Hack Your Life (Foundation Board Version)

How To Hack Your Life

An Introduction to Technology and Web Resources to Make Your Life Easier, Cheaper, and More Productive

Friday, November 5, 2010

How To Hack Your Life

Prof. Glenn Platt

C. Michael Armstrong Chair in Interactive Media

Professor of Marketing


There Will Be No Lecture


Today’s PlanWe will load a series of different web applications, and software.

You will learn how these tools can be used to make your life more productive, organized and enjoyable.

Nearly all of these are free.


NewsGoogle Reader

Newsmap

Bloglines


http://www.google.com/reader/

http://www.google.com/reader/

http://newsmap.jp/

http://newsmap.jp/

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

http://www.bloglines.com/myblogs

Travel RoutesBing.com/Maps

Waze


http://bing.com/maps

http://bing.com/maps

http://www.waze.com/homepage/

http://www.waze.com/homepage/

BookmarksDelicious

Diigo


http://www.delicious.com

http://www.delicious.com

http://www.diigo.com/

http://www.diigo.com/

To-DoRemember the Milk

Jott


http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

http://www.jott.com

http://www.jott.com

Online StorageDropbox

Box.net


https://www.dropbox.com/

https://www.dropbox.com/

http://box.net/

http://box.net/

BackupMozy

iDrive


http://mozy.com/

http://mozy.com/

http://www.idrive.com/

http://www.idrive.com/

TravelTripIt

Kayak

Mobissimo


http://tripit.com/

http://tripit.com/

http://kayak.com/

http://kayak.com/

http://mobissimo.com/

http://mobissimo.com/

Music ListeningPandora

Last.fm

Rhapsody

Shazam/Soundhound (iPhone)


http://pandora.com/

http://pandora.com/

http://last.fm/

http://last.fm/

http://www.rhapsody.com/

http://www.rhapsody.com/

http://www.shazam.com/music/web/pages/iphone.html

http://www.shazam.com/music/web/pages/iphone.html

http://www.sound-hound.com/

http://www.sound-hound.com/

Audio & VideoCreationAudacity

Jaycut

Pixorial


http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

http://jaycut.com/

http://jaycut.com/

http://pixorial.com/

http://pixorial.com/

FinanceMint

Thrive


http://mint.com/

http://mint.com/

http://www.justthrive.com/

http://www.justthrive.com/

VideoHulu

AT&T Entertainment

Netflix Instant Queue

VLC


http://hulu.com/

http://hulu.com/

http://entertainment.att.net/tv

http://entertainment.att.net/tv

http://www.netflix.com/

http://www.netflix.com/

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Text ExpandersAutohotkey

TextExpander


http://www.autohotkey.com/

http://www.autohotkey.com/

http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/

http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/

PresentationsSlideshare

TED

YouTube EDU


http://slideshare.com

http://slideshare.com

http://ted.com

http://ted.com

http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400

http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400

ImagesFlickr

Picassa

Aviary

Photoshop

Eye-Fi


http://flickr.com/

http://flickr.com/

http://picasa.google.com

http://picasa.google.com

http://aviary.com/

http://aviary.com/

https://www.photoshop.com/

https://www.photoshop.com/

http://www.eye.fi/

http://www.eye.fi/

BlogsWordpress

Typepad

Blogger


http://wordpress.com/

http://wordpress.com/

http://typepad.com/

http://typepad.com/

http://www.blogger.com/home

http://www.blogger.com/home

Phone AppsSiri

Amazon Photo

Red Laser


Keystroke LauncherSlickrun/Dash/Colibri (PC)

Google Quicksearch Box (Mac)


http://www.fiddlertool.com/SlickRun/

http://www.fiddlertool.com/SlickRun/

http://www.trydash.com/home/

http://www.trydash.com/home/

http://colibri.leetspeak.org/

http://colibri.leetspeak.org/

http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-google-quick-search-box.html

http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-google-quick-search-box.html

Office+Google Docs

Zoho

Open Office


http://docs.google.com/

http://docs.google.com/

http://zoho.com/

http://zoho.com/

http://www.openoffice.org/

http://www.openoffice.org/

Project ManagementBasecamp

Copper


http://basecamphq.com/

http://basecamphq.com/

http://www.copperproject.com/

http://www.copperproject.com/

MeetingsJoin.Me

Doodle

Tungle


http://join.me/

http://join.me/

http://doodle.com/

http://doodle.com/

http://tungle.com/

http://tungle.com/

Remote AccessLogmein

VNC


http://logmein.com/

http://logmein.com/

http://www.realvnc.com/

http://www.realvnc.com/

Web MeetingsDimDim

GoToMeeting

WebEx


http://dimdim.com/

http://dimdim.com/

http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/

http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/

http://www.webex.com

http://www.webex.com

PhoneGoogleVoice

Skype

Trufone

Fring


http://google.com/voice

http://google.com/voice

http://www.skype.com

http://www.skype.com

http://www.truphone.com/

http://www.truphone.com/

http://www.fring.com/

http://www.fring.com/

Social NetworkNing

GoingOn

OneSite


http://ning.com/

http://ning.com/

http://goingon.com/

http://goingon.com/

http://onesite.com/

http://onesite.com/

HomepageNetvibes

iGoogle


http://netvibes.com/

http://netvibes.com/

http://igoogle.com/

http://igoogle.com/

Social MediaHootSuite

Seesmic Desktop

Tweetdeck

Flock


http://seesmic.com/

http://seesmic.com/

http://www.tweetdeck.com/

http://www.tweetdeck.com/

http://www.flock.com/

http://www.flock.com/

Browser SyncWeaver

XMarks


http://www.vladimirpetkovic.com/blog/mozilla-weaver-an-enriched-firefox-experience/

http://www.vladimirpetkovic.com/blog/mozilla-weaver-an-enriched-firefox-experience/

http://www.xmarks.com/

http://www.xmarks.com/

Shared CaringLotsahelpinghands

Kickstarter

Kiva


http://lotsahelpinghands.com/

http://lotsahelpinghands.com/

http://kickstarter.com/

http://kickstarter.com/

http://kiva.com/

http://kiva.com/

Video Screen CaptureScreenToaster

Jingproject


http://screentoaster.com/

http://screentoaster.com/

http://jingproject.com/

http://jingproject.com/

Password Management1Password (Mac)

Roboform (PC)


http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password

http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password

http://www.roboform.com/

http://www.roboform.com/

NotesEvernote

Zoho Notebook


http://evernote.com/

http://evernote.com/

http://notebook.zoho.com/

http://notebook.zoho.com/

Find FoodYelp

UrbanSpoon

Zagats


http://yelp.com/

http://yelp.com/

http://urbanspoon.com/

http://urbanspoon.com/

http://www.zagat.com/

http://www.zagat.com/

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