www.google.com/appsstatus shows the status of popular Google apps, and service information. Gmail has been having a lot of issues as of late, and this page really helps to inform users of the extent of the issue and other details relating to the service disruptions.

TeamViewer teamviewer.com is a free VNC program ( control a remote machine from your machine), that is very easy to set-up and use.
Highlights are:

• Free for public use
• Cross-platform friendly (OSX and Windows, no Linux though)
• Breaks through firewalls
• Uses an uber-strong backbone connection, so less lag than a VNC that uses public networks

Specials shout to JMSTP for introducing me to it.

After a lot of back and forth, with new coding apps I’ve started and stuck with Coda. It’s not perfect by any means, but it is solid, easy to use, simple and the people at Panic are helpful.

I guess I’m just not an Emacs with GIT kinda guy… ;)

Cyberduck is a great free FTP / SFTP application for OSX.

Download it here.

Have trouble remembering all your passwords correctly?

Try using Keychain Access (located in your Applications/Utilities folder). It’s already installed on your machine and is easy enough for everyday use. It’s extremely secure and free.