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- Turn Your IM Program Into A Productivity Tool Using ImifiedYesterday
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Most people would associate an Instant Messaging (IM) program with chatting idly to friends all day long but in actual fact a lot of companies have been developing chat bots which enable you to use your IM program to make you more productive. The best one (in my opinion) is Imified. I use it on a daily basis and I can’t say enough good things about it. I’d like to show you today some of the things it can do to help you.Imified basically allows you to connect with online services using your chat program. Whether you are a user of Google Talk, AIM, Windows Live or Jabber, information from these online services is securely passed back and forth, allowing you to do everything from your desktop. This can be anything from updating your Twitter stream to checking an IP address. One thing is for certain. Imified is going to be the most valuable friend on your IM contact list.
So the first step to setting up Imified is to get the bot onto your contact list. This is extremely simple. All you have to do is pick your chat service, take the associated email address and add it to your contact list :
AIM: IMified
MSN (Windows Live Messenger) : imified@imified.com
Google Talk: imified@imified.com
Jabber: imified@imified.com
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- 5 Legitimate Online Self Employment OpportunitiesYesterday
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In today’s world there are so many more options than just working in a cubicle or behind a cash register. Maybe you are a teenager and you’re having a hard time finding your first job, or perhaps you’ve been recently laid off, disabled, or you’re a stay-at-home Mom and do not have the opportunity to work outside your home.Whatever the case, if you want to set your own hours, work at home, and possibly have some fun then read on!
As with any of these at-home positions you will find key benefits and drawbacks.
Let’s take a look at some of them.
Key benefits include:
- Flexible hours
- Convenience of working at home
- Convenience of setting your own hours
- Free training (depending on the job)
- The more you work the more you earn
Can you think of some other benefits?
Drawbacks may include:
- No benefits such as health insurance or overtime
- You must keep your own records and submit invoices for payment
- Pay your own employment taxes
- Repetitive nature of the job
- Being alone for a long period of time with no one to talk to
- Having to motivate yourself to work
What other drawbacks do you see or have experienced?
If you find that working at home is for you, here i
- Fancast Mixes Local Listings with Free Streaming VideoYesterday
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Last week our post about Premier Week and Hulu drew a lot of comments from fans of another service, Fancast. While at first glance it looks like a clone of Hulu, it offers a great deal more than meets the eye.The most significant difference between Fancast and other video streaming services is its all-encompassing nature. Hulu makes specific deals with providers in order to bring in content. Fancast isn’t as concerned with specific partnerships and brings in legal video from wherever it can. On top of this, Fancast learns your location and preferences in order to sync up with what you normally watch on TV. In a sense, the site tries to amplify your current usage habits instead of making you switch over to digital completely.
Normally I would try and walk you through the process of using Fancast, but it’s really much too vast for that approach. Each user will have different features they like the best, so I’ll try to point out the most important ones here:
Show Listings and Access Options
- MUO Games : Now Boarding - An Addictive Adobe Air GameYesterday
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I am not the kind of person who has the patience to play through a resource management game. I remembered when I first played Rollercoaster Tycoon - it only lasted me 15 minutes before I decided to call it quits and I never played the game again.When I got my hands on Now Boarding, a resource management game based on the Adobe Air platform, I didn’t have much interest initially and put aside only 15 minutes just to test it out. In the end, I spent the whole afternoon playing it. It completely blew my mind.
Now Boarding is a well designed tycoon-style game by Gabob. It is a 2D flash-based game with a simple cartoon-like interface. The storyline is simple: Airway Airlines is facing some serious management problems and their airport is going to be closed if they don’t get some help. You are being employed to take charge of the daily operation of the airport and to keep the airlines business alive.
Starting with two 737 4-seater airplanes, your task is to ferry your passengers to where they want to go and make them happy in the process. Every passenger i
- The Best 6 Sites to Get Free EbooksOctober 5
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You might be surprised by how many good free ebook sites there are out there. Nowadays, you can find pretty much any popular (and not) book online. You just need to know where to look. Here are my favorite ebook sites.
1. Ebook Search Engines
These are simple Google-like search engines but for PDF files. I usually start my ebook search using one of these sites. Type in the title of the document or book name you’re looking for and click on the search button. Find your book in the search results and click on download link. Done.
So far my top 3 ebook search sites are:
www.pdfgeni.com (MakeUseOf review)
www.pdf-search-engine.com (MakeUseOf review)
www.data-sheet.net (MakeUseOf review)2. Scribd.com
In case you have never heard of this one before, the simplest way to define Scribd would be to call it Youtube for documents. People can upload whatever text documents they want and easily share them with others.