Today I needed to make a flowchart but had a computer with no Microsoft Visio on it, well what to do then? A quick search on Google landed me these two sites.

First one is Project Draw, a nice utility free but not so easy to use…

Next one is Gliffy, this one has a free trial for 30 days (just put an email and that’s it), it features an easier interface.

Try them both and see for yourself if these web based tools work for you.

I have to admit that i have moved myself from a blogging world to one in Twitter. I post in both English and Spanish and I have incredibly met a ton of friends that have become a part of my life (thanks to Tweet-ups). Therefore I thought that a little talk about moving blogs and content to these mobile platforms is crucial. From installing WPtouch in wordpress to make the site less loaded for mobile browsers to including tweetbacks and ways of spreading your readers comments to other sites.

Also as designers there has to be a stop to using heavy content on sites, Flash is ok in certain places but a whole site made on flash is sort of unproductive. Do you really want to cut all those users without flash from your site, besides with the many beautiful things that you can do with CSS why bother?

That is just a quick thought of mine… I’ll try not to fade away with all my work.

I’m currently in love with MySQL’s Graphical DB designer MySQL Workbench, it makes the design process a lot aesier and it also produces models and diagrams. After all the design is done (including Foreign Keys and Views) you can just copy and paste into MySQL Query Browser and create the whole DB in just seconds.

If you can’t tell it spells Inbox in reverse. Now that where all the similarities to what you are accustomed as an inbox end. It makes finding attachments really easy and you’ll waste a lot of time with all the stats it gives. For all you MS Outlook users, Check it out.

New Car Concept – Genius

BMW GINA Light Visionary Model: Premiere – The only thing I have to say is that whoever thought of this should be a millionaire. Can you imagine cars with Louis Vutton skins? The opportunities are endless.

I know it’s been a while since i posted but I haven’t had the time for almost anything. But here a new site that’s great for video blogs or anything. It captures the video from the page (by just giving Flash access to your Mic and Camera). Check it out if you can its great for making videos on the fly. Seesmic

Well in summary a drop box is a gift sent from heaven (meaning the Internet). I’m talking about Drop.io a new website that serves many purposes. It is a file repository, you can upload files (documents, photos, anything) via email, web, even fax. The most awesome feature is that you can actually send a document as a fax to a phone number from the drop box. You can receive faxes also and managing it is a breeze. You can set a user password (besides the admin’s one) for privacy and user can add, edit, delete content (you choose what they can do). I personally use it for keeping my resume at hand and being able to fax it anywhere is a PLUS. Try it out and you’ll see what i mean.

I have recently stumbled upon a little website with a big heart. Its the greatest thing since dictating to a secretary; it is called Jott and incredibly it is free. I had looked for something like this before but was never satisfied. Now what it is you say… It is basically a phone number you call (after activating and registering), say to whom or what and just write…I mean talk. Yes dictate your note, reminder, to-do list or tell the guys at work that the meeting has been changed. The magical thing is that if you created a group with their emails and/or cellphone numbers the message will be transcribed and emailed to them. It is almost infinite the number of things you can use this for and amazingly it does it’s job very well. Trust me try it out you’ll love it.

Ages ago people usually bought applications like MS Money to manage their accounts but since MS Money 2007 I pretty much lost interest on these types of applications. “But wait!”… Now there are many online options to choose from. “OMG are you kidding me?, Financial information on the Web?” Yes I know most people do not trust the web for this sort of task but there is a new option. Wesabe, this website helps you manage your $$$ easily and trust me i wouldn’t use it if it wasn’t secure.

DARPA Develops Brain Chemical to Replace Sleep – Amazing is just the beginning, It was discovered that the deficiency of “Orexin A” (yes i know it sounds like some Sci-Fi character) causes narcolepsy in some people. Then the next step was to introduce this chemical into people to see what happened and voila, Sleep Gone! Yes as easy as that this nasal spray takes away the symptoms of sleep and it produces no effect on already awake people (because it is not an stimulant as caffeine). The future apparently will be like your light switch… one pill to go to sleep and another to wake up.