications on the market, many of which have been covered previously on this blog, including a number of clients, such as TweetDeck and Posty. With the Twitter ecosystem continuing to grow, as evidenced by last night's post on SocialToo, I wanted to touch upon a few that I use, and that I feel are unique and useful. This post highlights fifteen different Twitter tools that I believe would be excellent additions for your Twitter toolbox.1) TwufferTwuffer is a simple, useful utility that allows you to schedule pre-written messages for posting...
Highrise has been on a roll lately. The new Deals feature has been a huge success. Let's keep the good news coming. Today we're excited to roll out two of the most requested features in Highrise: CSV (Excel) import, and exporting of notes/emails from contacts, cases, and deals. CSV (Excel) import You've always been able to import contacts from vCards, Basecamp, Outlook, and ACT!, but we didn't provide an option to import data from a CSV file. Many people keep their contacts in Excel, so now you can export those contacts from Excel into a CSV file and import them...
Nobody likes having to think up new passwords, which often leads to people using the same ones over and over. Even if you do come up with some good passwords, how in the world do you keep track of them for all of the different sites you visit? Luckily, the Firefox development community has come up with numerous extensions to help you not only create new passwords, but also manage them across numerous sites and multiple computers. Tell us more about the password managers you use in the comments. And, as with any list of Firefox tools, please do not...
For years we've been hearing about the problem of information overload. The situation has become so bad that it's now costing businesses $650 billion per year in wasted productivity, according to a study from Basex released earlier this year. To date, we've seen only a handful of real solutions address this issue although none have been what we would call a "killer app." But now we've come across a new tool we want to try: Gist, a web app for organizing your inbox data. We have to admit this one looks intriguing. But will it do the job? Sponsor About...
Social sites like Facebook supposedly capture our social graph: the collection of people we connect with on the web. But they don’t really let us do anything with the information. Sites like LinkedIn might let us message people a bit more easily, but there are no on-board tools to segment our information. What if, for instance, I want to mail everyone I know who is a prospective speaker for my upcoming conference? Can’t do it. I just figured out how. BatchBook. I’ve been using BatchBook as a contact management system for a bunch of months. It’s web-based, so I can...
If you are the kind of data geek who loves to just accumulate numbers about things and then slice and dice them to see what appears, then Andy “Waxy” Baio is your kind of guy. An independent journalist and programmer whose blog at Waxy.org is a treasure trove of such things, Andy spent some time recently and analyzed the recent album from DJ mashup artist Girl Talk (which I wrote about here). Using data from Wikipedia — as well as some he got by using Amazon’s “crowd-sourcing” engine, Mechanical Turk — he came up with a spreadsheet listing all the...
There are hundreds of Twitter-related services available online (few reviewed here), but this is one of the best I have found. I’m sure none of you would like to lose your Twitter buddies and tweets that you’ve made. Tweetake lets you backup your Twitter profile (your tweets, friends, followers and favourites) into a CSV file and keep it safe in your PC. Since Twitter still has frequent downtimes, you might lose data anytime. Just like other Twitter-related tools and services, this one is also very simple and easy to use. Just enter your Twitter username and password, and select what...
Filed under: Utilities, Web services, web 2.0 If you're a heavy Twitter user, you've no doubt accumulated a huge collection of tiny text messages. Losing all that information would be a giant pain, but how do you save a copy for yourself? Have a look at Tweetake!The interface is dead simple: enter your Twitter username and password, select what you want to back up, and press Get 'em! to release the hounds.Within a few seconds Tweetake presents you with a CSV file containing all your valuable messages. Tweetake grabs the sender's name and screen name, their location and description, timestamp,...
Filed under: Software, iPhone, App StoreDo you spend more time in your car than you spend at home? If so, you're probably a road warrior driving around for your business. If that's the case, a good mileage log is exactly what you need. With gas prices still in the $4/gallon range, making sure you track your work or charitable miles accurately is very important.Trip Cubby (App Store link) is a mileage log on steroids. It has a well thought out interface giving you the flexibility to put in as much detail as you need about trips. When you launch the...
by Michelle Lentz Tweetake was launched a few days ago by Alfred Armstrong and Nikki Pilkington. The concept behind Tweetake is that you might want to back up your Twitter data. This includes your friends, followers, favorites, and even your Tweets. Enter your Twitter user name and password into fields and select what you want to back up. It quickly downloads everything and creates a CSV file. I did notice that my Tweets only went back to June 20 on this account and July 16 on my slightly more verbose personal account. I’m not sure what limits they have, or...
