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Sometimes “Free” really IS Free

Sometimes “Free” really IS Free

Surfing around the net this morning, in a frantic bid to catch up on my reading – a technical generalist’s job is ever shifting – I found some sites that offer tools and information that I just HAD TO SHARE, because let’s face it – when you find a treasure that is FREE, you ought to share the wealth!  And these tools are FREE, no requirements to join something or sign up for something – just plain old free.

My fave of today is at: MakeUseOf.com. This particular posting has 15 .pdf manuals to download that range from Audiophile guides to free music and services, to Linux for Dummies. Literally something for everyone there, and all concise and well-written.

A service that my co-worker, Afsheen, turned me on to is SocialOomph.com – it is not a pretty site, nor is it especially easy to navigate – BUT – it allows you to automate some of the Twitter activities that busy professionals might like – for example – you can set an automated thanks for a follow; you can set to automatically follow people who follow you; and most brilliantly of all – you can set up scheduled Tweets! That is what I call ROCK AND ROLL!

If you are looking for a free alternative to Photoshop, check out Photoscape it is freeware with lots of power. Not completely as versatile as Photoshop, but for the amateur – it is a pretty powerful tool – and allows photo collage and layering.

I will post stuff as I find it – drop me a line if you are looking for something in particular and if I stumble on it in my virtual travels, I’ll share!

Tech Toys for Grrls & eBoys

Tech Toys for Grrls & eBoys

First, let me say this about Google – great toys!

This nifty gadget   http://translate.google.com/translate_tools?hl=en   allows anyone to translate the page they are viewing to the language of their choice. Very cool and of course you’ll need to embed it in your website appropriately, and for some reason I can’t get the gadget to work in my blog…

Second, let me remind all the new Twitterers out there, that anyone can read your twitter if you don’t actively change your settings to private.  Case in point – read about the unhappy results on the BrandBuilder Blog http://thebrandbuilder.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/how-to-lose-your-job-in-140-characters-or-less/.

That’s longer than a tweet and shorter than my normal blogs, but I have vowed to blog more often, so shorter is what you get.