Today’s Byte is just for fun. I’m back in the US and my birthday is coming up – so I’ve been happily getting emails from my favorite restaurants inviting me to come in for a free drink or desert. It got me thinking about the great ways to use the Internet for free food: Sign … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
Press Release Grader
I learned about today’s Byte topic through the James J Hill library (http://www.jjhill.org/). Press Release Grader: http://www.pressreleasegrader.com You paste your press release into their web site along company name and URL and they grade your release and make suggestions for improvement. They do a good job of reminding you of some obvious, but easily forgotten … Continue reading
Cashback Searching
Microsoft is offering cash back for shoppers using their Live Search to find products: http://search.live.com/cashback/howToUse So you sign up for the service. Then you use their search to find products and you collect credit that you can turn into money. The credit range seems to vary from 2-30 percent, depending on the product and vendors … Continue reading
511 for Drivers
I know I’m a day late and the Byte is really only good to Minnesota readers but I have a great tool for drivers… MN 511 (http://www.511mn.org/) – it provides information on construction, delays, detours and weather reports – as they might have an impact on driving. I see that 511 has been implemented in … Continue reading
Karen Ray Associates and Karen Ray Collaboration Sites
I am pleased to unveil two new sites for one client with two complementary but separate businesses: Karen Ray Associates helps business, government agencies, nonprofit organizations and individuals with consultation and training. Karen Ray Associates specializes in innovation and problem-solving. Karen Ray Collaboration helps government agencies and nonprofits to work together – to collaborate. Much … Continue reading
RSS Headline Feeds
Sometimes it’s nice to feed headlines from one web site or blog into another. For example, maybe you have a blog that you maintain pretty often and a web site that is pretty static. A quick and easy way to update that web site is to add the code on your homepage to grab headlines … Continue reading
Free Widgets
A widget is a tiny application you can post on your desktop, web site, or blog. For example I just had a client want a little weather box on the corner of their web site – not that the weather is bearable in Minnesota again. WdigetBox (http://www.widgetbox.com/) is a huge collection of free widgets. Here’s … Continue reading
WordPress Possibly Related Posts
A couple of days ago I noticed a new feature on my WordPress blogs. At the end of each post, there is now a list of “possibly related posts”. I’ll let WordPress explain it (http://wordpress.com/blog/2008/04/25/possibly-an-announcement/): In a feature we’re calling possibly related posts we’ll now try to show posts related to yours a little … Continue reading
Google Docs – Thing 9
I’m still plugging away on my 23 Things on a Stick. Thing 9 talks about online collaboration Tools such as Zoho Writer (http://writer.zoho.com/) and Google Docs (http://documents.google.com). Both tools let you save documents online and share access so that many people can help write and edit a document. In fact you can all look … Continue reading
Online Presentation Tools – Thing 8
Today I’m working away on the 23 Things on a Stick I mentioned a few weeks ago (https://byteoftheweek.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/23-things-on-a-stick/). Thing 8 focuses on how to share files, including slide shows. They mention SlideShare, which I have mentioned before (https://byteoftheweek.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/slideshare-presentation-tool/). SlideShare is a great tool for posting PowerPoint slides. (I love SlideShare!) I also learned about two … Continue reading
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