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Bloggy Carnival Giveaway!
Posted on April 21st, 2008 300 comments
Today Emma turned two-and-a-half. To commemorate this momentous occasion we decided to hold a giveaway in her honor. Since I am a big fan of automation, efficiency, and cycle-time reduction, I want to hear what software products or web-based services you use to get things done. You wanna know what you’re playing for? (Can you tell I love Survivor). Then take a look at the official rules below:
What is the prize:
$25 Target Gift CardHow you can win:
Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite tech tip (i.e. any tools or web services you use that make you more efficient and productive). For an example of such services click here.Who is eligible:
You must have a US mailing address. You don’t have to be a blogger to win, just supply a valid e-mail address (don’t forget to include this or I won’t be able to contact you if you are the winner).When the giveaway ends:
Friday, April 25. I’ll e-mail the winner on the 26th. If the winner doesn’t respond within four business days, a new winner will be drawn.300 responses to “Bloggy Carnival Giveaway!”
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I don’t know if it counts as a tech tool, but I love getting images from freefoto.com. It helps me to find something quickly when I don’t have my own photo to submit, and I don’t have to pay the price of other services.
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google, photobook, kaodak easyshare software,
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combi is my new favorite..calendar…shopping list…photos great stuff
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Generous giveaway! And happy half-birthday!
My tech tip is to use the calendar in Microsoft Outlook. This way it gives me popup reminders so (in theory) I don’t forget stuff;)
Thanks for the contest! I’m hosting 3 contests this week. Stop by!
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Lisa O April 21st, 2008 at 10:02
I leave all the techy things to my husband but I love to use Picasa for photos and to downsize them…Not sure if that counts.
Thanks for the chance to win a great prize! Happy two and half to Emma!
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Well, I can barely copy and paste–much less do any techy stuff. So I guess I am out of the running for the Target card. But still, wanted to wish Emma a good day. Happy Birthday Emma! You look very cute in that pic. My dog Woofie says Happy Birthday too. Ruff! Ruff!
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I’d have to say pretty much the entire internet . . . b/c I would never get any shopping/photo printing/knitting pattern collecting/coupon printing/etc done without it!
suzzcq70 at gmail dot com
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I’m not technical-AT ALL, but I did just buy Pixelmator to edit my photos and I love it!
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I use Google Calendar to keep track of all of our activities and it is accessible to all family members so we all can use it.
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Michelle April 21st, 2008 at 11:18
I use Google calendar to create a menu for supper that repeats every six weeks. I have six weeks worth of my family’s favorite meals and shopping list for all that week’s meals appear as an entry on Sunday. I don’t have to think “What will I fix for supper this week? ” All I have to do it print my shopping list on Sunday and all the thinking is done for me!
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Suzanne Lewis April 21st, 2008 at 11:24
First of all, EMMA is beautiful!
Secondly, if you you know you will be filling out a lot of forms for some reason, I highly suggest Roboform. -
What a precious way to showcase your giveaway! She’s darlin.
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I was going to say that my greatest tech tip is to have a teenage boy in the house. I may not be able to let him go to college if he wants to leave town to do it. . .
But now, I can honestly say that my best tip is going to be bookmarking this blog, and trying out crazy-beautiful Emma’s suggestions.
Thanks for this giveaway!!
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Spybot and adaware are must!
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Definitely picasa, helps me fix my photos quickly and post them directly!
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I bookmark A LOT of sites. So I use Del.icio.us to house all my bookmarked sites and I can organize them A LOT better that way too.
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I use Picasa and Shutterfly to purchase my digital prints and Online Translator to help me translate the Russian emails I get from friends. I also love Paperback Swap and McAfee.
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Google calendars make it so easy to coordinate schedules with my husband and work. Love it!
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RegCure to keep all of the bad stuff out of my computer.
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Seriously, the day I discovered Bloglines was the day that blogging became so much more fun.
And I use the cut and paste shortcuts constantly. They are my friends.
(Your Emma is a cutie!)
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Christine April 21st, 2008 at 12:31
I love dropshots.com I don’t know if that counts. I also use my Kodak Easyshare software to edit and send out photos…. A LOT! Both are quick and easy.
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I absolutely love Picasa…. it really simplifies things for me! (your little girl is precious!!!)
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I love bloglines.com. It makes checking blogs so much easier!
