As I stated last week, I annually provide links to all of the sites we have visited throughout the previous year at Double Click.
Here is part 2. Remember, if the site addresses are too long to type I have shortened them with bit.ly. Here they are in their order of appearance with short descriptions of each.
- Yahoo! Mail (mail.yahoo.com) the most popular free online email provider.
- Windows Live/Hotmail (live.com or hotmail.com) the next most popular online email site.
- Gmail (gmail.com) next in the online email list, and my personal favorite. I use it for most of my email needs.
- AOL Mail (webmail.aol.com) last in the popular email list, and my least favorite. Yeah, the world finally agrees with me!
- Gmail hacked? (bit.ly/9u1CZi) here are instructions on what you should do if your Gmail account is hacked, such as someone other than you getting your password and changing it. The other email providers have this too. Just search for them if needed.
- KeePass (keepass.info) an app that will keep all of your usernames and passwords in one secure location. Can be used on your computer, thumb drive and on most Smart Phones.
- Lucy Phone (lucyphone.com) when you are put on hold for too long let this site call you back as soon as a real person comes online. You don’t have to wait on hold.
- Windows Live Mail (bit.ly/aMeCl4) downloadable email program from Microsoft (replaced Outlook Express).
- IMAP (bit.ly/bYXOtk) explains what IMAP does with your email. This could be good and could be bad. Just be careful if you use it.
- Run Pee (runpee.com) check out current movies for the best place to take a “pee” break and not miss anything.
- Multiple RSS readers, reader.google.com, Viigo.com, bloglines.com, feedreader.com. If you don’t know what RSS is, Google it and find out if you want to use one of these.
- Google Calendar Sync (bit.ly/google-cal-sync) easily synchronizes your Outlook calendar with Google’s calendar.
- Skype (skype.com) and Google Voice (voice.google.com) two different but similar telephony apps, complete with many details. So check the sites carefully.
- 43marks.com, create your own ultimate start page with your favorite links.
- MedicAlert (medicalert.org) identify your medical condition and give rescue personnel necessary info.
- TAC Drive (tacdrive.com) similar to above but I like it much better.
- Blogger.com here you can create your own blog site very easily.
- Heritage Basket Weaving & Chair Caning (hbs1991.wordpress.com) a friend’s site using Live Writer.
- Windows Live Essentials (bit.ly/windowle) several very good apps from Microsoft including Live Writer.
That is all for 2010, see you next week to start 2011!