November 2008

10 Awesome Online Tools (November 2008 Roundup)

Here is our end-of-the-month November Roundup of free web-based tools that we’ve been exploring.  Let us know what you think! – Alisha Myers & Sarah Barnes

SlideShare brings social networking to presentations.  You can upload, create and share presentations with anyone. I was going to write more on this, but thought – heck, I’ll just post [...]

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Gmail Launches Themes

Google presented Gmail users with a nice surprise yesterday with the introduction of Gmail Themes.  I am still on the fence personally about whether or not I *want* a different theme, but this enhancement to the Gmail service seems long overdue.

Spice up your inbox with colors and themes
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:21 PM
Posted by Annie [...]

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Free, Cross-Platform, Mind-Mapping Application

XMind is a great mind-mapping app that just went Open Source. It was a $299 purchase. The company loosed this version to the public as it concentrates on a more robust version (XMind Pro), plus a suite of pay services to enhance higher-level uses of the technology.
Wait a minute, you say!
What’s a mind-mapping app?
Glad you [...]

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What is Twitter?

Twitter is often referred to as “microblogging.”  Basically Twitter and services like it (Jaiku, Pownce, Plurk and others) allow you to broadcast what you are doing, thinking about, reading, watching, listening to, etc. to the world (or to just those you allow to follow your updates).

Wondering why you might want to Twitter?  Here is yet [...]

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Spam plummets as gang leaves net (via the BBC)

An important note: There is a constant ebb and flow in the world of Spam and Phishing. When one side in the battle scores a victory, the other marshals its forces for another attack. This is just the latest in (what will continue to be) a long struggle to keep inboxes free from Spam and [...]

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FriendFeed Serves up Simplicity

So you’ve signed up for Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.  You have a blog on Blogger, use Google Reader, Delicious, Flickr, upcoming.yahoo.com, YouTube…your head is beginning to spin!  There are so many websites out there.  Maybe you should just throw in the towel and walk away from this social media business.  It’s just a fad anyway, [...]

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Facebook Applications and Third Party Ads

I recently read about the issue with Facebook’s social gaming applications, such as Farmville and Mafia Wars. Facebook has a partnership with companies who advertise on these applications. From what I’ve read, people are persuaded into signing up for credit cards and other subscriptions in exchange for game credits. Some are also attracted to surveys [...]

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