Facebook: So you've put off getting a Facebook account and are not sure why it is even needed. Never mind the fact that Facebook has recently exceeded 500 MILLION personal accounts, and most all your competitors and associates are on-line. Facebook is not for college kids anymore -- it's mainstream. And if you're not a part, your'e missing out. First, Facebook is your personal (not business) advertisement. You chose what you want to put on your profile. Then Facebook is a running stream of information from your friends, family and associates. Eve
n if you never enter more than a profile, Facebook is like a stock market ticker of what's going on. A lot of it is irrelevant, no doubt, but not all of it. See "Nutshell" below on how to make it easier to use. Bypass MySpace, Twitter and YouTube and go straight to Facebook.
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Three Social Media Applications to make your life easier:
Nutshell Mail : OK, so who's got time to read all this Facebbok "stuff?" That's where Nutshell Mail comes in. Nutshell puts al
l these streams of information and more into a condensed summary version. In a "nutshell." Get it? Nutshell can condense whatever you use (Linked-In, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, blogs, invites) into one simple summary list and sends it by email whenver you want it. You just scan and see what interests you. Personally, I get mine at 4:00 pm every day to scan the email summary and see what's going on in just three to four minutes or less.
DropBox: I personally couldn't live without this one. Say you have a document you are working on at the office, or certain documents you need to have access to regularly (written proposals, PowerPoint presentations, images, text) and you need them at home as well. Maybe tonight you want to modify a presentation, or edit a letter you worked on at the office. Simply drag a copy over to your "Dropbox" icon on your desktop (or use Dropbox as a file folder) and the items are automatically synced with any other computer
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where you have downloaded Dropbox (and entered your username and password, of course). Sync with your home computer, laptop, even your cell phone, or all three. This is what is called "cloud computing" because the info is "in the cloud" and ready for you at any time for your use. And your edits are synced back the other way as well. This is great, too, if you happen to use both the MAC and PC platforms. It's all synced, cross-platform. Simply go to dropbox.com and download the program. It's free unless and until you reach a whopping 50 GB of space.
NudgeMail: Nudgemail isn't a program, an ap, or anything you download to your computer. Instead it operates entirely by email. All you do to use NudgeMail is to write or forward an email to Nudgemail and it will forward that email back to you at any time you specify. Say you get an email about an important meeting you need to prepare for next week, but you're busy now. Forward the email via Nudgemail to be re-delivered to you next morning or next week so you won't forget to get started on the presentation. Say your boss e-mails you to follow-up with a client next week. you can forward to nextweek @nudgemail and you'll get it in seven days. Or EOD @Nudgemail and you'll you get it 6 pm today (End of Day). Or 04012011 and you'll get it on April 1, 2011. If you get an e-mail from a friend you don't want
to deal with until tomorrow, you can e-mail it to "tomorrow@nudgemail.com" and it'll arrive the next day. Use "530am" and you'll get it at 5:30 am on the day specified. There's even a snooze function. Forward to "snooze" at Nudgemail and you'll get it in exactly one hour.
I hope some of these items will be helpful to you. By the way, you can click on any of the logos above and it will take you to the page where you can get started. All of the above services are free.