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Well if you are dieting a great site to keep track of your daily food log and stats is fitday.com
Also Quicken makes my life so much easier on finances.
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i love my palm. thats not really online though. but i love having my calendar online!
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Stephanie April 21st, 2008 at 13:10
I love using my AOL reminder services that reminds me of things I have to get done that day or birthdays or anything else.
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I love to use bloglines to quickly read and catch up on all my favorite blogs.
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for blogging? use bloglines to get all your rss feeds!
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If you’re a fitness or diet person, try CalorieKing.com They have a database of
hundreds of thousands of foods including most menu items from hundreds of restaurants. Also – for a 1x fee of $45 you can subscribe to their nutrition/exercise tracker that keeps track of everything you eat and all your physical activity. You can try it free for 7 days before purchasing. -
I hate to say this, but NOTHING makes my life easier! Can you automate my children??
Okay, just kidding. I do use Google Reader daily, and grumpily use flickr for my photos on my blog. What’s better than flickr for photo hosting and especially for adding into a WP blog? I really need to know.
Thanks for the contest, and happy 2 1/2 birthday to Emma. We just celebrated my son’s 5 5/6 birthday on Saturday.
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Firefox has a neat plug-in called “Fire FTP” that I use constantly with web design to upload pages and images to my server. I love it because I don’t have to open up another whole program, its simple, fast, and easy to use!
alaskawildrose AT gmail.com
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I am not a “tech” person at all, but, one website that I do love to use is http://www.myfitnesspal.com. It’s great for tracking your daily food intakes and exercise when you’re trying to lose weight. And, it’s free! Thanks for the giveaway.
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mannequin April 21st, 2008 at 14:06
Being a Mac user, i of course came from Windows. If you are running Windows, PLEASE make sure you use a firewall. I am a security nut and with good reason.
Tip number 2: invest in an external harddrive incase of system failure. Back up nightlythanks for the chance to shop!
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Yay for Target! I’m actually giving away a Target card on my site as well.
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I just discovered a great site called Cozi – it’s family calendar is awesome and you can have reminders sent right to your phone even! And I can see their shopping list function coming in handy too.
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Google has changed my life. Seriously. I’m addicted.
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I can’t live without my psp 9 for my scrapbooking!
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I love using sellersourcebook.com for my eBay listings, and Picasa for my pictures. We have also just started our family tree with GENI. Love it!
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My favourite tool, if you would like to call it that, is Skype. I use it daily to communicate quickly with people, without the hassle of email. Skype also has very inexpensive telephone rates. I use them to call Canada for free (with the Skype to Skype) phone, but for just pennies, you can call a real phone as well.
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I use bloglines for knowing when blogs I read have been updated. I use winkflash for printing my digital photos you can get prints as cheap as 6 cents a print. I love target:)
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We use photobucket to share our pics with our family all around the country.
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okay, this is nerdy, but using basic keyboard functions to browse sites (for example, type in emmaswebpage and hit ctrl+enter and it will add the www. and the .com) Also using alt+arrow right to move forward to a page.
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I’ve always been a huge fan of spreadsheets for organizing information, now that google docs lets me have those spreadsheets accessible anywhere I’m in heaven! I also use the “publish” feature regularly to share lists & information with friends, family, etc.
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Danielle April 21st, 2008 at 14:42
piknic for free 7 fast photo editing
mcginnisfamily5(at)gmail(dot)com
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I want to win! For the longest time, I had zillions of bookmarks that I painstakingly clicked through to see if any of the blogs I read had updated. Then I discovered Google Reader! Phew, it’s so much easier. It may seem like everybody’s been using readers forever, but it has only recently made my life better!
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google reader – it keeps me up to date on all the blogs i read; love it!!!
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We like Avast on-access Virus Scan. Very easy and it picks up everything!
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Bloglines has saved me SOOOOOOO much time during my day. How did I ever live without it all these “blogging” years?
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I use a Google spreadsheet as my checkbook. It’s so easy to enter in all our debit card purchases and payments.
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I use shutterfly for my pictures and it helps to make my life a little easier.
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Kelly Capron April 21st, 2008 at 15:34
We use Picassa for all of our picture storage. We love the easy format.
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I love Google Reader – I’m more efficient now, but I seem to be collecting a lot more blogs to follow!
