A commenter suggested we look into a new web tool, Posticky. The site says, Take notes that are available anywhere anytime. I found the idea quite simple and potentially useful. I was initially skeptical of having my favorite websites list available anywhere anytime, but I have since found del.icio.us quite useful! So this is worth…
Here’s a review by Anita Campbell from Small Business Trends: One of the most exciting of the new Web 2.0 businesses is Ether.com. Ether’s website says, “We make it easy to sell what you say.” Consultants, business coaches, and other small biz folk who sell their time by giving advice, can use Ether to charge…
I found this announcement on BlogHer: I’m Frederik from JAJAH and just wanted to let you know that we are giving away 100 minutes of free telephony for Mother’s Day (worldwide landline and mobile). Our concept is pretty easy, all you have to do is just typing in your own phone number and the number…
Great new tools are introduced every day that can help your small business. Too many tools, in fact, for anyone to keep up with! To help you, I’m collecting information on new web services and sharing it here. Now, I don’t pretend to be an expert in web 2.0 tech, so I’ll link you to…
The Creative Commons license protects creative works with more flexibility than a standard US copyright. “Creative Commons helps you publish your work online while letting others know exactly what they can and can’t do with your work. When you choose a license, we provide you with tools and tutorials that let you add license information…
Merlin Mann, at organization blog 43 Folders, has been Getting Things Done. What is GTD? “Basically, you make your stuff into real, actionable items or things you can just get rid of.” Mann has been doing this for a year, and now has a review of his progress. So how does GTD work? This is…
The is the last in the series of posts from my website class handouts. Believe it or not, just creating your site and keeping the needs of your users in mind is not enough to ensure that people can find you using search engines. This is vitally important because seraching is the top activity online,…
Once you have a website, you want to know if anyone is looking at it. So most web hosting includes at least some basic statistics. But, we are always hungry to know more about our customers. So here are some no-fee web stats packages I use. StatCounter – provides very detailed info on the most…
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