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Fetch Your E-Mail from Anywhere
Dead BlackBerry battery? No wireless signal where you are? Problems like these could spell trouble if you're a mobile worker who desperately needs access to e-mail. Thankfully, there's an easy way to tap your inbox: Just find any Internet-connected device, be it a computer in a Web cafe, a co-worker's notebook, or...
Tags: Web Tools, Travel Tips, e-mail, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-08-03
Read Your RSS Feeds Effectively
Now that you've got an RSS reader (right?), you need to make sure that it doesn't become another email-esque albatross that you check way too often and spend way too much time going through. That doesn't necessarily mean, though, that you need to cut down on the number of feeds...
Tags: David Goldenberg, RSS, RSS feed, Web Tools, Time-Savers, General
Blog posts 2007-08-02
Google Maps Adds Traffic Times to Driving Directions
Suppose you're headed across town to meet with a new client. The directions you got from MapQuest say the trip will take you about 35 minutes, so you plan accordingly. But then you get caught in traffic and end up arriving 20 minutes late -- not the kind of first impression you want to make....
Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps, Rick Broida, Web Tools, Travel Tips, Time-Savers
Blog posts 2007-08-02
Read Bulk Mail via RSS
A lot of the mail we get cluttering up our inboxes is stuff we don't need to reply to, like company-wide memos, daily recipes or jokes, etc. It's not that this stuff is unimportant or spammy though much of it is, it's just that it's hard to figure out what...
Tags: Web Tools, Time-Savers, Documents, RSS, David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2007-07-27
Trade Your Old Cell Phone for Cold, Hard Cash
If you liked yesterday's post about trading old gadgets for cash, you'll be glad to know there's another place where you can "shop" your aged electronics: CellForCash. As you might guess from the name, this one's all about cell phones. Just choose your make and model and you'll instantly get...
Tags: cold calling, cell phone, Rick Broida, phone, Gizmos and Gadgets, Web Tools, Telecom & Utilities
Blog posts 2007-07-26
Host and Share PowerPoint Presentations with SlideShare
Remember mPower Play, the Web-based presentation creator/viewer? SlideShare is just a viewer, a place to upload and share your PowerPoint slides. However, it takes a decidedly YouTube-style approach to slideshows, with options to rate, review, tag, share, and even embed presentations. What's more, a newly added feature lets you upload an...
Tags: Web Tools, Microsoft PowerPoint, Rick Broida, SlideShare, slideshow
Blog posts 2007-07-25
Get Money for Your Old Gadgets
If you often upgrade your electronic devices but never get it together to do anything with your outdated gear, there's a new website called Second Rotation that will give you a little bit of cash for them. For eBay and Craigslist pros, it's not particularly useful, but for those of...
Tags: Gizmos and Gadgets, Time-Savers, Web Tools, David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2007-07-25
How to Back Up Your Google Apps Data
If you rely on one or more Google Apps (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, etc.), you probably lay awake nights worrying what would happen if some disaster befell Google's servers -- and wiped out your data along with it. Lifehacker's Adam Pash shows you how to back up various Google...
Tags: Web Tools, Documents, Rick Broida, Google Inc., Google Apps, Lifehacker
Blog posts 2007-07-26
Collaborate Online with Vyew
Online collaboration can be a lifesaver when you need to work with folks in different offices, different cities, or even different countries. It's a way to chat, share a whiteboard, and even work in real-time on various documents. Enter Vyew, which lets you do all that and more. The service...
Tags: Rick Broida, Web Tools, Documents, Vyew
Blog posts 2007-07-23
View Formatted Newspapers on Your Smartphone with PressDisplay
News junkies, rejoice! PressDisplay, a Web service that specializes in browser-formatted newspapers, now offers mobile reading on BlackBerry and Windows Mobile phones. I tested it on a Samsung BlackJack.You can choose from over 500 newspapers from around the world (the New York Times and Wall Street Journal not among them,...
