- Get connected: Social
networking sites
LinkedIn.com
("MySpace
for Professionals") | Facebook.com
(tips
for journalists) | Twitter (my tips for newbies and skeptics: http://bit.ly/twitterideas)
- Better Browsing:
GetFirefox.com (PC & Mac get add-ons)
| Camino
(for Mac power users) | Flock
(social-web browser) | Chrome (PC only)
- Open source/free software:
Sree's
tips on free software options (almost every category, including OpenOffice.org)
- Cloud computing: collaborative
way to free Office:
Docs.google.com (documents, spreadsheets, presentations) | Zoho.com | BuzzWord.com
- Photoshop, Avid alternatives:
Online photo and video editing
Picnik.com
| PhotoshopExpress | Jumpcut.com
- Citizen broadcasting:
BlogTalkRadio.com
(Columbia examples | SAJA examples | SreeTips examples) | Mogulus.com
| LiveVideo.com | Qik.com
- Non-citizen broadcasting:
Hulu.com | TV.com
- A new kind of video camera:
TheFlip.com
| FlipTheMedia.com
(tips from Univ of Washington)
- Consumers take over: Getting an
operator, finding out consumer info
GetHuman.com | Consumerist.com
- Gizmos, please: Better
electronics shopping
Yahoo SmartSort
| Shopper.com
- Your Money: Tools to take charge
of your money
Finance.yahoo.com
| 25
Web 2.0 finance tools (Expensr, Mint, Wesabe) | PriceProtectr
- Your Health: Tools to take
charge of your health
RevolutionHealth.com
| WebMD's Symptom
Checker
- Your Health: Walk a mile (or
more) in my wife's shoes
Apple.com/ipod/nike/
- Keep better track of...
everything:
Google.com/alerts | Yahoo.com/alerts
- RSS, please: Keep abreast of
blogs and more:
Sitara
Nieves explains it all | Google Reader | MyYahoo
- Be a real estate voyeur:
Zillow | Trulia
- Travel ideas:
TripIt | Dopplr | Bookit | Kayak
- New cooking options:
Cookin'
With Google | RecipeZaar
- Find music you like:
Pandora
| Jango
| GrooveShark | Yes.com
- Must-read for technology ideas:
Mashable | Lifehacker
- Just Log Off: Try reducing the
e-mail addiction!
sreetips.com
> 10 Things To Try Today
|
Find me on Twitter @sreenet
Twitter Ideas: My tips for newbies and skeptics:
http://bit.ly/twitterideas
My Forbes.com essay on Gmail's fifth anniversary:
http://bit.ly/sreegmail |