The best things in life are free
March 28th, 2007 by Joost SchrierWe love stuff that’s free (who doesn’t). Lately we’ve been looking at all kinds of software to improve and quantify our efficiency. So, when people love free stuff and need software, where do they go? Yes, the website of websites when it comes to Open Source software: sourceforge.net.
One of the, for us, most useful pieces of software we found at SourceForge is a CRM system called SugarCRM (www.sugarforge.org). We’ve tried out some others, but this one seems to comply best with our wishes (web-based, PHP/MySQL, dedicated CRM, large capacity for contact details, customisable and not too cumbersome). We’ll be implementing it for everybody here soon so watch out competition ;)
Another good tip for free ’software’ is the website www.netvibes.com. This website falles in the catgeory “ultimate startpage”. After you have signed up for the service you can customise your personal startpage with all kinds of functionality and content. On my personal startpage I have my bookmarks, normal search and blog search, my “to do” list, a gmail checker and the RSS feeds from my favorite blogs. And when it becomes too crowded I can also create new tabbed pages with more specialised content. So now when I open my browser in the morning I have one handy page with most of what I want to know right in front of me and with a few simple clicks I can see even more.
If you have more handy software tips, put them in the comments with this article.
