USB Tools

I carry a number of tools on a USB stick to make sure that, whatever computer I am using, I have some common tools with me. All of the tools I have on the drive are free. Here's a look at a couple of them.

PortableApps is a system which allows me to have common menu and easy upgrade and access to the tools I use, there are a number of these available. I suspect that most are good. I just happened on this one first, liked the way it works and continue to use it.

TiddyWiki is a single page JavaScript-driven personal web page that I use in connection with a USB drive to be more personally productive. I put links to things there and carry it on my USB drive to make sure it goes everywhere with me. The tool allows me to quickly add a link to a category, write a brief note, whatever, and have it at my finger tips for future reference. I am constantly changing the links on the page to match what I'm doing at the time.

Notepad++ is a portable text editor. I'm sort of a text editor freak and am always looking for a good text editor. This one provides all the editing capability I need in a portable package.

EssentialPIM Pro is an e-mail, calendar, task, note organizer application. I bought a version of this as it forms the base of a lot that I do. There is  freeware version which could be very adequate for most use.

More on the other tools I use later . . .