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My Financial Management wish comes true: Yodlee
I was telling Teri that I wish I could log in to a single web page and see all of my financial accounts at one time. Well, along comes Yodlee (I read about it at Stop Buying Crap). I haven't opened an account yet, but I'm gonna try it out real soon now. Labels: finances, webapps
Micro$oft Beware: Google Spreadsheets is here.
 Take your browser on a spin over to spreadsheets.google.com. I signed up for an invitation to be part of the limited evaluation (it's a new addition to Google Labs), and got my invitation only a couple of hours later. It works just as I thought it would (i.e., the interface is intuitive and Excel-like). I'm very excited about this. You can share them with other people of you choose, even have multiple authors. VERY COOL.Labels: webapps
23 Squidoo: Wikipedia meets About.com
 George alerted me (after his sister alerted him) to a new web site: Squidoo. Squidoo just opened their beta launch to the public, and I think it's a cool idea.Their tag line is "Everyone's an expert on something," and this is the core idea of the site. You can create your own "Lens", a web page on their site that serves as a resource and a launch point to more information on the topic of your choice.I've already started a few lenses, including this one on Human Origins.I guess what I like about squidoo is that it allows people with an interest in something to share that interest with others. Building a Squidoo lens is much easier than launching your own blog on the subject, since they provide little building blocks for your page (er... lens).They recommend that if you already have a blog, you should still create a Squidoo lens on your topic and then include links back to your blog. One of the building block tools they offer is one which easily integrates an RSS feed, so you could include headlines and excerpts from your blog right on the Squidoo lens.The system is crearly still buggy, and I've lost some work while trying to create content. I'll be patient, though... after all, it's free.Labels: webapps
WriteBoard: a new web-hosted collaboration tool
 I've been a big fan of Backpack since the day it launched, and I'm currently managing 8 or 9 personal projects with it as I type.When 37Signals announced yet another cool web app for creating collaborative online documents, I was excited! Then, I started reading about Writeboard, and I lost some of my enthusiasm. Couldn't you just do this in Backpack?Then I read more, and discovered it's core capability: Version control. It's basic (no merging, for example), but it'll do. And it also integrates with a BackPack account. I'm excited again!I've been wanting to write about web-based writing tools for some time, but every week someone comes out with a new one (see Writely). Now 37Signals has jumped into the fray, and they are updating the product continually.Give it a try! You can create a free account with two current writeboards. Backpack has a free option, too.
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Labels: webapps
Google Mail, Anyone?
 I recently extended two GMail invitations to friends, taking me down to 4 remaining invitations to use Google's very cool Web Mail service.I was surprised to notice today that I now have 100 remaining invitations! Is this true for Everyone? Is this Google's way of rapidly expanding the user base?No matter what the reason, I now have a LOT of GMail invitations available. If you want one, please drop me a note.
PaulLabels: webapps
Google Maps on the Moon
 Yep, today is the 36th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's famous first step on the Moon. I can't believe that almost 40 years later, the U.S. has no functioning craft to even get us into Low Earth Orbit... oh well.It's a cool day to commemorate, and Google has gone a step further than their usual special logo: They've created a special version of Google Maps for the Moon! It shows you the landing sites for the Apollo missions, and a special surprise if you zoom in all the way.Enjoy.
moon.google.com
p.s. Google Moon is part of the Google Copernicus Project. These guys are forward-thinking!
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del.icio.us is Yummy
If you have not yet checked out the on-line link database known as del.icio.us, I think it is time.
This very useful, and quite simple, on-line tool has become a permanent part of my everyday web usage. Here's what it is/does:
Storing Links
- Lets you store links (URLs) you like in a database
- Lets you associate as many category tags as you want with each link
- Lets you add additional descriptive text about the link
Retrieving Links
- You can view all your links
- You can view your links by tag
- You can view your links by tag combinations
- You can see everyone else's links by person or by tag, or both
It is a simple to use system, but the documentation is minimal.
Fortunately, Brad Choate has posted a simple del.icio.us tutorial, which taught me how to combine tags. If you are going to register and use del.icio.us, it is a must read.
When I come across a web site that I want to visit again, I just click on the "Post to del.icio.us" bookmarklet in my bookmarks bar of my browser (you'll learn more about these bookmarklets when you register). The del.icio.us entry page is then displayed for the URL, where I can enter tags (many of my posts get the tag "readlater") and an additional description. Once I hit the return key, the link is stored in my del.icio.us database, and I'm returned to the web page I was previously viewing.
The "PAUL FREQUENTLY VISITS" area in the right margin of Lunch with George is the result of an RSS feed of my del.icio.us links (yep, del.icio.us publishes RSS feeds, too).
I think you should try it. It's yummy.
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