US changed time 2 weeks early so it's hard to tell what time it will be in other time zones. I wrote a little web app called Time Shifter Clock to help. Try it!
podfeet.com/webapps/time...
Hope all is well with you!
🚀 Open Access Helper 2025.3 is here 🚀
Bug fixes include: if no institution selected / extension not configured:
🔹 Open Access Button will show, if no OA version found
🔹 OpenCitations shows Timed Cited
🔹 core.ac.uk alternatives work again
#OpenAccess #BrowserExtensions #BrowserAddOn
Image with a headline of "A New Year's Resolution for your library" directing readers to www.oahelper.org. In the center of the image there are four words "Free" (top left), Library Access (top right), "Open Access" (middle), "User Focus" (bottom right)
New Year’s resolution for your library? 🎉 Open Access Helper makes it easy for users to access Open Access & subscription content—right in their browser! Works with your link resolver and remote access solution. Simplify access to knowledge in 2025. Learn more: www.oahelper.org 📚🌐
Our dear friends at Apple have been amazing today. Had to submit two minor bug fix releases today and they both got reviewed within hours. Happy Holidays everyone.
Open Access Helper Version 2025.1 was released today. Kind of an early new year’s present. Get it from your browser’s addon store, e.g. https://otz.li/2/chrome or for your iPhone / iPad https://otz.li/2/oahelper Happy Christmas! חֲנוּכָּה שַׂמֵחַ Chanukah sameach!
Ever wonder what browsers are popular with Open Access Helper? Chrome 57%, Edge 20%, Safari 14% and Firefox 9%.
Work on “Open Access Helper” is progressing well. Looking forward to releasing this update just before the new year. I might be cheeky and update the version number to 2025.1 :)
Busy weekend. My app “Spesensatz” is ready for 2025 and will release just after midnight on 1 January.
Open Access Helper is a really cool tool that helps you find free research papers. Sometimes you find an interesting paper, but it's behind a paywall. Open Access Helper checks to see if there's a free version of that paper available and then gives you a link to it.
I might have found the single most important toggle switch in iOS. When traveling with limited data, make sure to turn off cellular data in Photos app. What difference does it make? 4GB in 3 days vs 1GB in 3 days…
I am very excited for a little vacation I might finish a rewrite of my iOS app to Swift Data :)