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I do use Skype as well but mostly for work. For personal IM I use Pidgin because I have so many friends that use different software (AIM, Messenger, MSN)…this way I can be a part of all them without having to sign up for each and every group.
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Sandra April 21st, 2008 at 15:56
I love google blogger to help organize all the sites that I like to visit daily. It really streamlines things and helps to keep me focused and efficient.
owatz(AT)telus(DOT)net
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I use Mastercook to store my recipes, shopping list, pantry item, etc. In fact, I like it so much, I blogged about it. http://nottryingforaboy.com/2008/02/13/works-for-me-wednesday-mastercook/
Thanks!
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Check out http://www.moneysavingmom.com. That is my all time favorite website.
bethany
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I love Del.icio.us
What a great giveaway – love the photo of your daughter w/ the card outside of Target…very creative
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What a cutie!
I am not much of a computer person, but I love to share slideshows using slide.com.
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I could’nt manage my site without Dreamweaver and Photoshop!
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I’m not much of a techie and the only software that I really use is Quicken. Really helps in keeping me from over spending.
Oh, and your little Emma is BEAUTIFUL!
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Claire April 21st, 2008 at 16:28
Love Gmail notifier! Whenever I get an email, I hear a ‘bing!’ Saves me time because I don’t check it as obsessively now.
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Even though I use technology all the time, I don’t know if I really have a tip. Hmmm…I am a fan of gmail’s folder filters and the ability to send e-mail from multiple addresses.
Would love to be entered…thanks!
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I have to say Google has made a world of difference. With over 60 comments, I am sure you have gotten that already… but even so, it is my tool of choice.
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Please add my name to the hat. I love to use picasa for uploading and storing my photos.
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I couldn’t live without my iGoogle homepage – it organizes my blogging habit!
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I love Picasa online albums, twitter, iGoogle. I have my homepage customized so I just see the stuff I want. Hope this counts. I’m not the techiest person. Thanks and happy half-bday!
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whatta cutie!
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pretty in polka dots in my fave!
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I love bloglines. I couldn’t live without it!
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Melanie April 21st, 2008 at 17:32
It’s so generic but using my bank’s website to pay bills. I get my bills electronically, there’s a reminder service and I save paper and stamps! Great prize and Emma is a cutie!
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I love vistaprint.com I use them for all my business stuff and we just got my husband’s graduation announcements from them and they were wonderful!
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I use Picasa to post pictures of our daughter to long distance relatives can see her. I also use Shutterfly to make digital “scrapbooks” of her because I don’t do paper scrapbooking. Your daughter is so cute!
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Picasa!
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We love flickr and how we can keep lots and lots of photos there and access them from anywhere. As we prepare to move to South America and don’t want to take all the photos (climate wouldn’t be kind to them anyway), this will be a great resource.
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how would i live without google’s picasa???
ndisilvio at gmail dot com
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I’m loving google reader right now. It’s wonderful.
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I am not sure if this counts but I use birthdayreminder.com to make sure I never miss another birthday! Thanks for the great giveaway!
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As a teacher I use google images for everything. It helps the kids understand vocabulary words they aren’t familiar with. Google videos too!
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Annette April 21st, 2008 at 18:37
Google is your friend
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I use Google Reader to keep up with all of my favorite blogs and Picasa to organize my pictures. If you want a program like Photoshop for free, check out Gimp.
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Rachel April 21st, 2008 at 18:58
Hmmm, the only thing I can think of that I use is Google.
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I love paying bills online. I do it through my credit union, but any online bill paying saves time and stamps!
Thanks,
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Tanya Moyer April 21st, 2008 at 19:29
Great giveaway! Thanks for offering! The few “techy” things I use are Bloglines, I “google” everything, and I use the “autofill” option on my toolbar for everything I need to fill out!
~Tanya
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does Bloglines count? I’m not much of a techie user, but I gotta say that Bloglines has changed my life! I used to spend a good half to full hour in the morning to go through my email and check all the blogs I read. I. Love. Bloglines!!!!
Great giveaway, thanks for the chance!
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I like using Evite for birthday parties and Kaboodle for gift ideas. Not real high tech, but great for keeping track of parties and gifts. Especially since I like some input into the gifts my girls get and the grandparents like being given ideas.
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I couldn’t live without my google reader page.
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We use Microsoft Money to manage our finances. It makes it really handy to keep track of everything.
