Tech Tips

April 2007

Empty Inbox

by Barbara J. Feldman April 26, 2007

Does an empty email inbox sound like an unattainable goal? Here’s advice from two savvy bloggers who claim it is possible. Narendra Rocherolle’s “Clearing Your Inbox with Minimal Pain” and Leo Notenboom’s “Taming Email.” For more on stress-free productivity, pick up a copy of David Allen’s “Getting Things Done.”

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Online Photo Editing

by Barbara J. Feldman April 19, 2007

For photos that need a quick fix or for those times when you do not have access to photo-editing software, here’s a crop of three photo-editing websites that allow you to edit your photos using only a browser: Picnik, Phixr and Pixer.us. For even more photo-editing sites (including a few that don’t start with the [...]

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Online Backup

by Barbara J. Feldman April 12, 2007

As the use of fast broadband connections has increased, so has the use of online backup services to safeguard important computer files. A handful of online backup services even offer free plans, among them Mozy, Xdrive and MediaMax. For more on online backup, read Ask Bob Rankin.

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Cookin’ with Google

by Barbara J. Feldman April 5, 2007

Time for dinner? Search expert Tara Calishain created a useful recipe search tool she calls “Cookin’ with Google“. Simply enter a few ingredients, and Google will find you a list of appropriate recipes. The reason this works so much better than finding recipes directly from the Google Search box, is that Calishain’s tool restricts the [...]

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