Freeware February: Quicksilver

Barb: Hey Scott, I'll do Quicksilver tomorrow for Freeware February.

Scott: I was gonna do Quicksilver, too!

Barb: Put up your dukes and we'll fight it out!

Scott: I don't hit ladies.

Barb: Who are you calling a lady, PUNK?! [ zap! pow! bam! ]

Enough with the backstory on this entry. If ever there were a "run, don't walk" piece of freeware in this godforsaken world, Blacktree's Quicksilver is it. Billed as an "evolving framework for accessing and manipulating many forms of personal data," Quicksilver is truly tantamount to a paradigm shift in your everyday productivity. More than an application launcher, more than a universal search tool, this app is just...
sweet. And deep. And still largely untapped and waiting to be uncovered.

I'm going to leave this entry relatively short because who wants to spend time listening to me drone on when they can go download Quicksilver and start playing? And it does feel like playing when I use this app – it's refreshing to find a piece of software that makes the frustrating tedium of data management actually fun. Also, be sure to check out the goldmine of tips, tricks and hints on Quicksilver over on
43folders.