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I’ve been using Ctrl-C to copy, Ctrl-X to cut, and Ctrl-V to paste for probably 10 years, but I just recently learned about Ctrl-Z to undo your last action… this works in most programs!
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I could not keep up on my blog reading without Google Reader.
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The techy thing that makes my life easier-if this counts-is Menu Plan Monday hosted by I’m An Organizing Junkie! Seriously. Great.
I also Google a lot, and the automatic spell check is wonderful, too.
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google calendar, and jott
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I love copy, cut and paste! I love the picure of Emma in front of Target!
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Googel is GReat!!!!!!!!!
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Opening multiple tabs while cruising the interweb.
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sara l. April 21st, 2008 at 21:39
Such a cute giveaway idea…And who doesn’t love Target?! As far as a tip, I love using my favorites folder to nab great sites to check out later! Thanks for such a generous giveaway! Take Care!
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My secret isn’t just opening multiple tabs while browsing–it’s actually setting up my homepage AS multiple tabs. The main pages I know I need to check all pop up as separate tabs. I close them one at a time, then I’m done.
I also recommend joesgoals.com.
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I use Google reader to subscribe to all my favorite blogs. That way I don’t have to spend time going through all my bookmarks, I just go to one place!
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JenniferB April 21st, 2008 at 21:58
My palm pilot keeps me sane and helps me get myself and my kids where we need to be, when we need to be there!
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Hello, Thanks for sponsoring a great giveaway drawing. I like your model holding the prize! Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks,Cindi
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My favorite tech tip… always be willing to learn new things. It seems once I learn something about technology, it changes. One must be flexible!
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Carrie April 21st, 2008 at 22:18
Target is a fun store!!
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I use Paint Shop Pro every day. I wuv it!
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Depends on what I’m doing. I really love Adobe Photoshop album for pictures, iTunes for keeping track of my music and favorite Podcasts, and Blaze Media Pro for converting music from one format to another (I convert my iTunes tracks to .mp3s using that program so I can play them in my car.
There are many others but those are just a few.
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Please enter me. I like photobucket too to share videos with family and friends. I am currently trying to figure out how to keep up with all the blogs I read and am trying Google Reader.
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Microsoft outlook is my favorite tech tip! It is so great and it connects to my Palm pilot so I can sync up my computer to that and everything is much more portable. Thanks!
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I use Picasa for pics and I also use a word count javascript site.
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iGoogle. It’s so convenient to have a homepage I can access from anywhere. I keep all my bookmarks on my iGoogle homepage so that wherever I am, I can access anything I need. It works out well for me, since I don’t have my own computer. I use my dad’s or sometimes my brother’s, so using the built-in bookmark tool feels like I’m encroaching on their space a little bit. So I just keep them all in one place on my own homepage. So great.
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google is probably my life preserver!! Love love love it. It helps me find anything & everything. BTW.. you’re daughter is beautiful. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Hahahaha! I am so tech-challenged so I hope people like me sitll have a chance. I’d give you advice if I had any but I’m in desperate need of it myself, lol!
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I love my iPhone. I have all I need in that little gem! Oh, and I love a good spreadsheet for my grading!
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I love Picasa for photo editing.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
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I use BirthdayAlarm.com to keep track of all my family and friend’s birthdays and anniversaries. I get a gentle reminder by email one week ahead of time and then 2 days before the date. It’s great!
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I really don’t know if this counts, but I use my Palm T/X like crazy and don’t know how I ever survived without it. When the battery dies, I go nuts b/c I don’t know what is going on next in my life! LOL
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Well… my husband swears by the iGTD program he installed on both our computers. I’m sure that it would work for me too if I would just input my tasks like he does… maybe tomorrow?
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Allison April 22nd, 2008 at 00:40
I like Shutterfly for organizing my photos and sharing them with friends and family. And I like my yahoo address book for keeping contact info somewhere besides my cell!
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AVG and spybot to keep out pesky spyware and such
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I love target! But to qualify…. I know nothing techy! Ok, so I just finally learned how to basically use igoogle. So I love iGoogle. I hope that counts!
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paying bills online is a MUST for me. your little girl is the epitome of toddlerhood–HOW CUTE.
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I’m not very tech, but I use flickr and google way too much.
