http://www.mattorley.com/wp Sharing what I learn Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:34:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alot of sentiments in the midwest, including yours truly, follow this video. Share This http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/49 FireShot is my new favorite screen shot tool for sharing "What I am looking at on the web" in a very LOW TECH fashion... I use this tool for showing people cool websites I have found, for blogging images right here on this website, and for sending my customers 'paper clippings' ... http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/48 I have had the recent need to make online videos available offline, and have had friends and family ask for the same thing.... So its worth a simple post: There are a myriad of choices out there to download and replay, but which are the best? Well I don't know of ... http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/46 I don't often find cool new tools to write about, and this year, the plethora of Web 2.0 platforms (thousands of which you can see at www.simplespark.com) all just seem to be new ways of barely squeaking out $40 in advertising revenue for the providers. This year, however, I finally do ... http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/40 I havent written about Ping Me before -but it is basically a reminder website that helps in Getting Things Done. Read THIS article on Zetetic by Stephen Lombardo about combining my previously mentioned JOTT tool with Ping Me to create calendear reminders for yourself while you drive. Awesome combination ... http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/36 As I share interesting web applications with my friends and colleagues, and as I have in this post, I continually am flabergasted by the sheer volume of initiatives by web companies. As a tool to help sort through the web applications, a site called SimpleSpark.com is a cataloger of ... http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/34 Personally, Social Networking has not meant much to me on a computer. Sure I occasionally post to this blog, and make sure my name is relevant on Google Searches, but playing the "MySpace" deal has never held any interest. HOWEVER, I recently came across, or was invited into a friend's ... http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/31 Voicemail is a necessary evil in our day and age, and if you are a professional, you have to do the best you can to make your callers comfortable. I recommend a voice mail greeting that uses the following components; Greeting, name and company name Call to Action Salutation Greeting A greeting should be swift and ... http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/30   Earlier this year my personal information that I had attached to my Yahoo! account was deleted along with my account - this being email, contacts, stored notes, favorites, etc... I won't get into the details, but I believe it to be a tragic mistake revolving around Yahoo Answers and trying ... http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/28 Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once, in one place, with one logon, and one set of friends/buddies. Pidgin works with: AOL's AIM Yahoo! IM MSN Google Talk ICQ Bonjour Gadu-Gadu Groupwise IRC QQ SILC SIMPLE Sametime XMPP ZephyrShare This http://www.mattorley.com/wp/archives/25