Tech Tips

December 2005

Google Music

by Barbara J. Feldman December 26, 2005

Google has added a new feature to its popular search engine called Google Music, which can be accessed by entering a musician’s name into any Google search box, or directly at http://www.google.com/musicsearch . If you start at the standard Google search box and enter a musician or band name that Google knows about, you’ll see [...]

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Social Bookmarking

by Barbara J. Feldman December 20, 2005

Social bookmarking site Del.icio.us allows users to create shareable or private online bookmarks. Not only is it a great way to store your own bookmarks, but the tagging features (categorization by keywords) make it a great place to find new and useful links. Start by creating a free account.

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Email Tips

by Barbara J. Feldman December 13, 2005

Email can be tremendous time sink, so even small improvements in efficiency can have a big effect. I like the five email tips Merlin Mann shares his 43 Folders blog. Tip Number One: “Either turn off automatic checking completely, or set it to something reasonable, like every twenty minutes or so”

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Free Educational Audio

by Barbara J. Feldman December 6, 2005

Free audiobooks, podcasts and other educational audio content is popping up everywhere. LearnOutLoud has a directory of over 500 free educational audio and video titles. iTunes has a growing collection of free podcasts. And my local public library has a collection of downloadable audiobooks made available through NetLibrary.com and RecordedBooks.com. Ask your local librarian if [...]

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