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Keeping in touch with family and friends via email and Skype! Love Skype…must use it more, though.
dbstout[at]juno[dot]com
Hey, don’t forget my giveaways!
comfortjoydesigns.blogspot.com
acupofjoy.wordpress.com
thechocolistas.blogspot.com
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Laura Ch. April 22nd, 2008 at 03:23
Your website is set up so organized and clean. I can tell you are efficient and probably a fantastic dad! What a fun way to celebrate your daughters 2.5 birthday.
As for my own tech resources, I LOVE listography.com. I inherited my mom’s habit of using lists, and sticky notes. Well, no more (except for grocery lists)! I log into listography first thing in the morning when I’m logging into mail, and it’s totally saved our house from random paper and stickies.
Thanks for the great giveaway, and happy carnivaling!
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Theresa Shafer April 22nd, 2008 at 08:21
RoboForm helps to fill in those forms I use all the time. It helps me to remember which password did I use here. Or which password did this site assign me.
thank you for asking. Time for me to look over everyone else’s choices on software.
Great place to learn about something that will make life on the computer easier.
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Maranda April 22nd, 2008 at 08:38
She is such a cutie pie. I would LOVE, did I mention LOVE, to win this gift card. Thanks so much!
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Such a cute picture fro your give-away. I don’t know if this is a tip or not, but I know my life got a whole lot easier when I discovered Google Reader instead of trying to click on every site on my blogroll every day.
Thanks for the entry.
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I’m not very techy, but I’ll give it a try…Picasa is some great software for picture editing and collage making
Love me some Target!
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I use the Google calender feature a lot, as it reminds me of things while I am online. Also, I love ?Flickr and other photo-sharing sites so I don’t clog people’s email when I want to share pictures.
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Genevieve April 22nd, 2008 at 10:31
We do almost all our banking at ing.com–it’s worked really well for us!
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My favorite tech help is the googlereader. I love only having to check for blog updates in one spot.
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I love my motorola q smartphone! phone, email, contacts, music all in one place!!
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well, I love firefox. and they have an email program called Thunderbird that makes my life easier. I also like google and all the things it offers, like docs, videos etc. It makes it easier to keep in touch with my family.
by the way, your daughter is adorable!
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Kristine April 22nd, 2008 at 10:50
Online banking is a great timesaver for us.
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I can’t think of many… I’m somewhat technologically challenged. I do love my photo-shopping software, PaintShopPro.
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My favorite tech tip is the Google calendar!
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I couldn’t live without my instant messaging!
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Sandy–a free personal assitant http://iwantsandy.com/
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elizabeth April 22nd, 2008 at 11:42
I enjoy instant messaging. I’m not much of a computer person.
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I downloaded free software from Avery so that I can type addresses into the computer and print labels to send out my baby announcements when she arrives!
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I use a thing called Roboform on my comp to fill forms.
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I like my Yahoo page because I can set up the RSS feed to all the blogs I like to read. Thanks for the chance!
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My only tech tip probably isn’t much of a tip…we just use picasa to store photos and such. It’s nice to have a back-up somewhere that won’t get lost in case the computer crashes. My best tech tip though, is that the less I am on the computer, the more I get done (for me personally…I know some people have to use the computer to get things done). Thanks for the giveaway!
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Let’s see…some of my favorite things I use daily on my computer are:
Mozilla Firefox
Bloglines
Google Toolbar (autofill is my favorite function for freebies)
Google Calendar
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I use to be very impressed with making photo books on Shutterfly or Snapfish, but now I am in love with making photo book on the Creative Memories Photo Center!
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I love firefox and del.icio.us bookmarks. I read all my blogs in bloglines. I also love google notebook & clipmarks.
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oh technology- I so don’t know much about it. I just love blogging, and how you can get to know people all over the world. so fun!
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I love using Walgreens.com photos. We live pretty close to one so I just send them over online and they email me when they’re finished. I really love that!
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i sadly just use an excel spreadsheet to monitor my spending. does that count?
please enter my giveaway: http://www.taking-back-control.com
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My best tip is use Roboform to fill out n,a,c,s and such!
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I love google reader-cuts my blog reading time in half!! Thanks!
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Happy 2 1/2 b-day!
To help me be more efficient…three words…ON LINE BANKING!
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Well, I love Bloglines (saves me a lot of time) and One True Media (so EASY to make FAST slideshows and videos). Great giveaway!
