Was very pleased to discover Zoho writer. We have lots of people asking for word processing and/or MS office products, that we don't have. Will now have great joy in suggesting that they try Zoho writer on the internet and free. Did look at Google docs but preferred Zoho. That was a real winner. I am overjoyed with all the new technology.
I really liked Library Thing and will probably get around to catalouging my home collection when I retire. Something to keep me occupied and if only to annoy my family even further. They make jokes about my "reference" collection of atlases, dictionairies, books of quotes etc. They ask for borrowing slips for the Crime section, "chick lit" or very serious real literature.
Am already a big big fan of Google Maps. Love looking up the location, city, town, village, street, of the current book I am reading. We will be using it this weekend to help navigate our way from Sydney airport to Manly, in the dark, late at night. Google Maps gave us detailed instructions, door to door, all printed out, turn at this
corner, procedd for 75mts etc. Just as good as and heaps cheaper than TomTom or SatNav. We have used Skype quite a bit also. We have a camera and microphone at home on our PC and our son in London has them built into his laptop. Recently he "showed" us around his new flat in Sth London just by walking around with his laptop. He then proceeded to hang his laptop out the window to give us a view of the London skyline. It was fantastic to see a family member " in real life."
corner, procedd for 75mts etc. Just as good as and heaps cheaper than TomTom or SatNav. We have used Skype quite a bit also. We have a camera and microphone at home on our PC and our son in London has them built into his laptop. Recently he "showed" us around his new flat in Sth London just by walking around with his laptop. He then proceeded to hang his laptop out the window to give us a view of the London skyline. It was fantastic to see a family member " in real life."FlicR looks to be a really useful tool for storing photos. People have told me they have used them for presentations overseas. Saves lugging a whole lot of discs loaded up with photos and then hoping the software doesn't crash
. Facebook is the new "MySpace" for grown up kids. My family members like it. They're into all that social networking and seems to fit the bill. YouTube has kept me amused and informed. Can't imagine living without all this new technology. I'm not a slave to it but have certainly embraced it and enjoyed the immediate connections and information it supplies.
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maps & travel - you might like this one http://infodoodads.com/?p=229
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