It’s been a while since I wrote about a self-hosted RSS reader. Why? Mainly because it’s fallen out of use even with many of the more seasoned consumers out there. The reasons are manifold, not least because nowadays many publishers have opted to not push full articles but rather teasing them, forcing you to click…
A few years ago I wrote about StatusNET, a self-hosted Twitter clone. Since then, a few things have changed. Twitter will probably be sold to whoever finally decides to risk it and StatusNET is now GNU Social. That makes it a time as good as any to have another look at what’s changed and whether…
Evernote is probably the most popular note-taking tool. For good reason: it’s been around for ages, works on almost all platforms (Linux being the one glaring exception) and it’s probably the most fully featured service you can find in that niche. But, and that’s why you’re here, it’s hosted software. There are quite a few…
Sometimes the number of interesting texts to read can be overwhelming. To counter this problem, a whole little niche cropped up a few years back, the “read it later” niche. Most famous products to emerge from that niche are services like Instapaper, the eponimously named Read it later, which was later renamed to Pocket. For everyone who doesn’t want…
Lychee is yet another contender in the niche of self-hosted photo management and sharing applications. Thanks to Victor, who alerted me to its existence, here’s a short review of what it does, how it works and whether it’s worth it to install (spoiler-alert: it is). In a Nutshell Lychee is a photo hosting and sharing application,…
While basic in its current version, this sleak and easily deployable application could someday be a great alternative for Evernote aficionados In a Nutshell Evernote, with its millions of customers, is probably the most popular among the web-based note-taking tools. It boasts integration with a myriad of services and has become indispensable for a lot…
Today’s update is brought to you by an anonymous tipster who sent in a few new tools to put into my repository. Thank you, elusive friend! In a Nutshell Shaarli is a social bookmarking service, allowing you to host and share your bookmarks with your friends. It’s easy to set up and basically feature complete.…
Hot on the heels of my review of Selfoss, the basic but pretty RSS reader, comes my review of Tiny Tiny RSS, yet another self-hosted alternative to soon to be dead Google Reader. In a nutshell tinyRSS is a free, easily installed feedreader. It’s strengths aren’t its looks but it’s extensible design and power-user features.…
Google yesterday announced that their feedreader Google Reader is going to be sunset in July (sunset being the euphemism for shutting down – I don’t know what PR department dreamt that up). Recent developments like their focus on their social network Google+ and the subsequent removal of popular Reader features somehow pointed in the direction of an…
In a nutshell Ownstagram works much like infamous Instagram, allowing you to quickly shoot a picture, upload it and share it with your friends. It’s still a little rough around the edges but looks very promising. Installation: [rating=4] Price: [rating=5] What it does A couple of weeks back, Instagram, preferred quick and dirty image sharing…
