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Lulu - A great place to self-publish your books & more

2008-04-08T09:28:00.004-06:00

Lulu is a killer resource for self-publishing books. They have professional options, a popular store, and connections with Amazon. But, they don't stop there. They also enable you to publish artwork, posters, music, ringtones, fonts, movies, ebooks, etc. It's a great way to go if you're just starting out and want to sell your creations to the rest of the world. Lulu offers some great tools to format your digital content, and a powerful marketplace with storefronts and advanced listing. Lulu is the eBay of self-publishing, and a valuable resource.

Blurb - Self Publishing With Free Layout Software

2008-04-03T12:33:00.002-06:00

Blurb is a great site that makes self-publishing easy for anybody who wants to create Photo Books, Portfolios, Business Books, Wedding Books, Blog Books, and much more. They offer free downloads of their software that simplifies the process of layout and design. Users can create a book for free and sell it in the Blurb at the base price or higher amounts to turn a profit. Blurb books are popular as gifts, and they are great for first-time authors.

Bryce 5.5 - Free 3D Landscape Design

2008-02-28T16:53:00.004-07:00

Bryce is a powerful piece of software that is capable of generating natural looking landscapes in 3d formats. Daz offers version 5.5 for download at Download.com. Upgrades to the latest version are usually inexpensive. Visit the Mac download page, or visit the Windows download page.

Ebay Desktop - Power Up Your Ebay Business

2008-02-28T11:20:00.003-07:00

If you are serious about buying and selling on Ebay, the free Ebay Desktop application is a must have. It provides a centralized dashboard where you can search feeds, item reminders, and persistent filters as well as get outbid alerts and eliminate the need to refresh during the last-minute of an auction!

EBAY DESKTOP DEMO:

Adobe Kuler - Free Color Scheming Hue Picker

2008-02-28T11:10:00.005-07:00

Adobe Kuler is a designer's dream. It's a powerful color picking program that you can use online at http://kuler.adobe.com/ or download and run on your computer as a desktop application or dashboard widget.

Google Mobile - Free Stuff For Your Mobile Life

2008-02-28T10:49:00.005-07:00

Free 411, SMS, YouTube, Google Maps Mobile, and more. With the development of a new mobile platform on its way, Google has introduced some powerful, free apps for mobile phones and devices. These are already extremely useful tools and are quickly becoming staples for gadget gurus everywhere.

Google Earth - Explore The Universe!

2008-02-28T10:40:00.003-07:00

Google Earth has been the ultimate advance in home-based exploration and geographical study from day 1. Stargazers and astronomers will appreciate the new 'Sky' features in Google Earth for exploring images of stars, planets, and galaxies. Google also has a project dubbed Google Mars http://www.google.com/mars/ where you can view some of the most detailed maps of the red planet available.

GOOGLE EARTH VIDEO TUTORIAL:

Google Language Tools (a.k.a. Translate)

2008-02-28T10:13:00.003-07:00

Expand your horizons with the power to read other languages. With Google's Language Tools, you can get translations of text blocks or complete web page translations. You can also get the Google interface in your native language or visit the Google sites for numerous countries and do country specific searches.

Blogger - Blogs For Everyone!

2008-02-28T10:03:00.005-07:00

Blogger is Google's free Blog service and is an ideal way for simple people to accomplish the complex task of online publishing. With advanced tools and the ability to completely customize templates and even host blogs on your own server, the tool has become a powerful web builder and content management system that can be utilized by professionals as well.

BLOGGER VIDEO TUTORIAL:

Google Notebook - Free Online Organizer

2008-02-28T09:51:00.007-07:00

Google Notebook is an amazing tool that is perfect for storing ideas for future reference, storing information from web clippings that you don't want to lose, organizing your thoughts, link lists, research, and trying to just keep up with all the new stuff that is happening. It is a vital resource for anyone who is trying to learn anything and who has a less than photographic memory. Notes are easily categorized, nested, and organized. And, thanks to Google's robust search technology, it's almost impossible to lose anything. Another valuable component of Google Notebook is the auto-save capabilities. Even your deleted items are still available in the Trash until you empty it. The software is smart and very easy to use. Get organized with Google Notebook!

GOOGLE NOTEBOOK VIDEO TUTORIAL:

Google Docs - Free Online & Offline Office!

