YouTube Tutorials: Review
What does this tool do: Instant tutorial help. And you thought YouTube was only for wasting time?
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: People who like to watch.
Info Page: http://youtube.com
More on YouTube: Tutorials on Demand
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Foxmarks Review
What does this tool do: Auto-synchronizes all your bookmarks on all your computers, while you sleep. Magic.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: Efficient bloggers who own or use several different computers.
More on Foxmarks: Synco de Bookmarks
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pic2ColorReview
What does this tool do: Allows you to create color schemes based on photographs, other web sites, or random schemes.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: Website/Weblog designers.
Info Page: http://www.pic2color.com/
More on pic2Color: Color Design Help
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ColorCombos Review
What does this tool do: Lifts color combinations and Hex codes from other websites so you can use them when building your own.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: If you are at a loss when it comes to designing compatible color schemes, this is a useful tool.
More on ColorCombos: Choosing Colors For your Site
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URL Bunch Review
What does this tool do: Generates a single URL to replace a list of many links.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: Online researchers.
Info Page: http://www.urlbunch.com/
Comments:
Some tools may be rarely used yet very handy when needed. If you frequently prepare lists of links for research purposes, you’ll find URL Bunch helpful. You can prepare bunches of related links and then store the entire list under a single link. Clicking that link will allow you to view or even load them all simultaneously. Save a single page (on your local computer) that lists your master links, and then you can recall, embed the single links in your documents, or email the links as needed.
More on URL Bunch: Link Bouquets
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Diigo Review
What does this tool do: It is (still) most valuable as a tool to save and organize your bookmarks, so you will never lose or forget a saved-site again. But the latest upgrade adds much greater depth to previous versions.
More on Diigo: Cures the Bookmarking Blues
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What does this tool do: Gives you full telephone service…no long distance fees.. and many options through your internet connection, but unreliability is a notable reason for caution.
Cost: $8.99 per month
More on Vonics Digital: Talk is Cheap
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What does this tool do: Finds every last photo on your hard drive and organizes them all for easy access.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: If you store photos on your hard drive, you want this.
More on Picasa: Where Did I Put That Photo?
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What does this tool do: Speeds the creation and uploading of weblog posts.
Cost: $46.61
Who Needs It: Frequent Bloggers
Info Page: http://www.codingrobots.com/blogjet/
Comments:
If you post to and edit your blog often, then you need a tool like BlogJet to speed the upload process. BlogJet offers a simple WYSIWYG editor for offline composition, image placement and text formatting. If you do all your prep work offline, the only delay you’ll have is waiting for a single upload of the final document.
More on BlogJet: Zippie Fast Blog Posting
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What does this tool do: Creates a quick backup of any single file by emailing it to yourself.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: (Windows Only) Those who write or create document or data files that need to be protected NOW, without having to wait for a full system backup. If you are working on a remote computer, this tool will shuttle a backup copy over to your main desktop, via email.
More on Backup To Email: On The Fly Backup
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What does this tool do? Keeps a remote backup copy of your contacts where you can always access them online.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: Anyone with a contact list of over 25 people.
More on Keepm: Access Your Contacts Wherever You Are
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What does this do? Condenses, Organizes and Previews Your Daily Web Viewing
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: Anybody who needs to review many different web sites, but only has time for the condensed version.
More on Netvibes: Your Daily Cliff Notes for the Web
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What does this tool do? Saves and automatically categorizes websites and sticky notes.
Cost: Free
Who Needs It: People who need help to save, reference and organize many different websites and spur of the minute “sticky” notes. That’s just about all of us.
More on Stikkit: Where Do I Save This URL?
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