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Last updated: April 7, 2008
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10 Things To Try Today: Ten-ish New-ish Tech-ish Things You Can Try Right Away
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  1. Get connected: Social networking sites
    LinkedIn.com ("MySpace for Professionals") | Facebook.com (newsfeed, poke, apps, Scrabulous + tips for journalists)
  2. Better Browsing:
    GetFirefox.com (PC & Mac get add-ons) | Camino (for Mac power users) | Flock (social-web browser)
  3. Open source/free software:
    Sree's tips on free software options (almost every category)
  4. Photoshop, Avid alternatives: Online photo and video editing
    SnipShot.com
    | Picnik.com | Photoshop Express |  Jumpcut.com
  5. Citizen broadcasting:
    BlogTalkRadio.com | Mogulus.com | LiveVideo.com
  6. A new kind of video camera:
    TheFlip.com | FlipTheMedia.com (tips from Univ of Washington)
  7. Consumers take over: Getting an operator, finding out consumer info
    GetHuman.com | Consumerist.com
  8. Gizmos, please: Better electronics shopping
    Yahoo SmartSort | Shopper.com
  9. Your Money: Tools to take charge of your money
    Finance.yahoo.com | 25 Web 2.0 finance tools
  10. Your Health: Tools to take charge of your health
    RevolutionHealth.com | WebMD's Symptom Checker
  11. Your Health: Walk a mile (or more) in my wife's shoes
    Apple.com/ipod/nike/
  12. Cloud computing: collaborative way to free Office:
    Docs.google.com (documents, spreadsheets, presentations) | Zoho.com
  13. Keep better track of... everything:
    Google.com/alerts | Yahoo.com/alerts
  14. RSS, please: Keep abreast of blogs and more:
    Sitara Nieves explains it all | Google Reader | MyYahoo
  15. Be a real estate voyeur:
    Zillow.com | Trulia.com
  16. New cooking options:
    Cookin' With Google | RecipeZaar.com
  17. Find music you like:
    Pandora.com | Jango.com | Yes.com 
  18. Just Log Off: Try reducing the e-mail addiction!
Other resources from Sree Sreenivasan
Columbia New Media Professor & WNBC-TV Tech Reporter

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