Online Observations

Well, maybe not spy, but if you want to send out a secret message to someone, and you want it to self-destruct the moment it has been read, then you want to check out PrivNote. This is a neat little site, which lets you type out a note and post it, upon which you receive a Url. You can send this Url to any one person, and as soon as they open this Url, the note ceases to exist. It Self-Destructs – pretty much like how the messages delivered in Mission Impossible self destruct.

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There are many photography sites on the Internet which you can go to when you are looking for images that you need to use for your website, brochure, blog, or anywhere else. However, most of the sites are paid or have some kind of copyright assigned to the photographs. WebWorkerDaily covered some of these sites a while ago (and most of these are highly recommended by me as well). However, that is not the topic of this post. I want to talk about a website which offers thousands of good quality, completely free, photos.

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I had made a comparison of two very popular online mind-mapping tools some time ago: Mindomo and Mindmeister. Well, now they have competition looming. Popular desktop mind-mapping tool, Mindjet, has now launched an online presence. While it is not a free tool, I was able to try it out for free because they offer a free trial period. Here are my initial thoughts on the product after a quick review.

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Did you notice that I have a new theme? Probably not, but I was not finding my earlier CopyBlogger theme to my satisfaction. So, I changed it. Now, where did I get a new theme from? Well, there are loads of places available on the net if you do a simple search. However, the one that I keep going back to is called BlogOhBlog. Jai (who runs the site) is brilliant. I have used 2 other themes from him on my other blogs. The best thing is that he keeps producing these free themes which according to me at least are every bit as good as his premium themes.

If you are looking for a WordPress theme, then this place is super highly recommended. He will even do custom themes for you.

Do you have one of those presentations coming up for which you have less than a day left to create the content? Are you running out of ideas and time? Worry not, rescue is here.

Online Service SlideShare.net is the place to go to. It’s a site where people share PowerPoint presentations for free. You can go there and search for your idea and choose from the many presentations that show up. You can then view them online or download them to your desktop.

For instance, take a look at the results when I searched for “blogging”.

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Here is a service which is definitely nice to check out. And at least for now, it’s free (it’s in beta). It’s called TrackMyPeople – a web based time management service which allows you to track time for yourself and your team. And since it is we based you can do it even if your team members are spread across multiple locations. So, how is this different from so many other offerings on the Internet? Well, read on.

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Plurk is a new service which at its basic level does the same thing that Twitter does: it allows you to chronicle your life 140 characters at a time. This is where the similarities end, however.

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Have you ever searched for icons on Google Image search? Had any luck? No? Thought so. Google is not so good at searching for icon files. You might want to change the look of your desktop by replacing those drab icon files that got installed by default when you installed your applications (that image on the left is my icon for the photos folder on my computer). Or you might be looking for an icon for that new application that you just developed. This is where IconLook comes in.

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Here’s a tip that not many employers would like their employees to know about. How would you like to spend time at work reading your favorite book and yet if someone takes a look at you, you will seem deeply engrossed in work? I bet, a lot of people would love to be able to do just that (if you like to read books that is).

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Zinio is a premier provider for online subscriptions to your favorite magazines. But, what happens if you don’t want to pay for them. Or you would like to read some magazine to see if you like it? Can you get them for free? It turns out that you can.

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