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Michele April 22nd, 2008 at 14:29
Outlook calendar and trip advisor – oh, and Kaboodle is fun too!
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Spreadsheets – I am all about the spreadsheets. I organize everything in those happy little boxes.
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I’m not at all techie….so my best tips is to use google to find out information on anything I happen to be looking for, and I call my future brother in law when I am having computer issues. Your daughter is adorable!!!
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Stephanie April 22nd, 2008 at 14:54
DreamHost is my favorite webhosting company.
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I am so not tech saavy. But I love Target!
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Courtney April 22nd, 2008 at 15:20
I love Target!
Great giveaway!
Courtneyhunt71 (at) aol (dot) com
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Google calendar is great!
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I just started using delicious bookmarks and Sandy. They help me keep me organized!
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What a beautiful model you have!!!
I love my Google Reader!!
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I have just found and LOVE the picnik website – it’s a very fun, easy, and free photo editing site! Thanks
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Gmail has a sharing documents thing where everyone you invite can work on a document together online. It is awesome for group projects and saves having to work on things only to find someone else did it too.
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Google Calendar. It’s fabulous to be able to sinc with my hubby and keep our calendars together online!
princesslimey(at)gmail(dot)com
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Not exactly a tech tool per se, but I do save a lot of time paying the bills directly from my bank’s online billpay service.
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Carrie April 22nd, 2008 at 17:09
I am so not tech savy! I yell HELP and my fantastic hubby says, “what did you do now?” My favorite tool is Excel, I love making charts!!
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I love the Bookmarks tab on my web browser. I have 5 million (slight exaggeration) folders and I bookmark sites I find that have great information in them or products I’ll want to buy later…I even have a folder for all the contests I want to enter! I couldn’t live without bookmarks!
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Jessica April 22nd, 2008 at 18:04
I love the ad-aware program. It is a free program for personal use. I put it on every single computer I have, at work and at home. It doesn’t cause your computer to run slowly b/c it isn’t a background program. I run it once a week and clear TONS of spyware! I have tested it against other programs and it finds more spyware than others!
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awww, what a cutie! happy half birthday!!
my favorite tech tip is the internet, lol! i would just die without it!!
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Jennifer April 22nd, 2008 at 19:20
I don’t know if this counts, but I love Shutterfly. It makes it so easy to take care of my digital photos and get them printed.
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I suppose “Get a Mac” would not be helpful? Seriously, you don’t want me touching your computer, even in theory.
come enter my contests, too…
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Hmmm, I’m a big fan of Photoshop
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Roboform is a good one if you like to sign up for freebies and giveaways!
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I think one of the best photo processing tips is to use Picassa! It is easy to use even for the amateur.
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I love to use fd’s Flickr Toys (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/) to play with photos. They have amazing options to use with things that I put on Flickr from time to time.
Thanks for the great giveaway and Happy Birthday to Emma!
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Debra Ford April 22nd, 2008 at 20:01
Microsoft Money is awesome. I use it mostly for a checkbook, and I never have any more addition/subtraction errors. You can also set up for automated payments. It really saves time too.
Thanks so much for your generosity!
fairydancer40[at]yahoo[dot]com
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shiloh April 22nd, 2008 at 20:09
cool i love target and that is a super cute picture !
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Shilo Beedy April 22nd, 2008 at 20:29
I use photobucket to put up my photos and roboform to fill out for free samples.
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I use Bloglines to check all of my blogs.
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Not sure if anyone said this one yet – but Twitter! I love keeping in touch with readers of my blog through twitter.
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I use the internet for everything. Looking up info. Connecting with family and friends. Blogging.
I use Goggle reader to keep up with all of the blogs that I read.
I also use Google calendar in one of my blogs.
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I love my paint shop pro & front page.
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I use garage band every week, not for my blog but for work. I also use my widgets like the dictionary, thesaurus, computer for everything … and of course, the internet. Thanks!
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My greatest tech tip is….know someone who knows what they are doing. My dh handles all the tech stuff at his office, so I always say that I am lucky to sleep with the LAN manager!
Happy Bday to your cute little one!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
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My favorite computer program that makes my life easier and I use DAILY is Photoshop CS2. My favorite program on my MAC is iMovie HD.. I made the coolest DVD slide show for my mother’s 50th birthday.
