Inside my SecondBrain

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Kristen Vitartas

So, you’ve heard of Second Life, but what about SecondBrain? Don’t get the two confused – they are completely different social networking mediums.
SecondBrain is a place for you to manage all of your social media, such as bookmarks, blogs (WordPress, Blogger, etc.), and other social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and StumbleUpon, and [...]

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Organize your Twitter followers with Tweepler

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Kristen Vitartas

If you’re a regular TechieBytes follower, you’re probably well aware of our (well, my) obsession with Twitter (See BigTweet; Near.ly; Twitter: The be all and end all of social media; and Diggin’ Digsby).
In keeping up with the Twitter trend, there is a brand new Twitter application on the market. Tweepler conveniently organizes hundreds of followers [...]

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Feedscrub tackles information overload

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Kristen Vitartas

For those of us out there who receive our news through RSS feeds rather than spend time scouring news sites know just how fast news feeds can pile-up if left untouched for even a day.
Feedscrub actually “trains” your feeds to show you the stories that you’re interested in, and filters out the content that you’d [...]

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Share multiple links with Sharetabs

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Kristen Vitartas

Do you often have several websites that you want to share with family, friends or coworkers? How about several websites that you want to share on Twitter or other social networking sites, but don’t want to hassle with multiple updates?
Sharetabs.com provides a free service that lets you share multiple websites as tabs. Simply add a [...]

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Office Web Applications

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Chris Jenkins

Once you’ve created your Office Live workspace you may be invited to join the Office Web Application Beta project. These lightweight web versions of Office applications have been rumored for years. Now it seems like they are quickly becoming a reality. Images of the applications are available at http://workspace.officelive.com/FAQ/thumbnails and rumor has it, Office Live [...]

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Who says there is no free lunch?

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Chris Jenkins

When the weather gets bad I like to hibernate in my "bat cave" and self-train on newer technology products. I have to give the boys in Redmond credit – they’ve made it easy to learn new technology tricks. The number of free resources to learn and explore MS technology solutions is amazing!
Visual Studio Express Editions [...]

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Office Live Small Business

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Chris Jenkins

Another flavor of Office Live hosting is Office Live Small Business. This tool was designed to offer small businesses some common benefits of MS Server applications without the cost and headaches associated with network management.
Office Live Small Business offers a free version that includes:

A professional website hosting solution with 500MB of storage
An intuitive website [...]

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Office Live Workspace Add-In

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Chris Jenkins

A while back I wrote a piece about Office Live Workspace that explained that any MS Office user had access to online file storage and sharing capabilities. Office Live Workspace gives each MS Office user 500 MB of storage (about 1000 average sized documents) free. It sweetens the pot by allowing files to be shared [...]

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Windows Live Sync

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Chris Jenkins

Microsoft finally got around to doing something with the FolderShare product they acquired. Yep, you guessed it they replaced it with Windows Live Sync, a product with a slightly enhanced feature set and a whole new look.
Windows Live Sync is a way to synchronize files and folders across multiple PCs. Unlike products like BeInSync, Live [...]

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