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Tips, How-tos, Freebies

Posted by Jacque on June 30th, 2008

tips2.jpgEssential sites for tips and how-to’s
Mashable lists 10 sites you’ll want to visit for tips and how-tos for just about anything.

Includes instructables  — the world’s biggest show and tell;  About.com  — which covers a wide variety of topics; eHow  “How to do just about everything”; and more.

Best free software programs
Here’s another 10 essentials you’ll want to know about.  The best free software is explored at Tech News World.  [via iLibrarian]
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The list includes:

  1. Paint.net 3.08 (graphics editor)
  2. EssentialPIM 2.5 (organizer)
  3. IrfanView (image viewer)
  4. OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 (office program)
  5. PDFCreator 8.1
  6. CDBurnerXP 4.0
  7. 7-Zip 4.57 (compression program)
  8. Stickies 6.5 (sticky notes)
  9. WordWeb 5.1 (dictionary)
  10. ooVoo 1.6.1 (Internet-based telephony)

2 Responses to “Tips, How-tos, Freebies”

  1. Mike Says:

    A good list, but one of my favorites is MonkeySee.com, which produces all of their how to videos professionally. And I love Wikihow’s breadth of topics, but just wish they would have a way to do videos…it feels like they’re missinng out. Anyway, something tells me there’s only going to be more competitors as the year goes on.

  2. Ben Wilkoff Says:

    Thanks for the list of great resources. I had heard of many of them, but a few were new to me. I will definitely be using many of them in our online school eDCSD: Douglas County Online Education. Thanks again.

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