2008-02-28T09:38:00.007-07:00

Google Docs is a powerful online suite of office tools including a word processor, spreadsheet editor, and a presentation builder. This is one of the best free office suites available anywhere, and it integrates well with Gmail. Not too many people know this, but you can launch these tools from the 'Documents' link in the top menu of your Gmail account. Google Docs is compatible with major document and presentation formats including .doc, .xls, .ppt, as well as open-source formats that can be used with Open Office. One of the best new features is the ability to easily create click-through presentations that can be embedded in web pages and blogs complete with a simple player. This can be used to create e-cards for your Mom's birthday or a presentation for your boss. You really will want to check it out. To give the presentations tool a try, just navigate to NEW >> PRESENTATION and begin having fun!

GOOGLE DOCS OFFLINE TUTORIAL:

Gmail - More Than A Free Email System

2008-02-28T09:33:00.005-07:00

Gmail is fast, searchable email with intense spam reduction. The Calendar system works great and has the ability to send you reminders. And, the chat system is very clean and unobtrusive. It's really nice to be able to chat with friends while checking your email and without having to open a separate program.

Firefox - Rediscover The Web

2008-02-28T09:22:00.006-07:00

The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. If you haven't tried Firefox, now is the time to give it a go. The utilities are incredible, and there are countless developers creating great extensions that make Firefox a truly spectacular tool. Browse the expanding list of extensions!

FIREFOX VIDEO TUTORIAL:

FireFTP - Free FTP For Firefox

2008-02-20T15:15:00.004-07:00

FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers. After it installs, FireFTP is available in the 'Tools' menu within Firefox. This package is very useful for anyone who needs to transfer files to an FTP account.

FireFTP VIDEO DEMO:

Favicon Generator - Generate .ico Icons Online

2008-02-19T17:17:00.002-07:00

GENERATE your own Favorites Icon for your website. Favicon Generator converts images on your hard drive to favicons in the .ico format. It's simple, free, and easy to use!

Fat Free Cart - Free Shopping Cart (Google/PayPal)

2008-02-19T15:01:00.002-07:00

FatFreeCart is the free version of E-junkie shopping cart. It works inside your website, your blog and will even work from your MySpace page. It is simply a copy-paste cart and does not require you to register with us or install anything.It works with PayPal and Google Checkout. It supports product variations, shipping, handling and sales tax.

celtx - Write, Edit, Organize, Collaborate, Breakdown, Storyboard, Schedule

2008-02-14T13:34:00.003-07:00

Celtx is the world's first fully integrated solution for media pre-production and collaboration. It replaces old fashioned 'paper, pen & binder' media creation with a digital approach to writing and organizing that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share. Celtx is for film, theatre, radio, and AV professionals.

CELTX VIDEO TUTORIAL:

RSSOwl - Reader for RSS|RDF|Atom Newsfeeds

2008-02-14T12:55:00.001-07:00

RSSOwl lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any compliant source in a convenient, easy to use interface, save selected information in various formats for offline viewing and sharing, and much more. It's easy to configure, available in many many languages and the best of all: It's platform-independent.

Señor Staff - Music Composition App For Mac OS X

2008-02-14T12:11:00.004-07:00

Señor Staff is an open-source music composition app for Mac OS X. It is a good companion to GarageBand because it allows users to edit and save midi files. It features a staff-based interface (rather than a tracker interface) for natural entry and readability, and supports playback to any MIDI device.

WinSCP - Free SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows

2008-02-14T10:49:00.004-07:00

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Legacy SCP protocol is also supported. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer or server. It also has code editing capabilities and can launch Putty as a terminal client.

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Sunbird and Lightning - Calendar & Appointments

2008-02-13T16:56:00.003-07:00

Lightning is a great addition to Thunderbird. It makes Thunderbird a more robust replacement for Outlook because it adds the ability to accept appointments via email and manage a calendar in Thunderbird. Sunbird is a standalone calendaring system that is good for personal scheduling.

Thunderbird - Email Application

2008-02-13T16:53:00.003-07:00

Tired of getting shafted by MS Outlook? Give Thunderbird a try. It's sleek and makes a good alternative to the email beast.

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Smultron - Free Text Editor For Mac OS X

2008-02-13T16:41:00.003-07:00

Smultron is a free text editor for Mac OS X which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to not confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It also integrates well as an editor for Cyberduck.

SMULTRON VIDEO TUTORIAL:

Cyberduck - FTP and SFTP Browser for Mac OS X

2008-02-13T16:35:00.005-07:00

Cyberduck is an open source FTP and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser licenced under the GPL with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and support for many Mac OS X system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, the Keychain and AppleScript. It works great with Smultron.