Software gone social: Wakoopa

Posted by Roy Tomeij | Filed under Software

This may look like a shameless plug for some fellow entrepreneurs (Robert & Wouter) who I know personally and respect for what they have done, but in fact it’s a review of a very useful service: Wakoopa.

By installing the Wakoopa tracker (for Windows and OSX, Linux on the way), Wakoopa keeps track of your software and web application usage (if you don’t trust them, you can turn off the web app tracking). Based on your usage (which does produce nice graphs) and what your peers use, Wakoopa makes recommendations on what new software to try.

Thanks to Wakoopa, I discovered Sequel Pro, PwnageTool, Twitterrific and more. I use Firefox the most (figures, specially with all the web apps I use for leisure and business) and spend too much of my time answering e-mails. I should get more programming done, but with TextMate usage around 10-15% it’s not going to happen (should cut back on Bloglines, or so it seems).

I would say, give Wakoopa a try, even if just to find out what you’re wasting your valuable time on.

Roy on Wakoopa

PS: I don’t use Second Life, that’s my girlfriend using my computer.

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Permalink | January 26th, 2009

2 Responses to “Software gone social: Wakoopa”

  1. Justin Halsall Says:
    January 26th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    You should dump Firefox for Webkit, its much faster and the new and improved Inspector whoops firebugs ass ;)

  2. Roy Tomeij Says:
    January 26th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    And where do I get Greasemonkey for Safari? ;)

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