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Try Some New Tools This Month

  • January 28, 2012 at 9:02 am

    #1439685

    Thanks. free tools are really useful.

  • January 29, 2012 at 7:30 am

    #1439734

    Freemind, but have transitioned to x-mind.

    RegEx Coach

    Most of Red-Gate's stuff

    Innovasys DocumentX.

    Notepad+

    I used to enjoy acquiring tools and get excited over the new features but then I found that I was spending more time on an endless cycle of learning new tools rather than actually using them productively. I was fooling myself that I was doing productive work when in reality I was playing with something.

    At most the new tool would give a single digit boost in productivity but chances are what you gain on the swings you lose on the round-a-bouts.

    I find now that I ask if the tool is actually addressing a major pain point rather than an itch or a tingle.

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  • January 30, 2012 at 2:12 am

    #1439868

    Favourite software:

    Notepad ++ both home and work

    Mailwasher (Free) at home

    WordPress and TOAD for MySQL at home

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