Happy Birthday to your adorable daughter! She is SO cute!
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I use Photoshop to design blogs and to edit my photos! Thanks for the giveaway. Please enter me!
Come enter mine for $25 for ebay!
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I feel like just using Google when I’m desperate is a good idea, but I liked finding better ones! Great giveaway! Count me in. bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
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I like the yahoo toolbar. I have some standard links but it will also let me make my own custom links. I have the local newpaper, all of the blogs that I read, my bank, ebay, and my space. Great pic of your daughter and great giveaway! Thanks
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Jocelyn April 22nd, 2008 at 23:02
I LOVE google – especially gmail. And, Picassa for pictures storage and organization.
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Sarah Berry April 22nd, 2008 at 23:11
Yahoo and yahoo mail. Helps me keep in touch with my people.
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Spy Bot Search and Destroy: to keep my computer clean.
Picasa: To organize photosAllrecipes.com: My online recipe book.
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I am a big time user of Photoshop 7.0, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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First off your daughter is cute! Happy b-day
Secondly I love target
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Carol Ezovski April 23rd, 2008 at 01:24
Since I’m a contest fanatic, Roboform is an absolute must!
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I love Picasa2!!
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I use Photoshop. Does that count? Thanks so much!
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Google’s Picassa is one of my favorites, love photoshop, and I use Microsoft’s “One Note” to clip and store everything from recipes to ideas for my blog.
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LOL my favorite look-up for my computer is my hubby… Yeah, I don’t think I’d even know how to turn the computer on if I didn’t have him. J/K
On the subject of Photoshop, Photoshop is offering a free download of a simpler version of their program on their website. It isn’t the same one the professionals use, but it does the job for the every day Joe. -
I use Microsoft Excel all the time. I used it to make a diaper chart comparing all the different package sizes and prices. That way I can find out if an advertised deal is really a deal or not. I also use it to keep track of rebates I mail off. My upcoming project is going to be a grocery chart. I plan on listing different items we always buy down the left side and each column will be a different store. The next time I go shopping, I’ll fill in the price of each item to figure out where each item is the cheapest!
Your 2 1/2 year old is adorable. Mine turns 2 1/2 in 2 weeks! She doesn’t have nearly as much hair as Emma. I’m so jealous! I can’t even get her hair into much of a pony tail yet!
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I love photobucket!
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I love Mahalo. It is a search engine that searches in all of them and gives you an indexed list of who has what. It is great!
peggie dot loden at gmail dot com
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I use http://www.recipezaar.com a lot around here. Good useful recipes that have continually gotten thumbs up from my family.
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I wish I had a good tech tip…We love our Iphone and it keeps me organized…thats about it!
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I’m a techno idiot, but I do love Kodak Picture Gallery. I has awesome editing tools for those who don’t want to mess with Photoshop.
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The only tech tip I have is: GET A SMARTPHONE! Unless I can actually take my little “mini computer” with me, it does me no good. I can set up all the email reminders I want at home, but if it doesn’t notify me IN MY POCKET I can’t stay on top of things.
Thank you for doing this giveaway.
Tiffany Rosson
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I use my computer to store my recipes. Anytime I find a recipe I like I put into my recipe Word document. Then I can just look it up there instead of having to remember which cookbook it’s in, or trying to find the scrap of paper it’s written on.
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I would definitely say that bloglines saves me time. Love me some RSS feed reader.
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Scarlett April 23rd, 2008 at 11:22
I use iCal constantly (I love the alerts, especially since I don’t have to be online to get them). Also the google search box in my address bar. It makes searching so much faster.
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Bridget Dell April 23rd, 2008 at 11:49
I think right now, it would be my google reader, cause I can keep up with all the money saving blogs that I found truly helpful. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
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MaryLee April 23rd, 2008 at 11:53
Wonderful giveaway, thank you. I am not very “Tech” and my advice may not be worth following. However, I inherited my daughter’s older Laptop, and because it is more difficult to use, she bought me a “Wireless Mouse”. I can’t do without it.
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My favorite tech rpogram? typepad, of course.
