Data

Tablefy Makes Comparison Charts Easy [Charts]

Want to create a chart or graph comparing two or more options, but not so keen on digging that far into Excel or another standard spreadsheet? Tablefy offers a pretty slick interface for creating...

Source: Lifehacker

Thumbscrew Makes Your USB Drive Read-Only [Featured Windows Download]

Windows only: Let's say you've put together a killer USB PC repair kit filled to the brim with antivirus, file recovery, and adware removal tools, but shortly after you plug your thumb drive into the...

Source: Lifehacker

FeedFlix Creates Detailed Charts from Your Netflix Use [NetFlix]

See how many people are renting what you're renting, track the actual cost of your rentals, and satisfy your data-nerd tendencies with FeedFlix, a free Netflix-tracking service that puts Google...

Source: Lifehacker

LastGraph Visualizes Your Last.fm Habits [Last.fm]

Need empirical proof that you're listening to the same old artists over and over on music discovery site Last.fm? LastGraph, a slick little API app coded by Andrew Godwin, takes your Last.fm username...

Source: Lifehacker

Make Your Google Spreadsheets Editable By Anyone [Google Docs And Spreadsheets]

Google Documents rolls out two features that make collaboration easy, even amongst friends and co-workers that don't have Google accounts. Spreadsheets now have an "Anyone can edit this document...

Source: Lifehacker

Google's Friend Connect vs. Your Privacy

Google is announcing Friend Connect tonight, a service advertised to "help website owners grow traffic by enabling any site on the web to easily provide social features for its visitors." Friend Connect employs OpenID and oAuth which is a good start, but how it puts them together is lacking vision and, disturbingly, may raise significant privacy concerns.

read more

Get Started with Pivot Tables in Excel 2007 [Tutorial]

As you might have seen in our comments, our readers love them some Pivot Tables, an aggregation tool that can show your spreadsheet data any way you tell it to. If you've felt left off of the...

Source: Lifehacker

See Your Food's Contents at Foodsel [Food]

Getting nutrition information from labels and fact sheets is a good start to any diet plan, but getting a handle on those abstract numbers isn't always easy. Foodsel, a free food analysis web site,...

Source: Lifehacker

Some Facts and Data About Women and Technology

I just found the following interesting facts compiled by Women Who Tech, which incidentally is hosting a Tele-Summit on Women in Technology on March 31st, 2008.

Top 5 Cities Where Women Work in IT

  • Washington, DC Metro area - women account for 32.3% of the IT workforce.
  • Detroit - women account for 31.5% of the IT workforce.
  • Baltimore - women account for 28.6% of the IT workforce.
  • Philadelphia - women account for 28.2% of the IT workforce.
  • Atlanta - women account for 28.2% of the IT workforce.

    read more