My Favorite Online Tools/Resources - Steven W. Gilbert, The TLT Group - Updated 9/29/2006
If you would like to add items to this list, leave your suggestions as comments in the "Favorite Online Tools/Resources Suggestion Box" located within the TLT-SWG blog .. or you can leave a request to become a "collaborator" on this document and add your own items directly as Laura Rediehs has already done.
http://tlt-swg.blogspot.com/2006/09/suggestion-box-favorite-online.html
Thanks for your interest.
Steve Gilbert
People who are adding items or lists below:
Laura Rediehs
* = Really rely on
& = Didn't have more than 12 months ago (6?) [or versions older than X months had significantly less functionality]
-$ = Free or almost free (legally!)
$ = Fee
-$ Most Definitely - Will Fight to Keep Them!
*&Audacity
*Bank of America online banking
*&Blogger
*&Bloglines
eBay
*&Feed2JS
*&Google Desktop
*&Google Local
*&Google Maps, Directions
LTAs [Low-Threshold Applications/Activities]
MERLOT - collection
MERLOT - sharing tools
Print FedEx Kinkos
*&Skype/Skylook [free/inexpensive phone via Internet + dial from Outlook contacts + record directly onto computer]
*Solitaires (Spider, Free Cell, ...)
Spybot Search & Destroy
*&Yahoo Widgets [analog clock; weather; wireless meter;
*&Writely
$
*Flashlight Online
*Income Tax Software (TaxCut)
*&iVocalize
RoboDemo (or equiv...)
*SecondCopy
*&Skype + Skylook
-$ Standard - Foundation
*MS Windows Media Player
*Quicktime Player
*Adobe PDF
Google Pack http://pack.google.com/
$
*AOL
*AVG (virus protections, etc.)
*Microsoft Office Suite
*FrontPage
*IE
*PowerPoint
* Outlook
-$ Not Sure Yet
Acez
Concept Mapping
Feedburner
FeedForAll
iTunes
Photo editing software (e.g., Picasa2)
Web-based conversion of files into PDF https://createpdf.adobe.com/
$
CrystalTech
Digital Voice Editor 2 [Sony Digital Voice Recorder]
MS Money
Trillian Pro (easier management of multiple IM "channels")
Voice Recognition - cell phone?
Voice Recognition - transcription
Voice Wizard Editor & Voice Wizard + [Digital Voice Recorder]
Devices
*Laptop
Cell Phone
PDA
Digital Camera (stills, videos)
*&Treo650 - Cell Phone + PDA + Camera
*Digital Voice Recorder
*Telephone recording adapters
*Internet-Phone Gizmo [Links Internet audio sessions with telephone conference calls]
*Headsets
&Headset - Bluetooth
*Copier/Scanner/Printer/Zoom
Services
*Telephone conference calls
*Telephone conference calls toll free
*&Skype/Skylook
Laura Rediehs's List:
-$ Most Definitely
Amazon.com
*ANGEL (course management system)
*Blogger
**Bloglines
**del.icio.us (very helpful web-based bookmarking site)
**Google Desktop
**Google Groups
**Google Notebook (available from Google Labs)
**Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird
*Seedwiki (I have two sites I'd like others to contribute to, but also use this to make my own web start page full of my favorite links)
**Wikispaces (another free wiki site I am just starting to explore)
$
*Dreamweaver
*Income Tax Software (TaxCut)
*Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word
-$ Standard - Foundation
MS Windows Media Player
Quicktime Player
*Adobe PDF Reader
Devices
*Laptop w/ wireless
*Cell Phone
*PDA
*Digital Camera (stills, videos)
*Mini-Disc Recorder
*Headsets
*Copier/Scanner/Printer
Services
***(Verizon DSL & wireless home networking on order)