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About web design basics
If you’re online than you know there is a lot of information out there. One of my favorite sites is About.com. Web Design Basics sectionom because you can find information on almost anything on that site.. The of About.com contains a treasure trove of information and it free to use. The topic of web design [...]
forwardOn
I recently learned about a site called forwardOn. The folks behind this site state their mission as trying to reward users for preventing the potential negative effects of forwarding email (wasted bandwidth and storage, viruses and scams). ForwardOn is free to join. To use forwardOn all you need to do is strip your email of [...]
Toodledo
Toodledo is a web based to do list that I recently learned about. Toodledo can be integrated into your mobile phone, Calendar applications, the Firefox browser, instant messaging, RSS feed readers and your email inbox. Your list can even be shared with others for collaboration on projects. If you’re already using another task manager you [...]
MyPictureTown
Every day more and more people are using digital cameras to have fun and preserve memories. Another photo sharing and storage site has thrown it’s hat into the ring – Mypicturetown. This service is sponsored by Nikon. The site is free to join and members have 2gb of storage space, which is pretty nice. You [...]
Pidgin chat client
Do you use several chat clients? I’ve been signed up for AIM for nearly forever, and for ICQ for almost just as long. I can also use Google Talk. I’ve been asked to chat using MSN and declined because I didn’t want to have yet another chat client open. Pidgin alleviates that problem. Pidgin is [...]
Sumo Paint
SUMO Paint is free software that allows users to create and edit images online. The application opens in your browser. The software does offer support for layers and filters. I was surprised to see that it offers many of the same tools as expensive image editing software, such as shape tools, a brush tool, an [...]
HP offering free online classes
I get a newsletter by email from HP every once in a while. In the edition that I got this week some free online classes were mentioned. Expecting to find only one or two, I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot more. The HP Learning Center offers courses on Microsoft Office, Adobe and Macromedia [...]