About Ari Heljakka

Ari Heljakka (M.Sc., BA) is the Chief Strategy Officer and a co-founder of Dream Broker online video company and the creator of ScreenMail cloud app. He has produced software since 1996. His other interests include radical human self-development and productivity, human enhancement technologies and AI. You can follow him on Twitter @Ariheljakka.

How To Enable Java Applets in Mac OS X after Apple’s New Java Policy

On Oct 16th, Apple has transferred the responsibility of OS X Java support to Oracle. This means that Java plugin must be re-installed from Oracle’s website.

This basically forces the users on Mac OS X to install Java plugin manually. Our screen recorder requires Java to work, so we describe here the steps required to make sure that you have a functional Java version. Continue reading

Working on A Comprehensive ScreenMail Upgrade in November

Greetings from the R&D!

We have been silent for a while, but only because we’ve been busy developing the next version of ScreenMail.

Based on the feedback we have received, we found that there was an opportunity to do a major upgrade which will bring the usability and value of ScreenMail to a new level. We intend to improve especially the user experience and workflow, and we are not afraid to change a lot of aspects of the software to accomplish this.

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How a Strong Inbox Keeps You Focused

David Allen’s Getting Things Done philosophy has changed the lives of many professionals, including myself. One of its central points is the concept of an Inbox.

Your inbox, a seemingly mundane holder of things, is in fact your shield against distractions, interruptions and context switching. Though the types of inboxes range from regular mailboxes to RSS feeds, the most important one for many of us is the email inbox. Continue reading