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Asana is a great task manager for individuals and teams. I’ve used it on the job, to help me track new issues. The main feature I miss is the ability to save all your tasks to a local file. Asana’s built-in export truncates the output at 500 records. This limits your ability to work with the data in other applications, or switch to another service. Fortunately, you can export all your entries using the Asana API and a bit of Python.

If you’ve installed Skype for Linux but your audio isn’t working, the problem may be that PulseAudio isn’t configured correctly. This can be an issue when using multiple audio sources, e.g. plugging in an external USB device like a webcam or headset. An obvious symptiom is when you click the the Skype “Make a test sound” button and hear sound on your speakers, but not through the device. Correcting audio involves making a Skype test call Installation Now that Skype has stopped supporting the ALSA sound system, the best way to get sound working is to use the Pulse Audio volume control (pavucontrol).

I’ve been thinking of moving my family’s genealogy website from MyHeritage. The site has a large subscriber base, and lets you build a family tree collaboratively while sharing photos. Feeling Locked-In It’s the latter that’s become a sore point. After four years of fee increases, MyHeritage seems to be spending nothing on improving multimedia, beyond an iPhone app. The user interface for managing albums remains klunky. You can’t download a larger album all at once; you have to download its photos individually.

We’re used to accessing multimedia content on the net through our web browsers. The browser makes sense when you’re viewing video like YouTube. However, it can be overkill for listening to a music station. There are a couple of excellent Linux applications that you can run from a terminal window. They also consume fewer resources, making them perfect for lower end hardware. Plus, they can even filter out the periodic ads, giving you a commercial-free listening experience.