Tag: SCHEDULER

Z-Cron is a free task scheduling utility for WIndows. But wait, doesn't Windows aready include a task scheduler? Yes, but it's not exactly what we'd call user friendly. And while Z-Cron might look a little intimidating at first glance, it includes a nice long list of activities that you can schedule with just a few clicks. Here are just a few of the tasks included: Alarm CLock ...

While Windows has the ability to automatically schedule the execution of processes, it is quite limited with respect to handling more interesting process triggering criteria. For example, if you're looking for a way to run a specific process (defragmenting your hard drive, for example) before shutting down, Xecutor is the ticket. It can automatically intercept the Windows shutdown command, and ...

Sometimes scheduling meetings and get-togethers sucks. The difficulty of finding a date and time that works best for everyone increases exponentially with the number of people involved. Doodle aims to simplify things. It's a simple web-based polling app that lets you list possible dates and times for an event and then survey all of the interested parties. When you create a poll, you're given a ...

Skobee is an interesting web service that's supposed to make it easier to get people together. Having this very week utterly failed to organize a gathering when an old friend came to town, this appeals to me immensely. The main concept is "start general and get specific as needed": you add a bunch of people to an invite list with a vague plan ("dinner soon") and as people get ...