PortableApps.com

John Haller, who created the Portable Apps Suite, that is the core of my own Portable Apps Collection, has created a new site called PortableApps.com. The site looks excellent and I highly recommend that you check it out. John has done great work on making apps more sutiable to use on USB flash drives and is continuing to convert more apps. It is because of his initial work on Portable Firefox that got me interested in loading apps on my own flash drive.

VBScript, gift guide and more...

This past week I posted several new articles in the Wiki. I also update the Portable Apps Collection with new versions of Firefox, Truecrypt, etc. In a related note, John Haller now has a great website up for his Portable Apps Suite. John is the brains behind the portable versions of Firefox, OpenOffice, GAIM, etc. His collection is what got me started thinking about what apps could be run from a flash drive and still makes up the core of my Portable Apps Collection.

I also posted three new articles in the wiki. One is strictly for humor, but the other two are more useful. The humorous article is titled Open Letter to Users and includes some "tips" for end users from a Systems Admin. Take a look at the list and if you want to add a tip, go ahead!

The useful articles are a VBScripting guide and a Holiday Shopping Guide. The VBScripting guide cover some basic VBS stuff and has examples of a logon script, invetory script and more. The shopping guide is unique because anyone can add to this list. If you know of a cool gadget that should be in the guide, just add it.

Coming soon...

This past week, I have been extremely busy doing some VBScripting at work. Since I was already working on the subject, I have been preparing some articles for TheInfoBox Wiki along the same lines. VBScripts are great for use as logon scripts and to do other administrative tasks in a Windows environment. In the next few days, I hope to finish up the articles I have been working on and post them to the wiki.

I am also trying to update the Portable Apps Collection and Essential Software Collection. The main reason for this round of updates is to include the latest version of Firefox. As you may have seen, Firefox 1.5 was released this past week. This is really the first big update to the browser since its initial release last year.

By the way... So far, there hasn't been a lot of interest in the Essential Software Collection. I think it is a great collection for all of the people getting new PCs this holiday season. I know many readers already have most of this software (or similar software), but it is great for handing out to relataives, friends, and coworkers that get new PCs. Last Christmas, I gave out over 20 copies of the CD and everyone loved it. I guess, part of the problem is that I still don't have an easy way to download it. I'm going to try and rectify that as well. Stay tuned...