Tags: Gizmos and Gadgets, Web Tools, Advertising & Promotion, Web browsers, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Operating systems, Smartphone, Rick Broida, PressDisplay
Blog posts 2007-07-20
Turbocharge Gmail with These Apps and Add-ons
Businesses are flocking to Gmail in droves, and with good reason: It's arguably the best Web-based mail service on the planet. If you're one of the cool kids (i.e., a Gmail user), check out Lifehacker's list of the top 10 Gmail applications and add-ons. Many of them require Firefox (which...
Tags: Web Tools, Time-Savers, E-mail providers, Google Gmail, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-07-19
Share Large Files with Driveway
As I've mentioned before, typical e-mail servers don't like large attachments. That's why I'm always on the lookout for Web services that work around the problem see the aforementioned post for three examples. Driveway is one of many such services, but it beats out most of the others by supporting...
Tags: Driveway, Rick Broida, E-mail, Web Tools
Blog posts 2007-07-19
Find the Nearest Public Restroom
"When nature calls, call Miz Pee." That's the tagline I just made up for this poorly named but undeniably useful service, which helps you find the closest and cleanest bathroom. Just point your mobile phone's browser to www.mizpee.com, click Find Toilet, and then input your city and street address. The service quickly returns...
Tags: Web Tools, Travel Tips, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-07-17
Put Your Wiki to Productive Use
If you liked last month's post on using wikis at work but wished for more than five paltry suggestions, Web Worker Daily offers up 15 of them, all of them devoted to productivity. For example:Project management. A wiki can be a great way to plan and manage a project, from...
Tags: Rick Broida, Wiki, Web Tools
Blog posts 2007-07-16
Do More with Windows Live Search for Mobile
Microsoft just took the wraps off version 2 of Windows Live Search for Mobile, the whiz-bang search app for cell phones. In case you're unfamiliar with it, WLS taps Windows Live Local to provide area-specific searches. Just choose your location (by providing a city name, ZIP code, etc.), then access business listings,...
Tags: Web Tools, Travel Tips, Software, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live Search, mobile, phone, Rick Broida, WLS, Operating systems, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds
Blog posts 2007-07-16
Free Google Apps for Your Non-Profit Organization
Running a non-profit? If so, you can get in on the same great deal offered to schools: free Google Apps. In case you're unfamiliar with it, Google Apps consists of various Google services, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and Page Creator, all managed under a single Web-based control panel...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Web Tools, Software, Business, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-07-16
Add Google Calendar Appointments from Your Phone
If you're a Google Calendar user and by all rights you should be, here's an easy way to add new appointments when you're away from your PC: Send a text message from your phone.All you do is create an outgoing SMS with details about the event, such as "Lunch with...
Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Web Tools, Time-Savers, Google Inc., Rick Broida, phone
Blog posts 2007-07-13
Manage Your Contacts Online
Looking for an online contact manager? Start with Big Contacts, which I wrote about a while back. True to its name, it's an impressively "big" service. Web Worker Daily has the scoop on five others, including Highrise, Plaxo, and still-in-development Oprius:This webapp actually aims to be an all-in-one personal organizer...
Tags: Web Worker Daily, Rick Broida, Web Tools
Blog posts 2007-07-13
Create Online Slideshows with Viewbook
Viewbook formerly Slidez lets you create photo slideshows to share with others or embed in your site -- perfect for photographers, designers, and anyone else with images to show off.I found the site very easy to use: Just upload your photos using the provided batch-loader tool, then build a new...
Tags: Web Tools, Rick Broida, photograph, Viewbook
Blog posts 2007-07-13
Put a Poll on Your Site with PollMappr
Polling is a great way to get feedback and opinions from customers, employees, and everyday visitors to your site. PollMappr lets you churn out a poll in about the time it takes to read this sentence. Just type in your question, then add up to five possible responses. Presto: Instant poll....
Tags: Rick Broida, PollMappr, Web Tools, Business
Blog posts 2007-07-11
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