Quite Useful Features

We’ve published several features since the start of Quite Useful, so I’ve added a sidebar on the blog to make it easier to find them.  Here’s a guide in case you’ve missed any.

Backups

The backup series started off with tips on how to backup your social network content.  We also featured guides on iPhone backups, online backups (with a mini Automator tutorial), time machine, and videogame systems.

Media Centre Hacking

I’ve hacked most of my games consoles into doing a lot more than just playing games.  That inspired me to write up my (legal) tips for getting the most out of your games consoles for media playback.  We’ve featured Wii and PS3 tips, and are waiting for a 360 followup (I don’t own one).

We also published a guide to playing back video podcasts on your TV.

Firefox Sync

Firefox add-ons make syncing fairly easy, and in some cases without relying on a third-party service: sync bookmarks and passwords with our guides.

Screen Scraping

This was our most recent feature: Part 1, Part 2.

Future Tutorials and Guides

Alex, Quite Useful’s main contributor and editor, is a full-time Ruby, Mac, and iPhone developer.  If you’d like to see tutorials in these areas please let us know, especially as another main contributor Ric is also a Ruby developer.

And send us your web, Mac, iPhone, and Windows apps to review!