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How To And Where To Find Answers Online (11)
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Among many other things, the internet provides us with tons of information. Unfortunately, there is no friendly librarian who knows the ins and outs of the collection, understands just what we’re looking for and can guide us. Of course there are search engines, but sometimes a search engine won’t do because what we’re looking for is too complicated or random or requires the knowledge and experience of an expert. When searching for answers, there are ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (14) Brian Cuban (1050) Cai Chen (769) Dragos Pirvu (436) Joe (53) Leena (806) MakeUseOf (2) MeghnaK (158) Morris (3) NanoTech (3) Nate (7)Contribute comment -
Twitter Novels: Not Big Success Stories Yet (25)
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In Japan, mobile phone novels called "keitai shousetus" have become so successful that they accounted for half of the ten best-selling novels in 2007. Here in the Western world several would-be novelists are attempting to use Twitter to create the same phenomenon. Some of the novels tweeted so far have been interesting and engaging, but others, sadly, appear to be abandoned. Will micro-format fiction ever take off here as it did in Japan? Twitter Novels ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (14) Adrian (24) Brian Cuban (1050) charlie anzman (79) Corvida (60) Daniel Langendorf (19) Dominik Lukeš (24) e-strategyblog.com (20) Earl E Morningwood (37) Erika Napoletano (10) Greg (11) Ivy (41) Jay (44) Jeff the Great (14) Kristen (180) Mario (19) matthew hunt (23) Mike F (357) Philippe Martin (25) Phreak 2.0 (47) plu (23) Program Witch (18) Richard (13) sarahintampa (79) yoshy (312)Contribute comment -
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With Hurricane Gustav downgraded, and Hurricane Hanna and Tropical Storm Ike on the horizon, keeping track of the weather seems as important as ever. Weather services aside, there are several ways you can monitor forecasts using Firefox. While most of these tools cater towards those in the United States, there are a few international solutions available, and even one just for finding out what the wind conditions are! As with any list of Firefox tools, ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (14) adam (716) alison (1) Krazy (83) Mike F (357) Nice Fish Films (45) nickc321 (9)Contribute comment -
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5 Free Services to Replace Your Cable TV (6)
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Guest article by Herbert Lui from CutEdge With TiVo, PVR’s and TV tuners, we can see that computers and TV’s are coming together. Unfortunately, these three solutions all cost one important thing: mullah. Whether you’re rolling in it or strapped for it, I’m sure that we can all agree that cash is important: and as much as it pains us, there are times when we have to sacrifice our cash for services such as the ...Contribute comment -
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onIf you’re an iPhone user you’ll know why it’s such a knock-out device. It has email, browsing, calling, texting, and tons of other functions. Now with the addition of the App store, it has the potential to be much more than any prior incarnation. Here are a few great utility apps to turn your iPhone into a veritable Swiss army knife: Flashlight/myLite If you’ve ever been in a dark room and waved your iPhone around ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (14) adam (716) Alex Cox (8) Alex France (138) angel (248) Avi (458) bittin (141) Cai Chen (769) ChaCha (62) Chad (103) Chad Jaggers (5) cheflove (234) Chuck Rogers (7) Dave Cheong (13) David Ciccarelli (8) Dean Clark (62) digits12 (614) dobata (324) Dragos Pirvu (436) Eric (39) guy (479) Guy (599) hikbi (59) Inthenameofmine (361) ionela (187) J.D. Rucker (315) Jake (2) James Goux (6) Jamie Wallis (18) Jeroen (2) Joe (77) John Staton (5) Jonathan (17) JUSTIN (13) Kate (276) Kevin Etter (4) Kevin Federline (213) Kristen (180) Kyle (17) Lainie Petersen (30) Laurie Stoker (3) Leena (806) Mani Karthik (92) Mark (10) Matt McGee (11) maxyRO (391) Mazz (38) Mr. BabyMan (249) MV (22) neal (352) Neil (3) Pablo (5) Phil (42) ProfVegas (144) Samuel (41) Shankar Ganesh (37) Stephen Glauser (23) Sumesh (91) Travis Quinnelly (4) Uzair (122) Wyctim (18) yoni (6) Zak M. (349)Contribute comment
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11 Free Mind Mapping Applications &038; Web Services - Stepcase Lifehack (56)
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Mind mapping is a way of taking notes, capturing ideas, exploring concepts and breaking down information into a more readily understood format. It’s a place where visual representations and written representations of things merge to create something that is more natural to the mind; it works with and represents the way we think, where as paragraph-based text is not representative of the thought process at all. There are a million and one uses for mind ...Shared by Aaman Lamba (3) Aashay (4) Abdul Jaleel (14) agbiotec (20) Alex Ambrose (7) Alexander13 (357) andrefaria (16) Antonio Volpon (26) ap428 (20) bluebus (20) Bob (7) Bret (5) Brian Cuban (1050) Carmen Leilani (16) ClinicalCases (45) d2s (19) Danny Rain (6) Doug McCaughan (1) Eric (11) Fred Schechter (53) Inthenameofmine (361) Jacob Proffitt (1) James (1) Jennifer Abe (10) Jim Muntone (1) John Fink (16) john instone (7) Kate (276) Klemo (11) l.m.orchard (15) Leyla Bonilla (74) Matteo Marchelli (2) MICHAEL (18) Mike (25) Milan Navratil (33) Nick Cobb (339) Pramod (21) ramyon (18) Ritu (398) Rob (105) Rob (4) Robert DeBord (9) Robson Rotten (6) Rudi (22) Scott (7) seans (9) Stephan M (38) thePOSTMAN (1) Tibor (41) Todd Finley (1) Todd Lohenry (8) Tom Murphy (2) tsangal (8) warrior007 (213) Will King (3) zsafwan (18)Contribute comment -
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Work With Linux Partitions From Windows (8)
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- Tomer Cohen said: מישהו מחפש בוט? ;-)
- Sai Prasad Kothapalle said: Google Google Google...
- Jeffrey Blais said: I posted step by step instructions on how to use IM Feeds as an alternative to Twitters currently none functional tracking feature. http://jeffblais.com/2008/07/08/alternative-to-twitter-im-tracking-feature/
- Zubin said: Interesting!
- rjhintz said: some of these bots, for example twitter, aren't active. Not mentioned is the inactive plurkbuddy. I haven't gotten much use from imified, though maybe it's just me.
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onAre you a great guest blogger? Guest blogging has become very popular in the blogosphere as most bloggers write a guest post on top blogs to gain exposure, more readers and free traffic. But successful guest bloggers are smart, know their goals and work hard to achieve the best results. When you post your best article on another blog, remember it has to benefit you. You have to believe that your great article will work ...Shared by Abdul Jaleel (14) Barbara Ling (0) Mayank (14) Nick Cobb (339) pchere (0) ProfVegas (144) Radikal2 (32) Sumesh (91)Contribute comment
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Startup Hacks: Know When to Walk Away, Know When to Run (15)
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