If my blog doesn’t count, Then I’d nominate Walgreems photo service online. I can upload my pictures, and only have to go to the store once to pick them up (or even have them shipped, but I’m a kind of I-want-it-now person) Plus, then they are available for me to look at anytime I’m online
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I’m in love with Google. With Reader I’ve been able to keep up on three or four times as many blogs as I did before. And their Calendar is an easy way for me to keep my life in order. My husband and I both use that one, and share our calendars with each other so we can make plans around each other’s schedules.
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I also am not sure if this is a tech thing but I love the website HOWFASTTHEYGROW.COM it is the home of the 7 minute scrapbook page. It has made it so easy to keep up with my 3 boys Scrapbooks.
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Brandi April 23rd, 2008 at 13:19
I love Photoshop, blurb.com, Picassa…and many, many others.
Thanks for the gift card giveaway. Your daughter is such a cutie!
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I love paying bills online through our online banking at Bank of America. Makes my life so much easier.
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I love Microsoft Out look. It has a calendar, reminder service, to do list, I love it. It’s my bread and butter!
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Andrea April 23rd, 2008 at 14:38
I use mealsmatter.org to store recipes and create shopping lists! Thanks for the chance to win!
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I’ve been a Quicken user since I graduated from college – it really helps me stay on top of the bills and cash flow.
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GREAT giveaway!
We use Microsoft Money in conjunction w/our online banking system. Makes getting bills paid a snap. I am really digging using the new Google Talk application. You can talk to anybody on your contact list and the window sits on top of whatever page you are currently working on. So I can trouble shoot issues and chat w/my developer at the same time and not have to toggle.
Hey, if you have a chance, please stop by and visit my contest page too!
http://weirdstuffinmydesk.com/?p=41my email is:
racoo.smith at gmail dot comThanks and have a lovely day!
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I believe my favorite online tool, without a doubt, has to be http://www.shutterfly.com. I’ve used Shutterfly for about 6 years now and find it very easy to share photos with my family versus trying to send them hardcopies. They can view the photos on Shutterfly and order what they want!
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The one thing that saves me the most time online is Google Reader. I can quickly see what new posts are up on my favorite blogs without having to go to them all, then I only need to actually go to the ones I want to comment on. It took me so much longer to do my blogging before I started using it, now I have more time for other things.
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Definitely Google, they have the best free services and are very easy to use when you aren’t extremely computer savvy =)
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Sarah A. April 23rd, 2008 at 16:00
My favorite tech thing is bookmark organizing on my favorites. It helps me stay organized and have one place for certain types of websites. Thanks!
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I just started using ToodleDo…it’s an online To Do list and I love it. It allows me to assign tasks to specific days, make them recurring, assign them to different categories.
And it’s free!
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I’m not much of a tech person but I guess I recommend getting the Yahoo Anti-Spy web tool. It’s free and cleans up your computer pretty good.
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Dan Smith April 23rd, 2008 at 16:32
I use Google Calendar to keep track of all of our activities
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Susan Smith April 23rd, 2008 at 16:33
Shutterfly.com for my pictures
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I love Google Reader b/c it makes my blog stocking so much easier
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Sarah N. April 23rd, 2008 at 17:45
I love Bloglines. Saves me so much time checking all of the blogs I regularly read.
I also LOVE target!
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She is so cute!!!
That is a great picture.
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Google Reader has been a life saver. Ok, maybe just a time saver.
But Entourage has been a life saver. You have to have a mac to use it though.Thanks!
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Love the picture, and *want* the giftcard
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Happy Birthday EMMA!!!!
My favorites are Flickr, Yahoo and Yahoo mail.
Thanks for the opportunity.
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Picaso is my favorite!
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Emptying my internet temp files freguently makes my computer run faster especially after my boys are on my laptop.
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Wow, she is a cutie! I have several favorites that make my life easier – RoboForm, Google Reader and Blogarithm are the ones that immediately come to mind. Cool giveaway! Thanks.:)
If you get a chance, stop by my blog and join in the fun with my giveaway – http://threepsinapod.blogspot.com/2008/04/bloggy-giveaway-time.html#links
Thanks!
Alyson @ 3 P’s
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I absolutely love the whole suite from Serif! They have everything! I am using their Serifwebplus (which they have for free – older version, but what the heck!) to make my blog!
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Telima April 23rd, 2008 at 21:12
I love the Mouse Gestures available for Firefox. It’s such a time saver! Your daughter is adorable!
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Adobe Photoshop is fantastic for re-sizing and editing pictures.
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I just use the Outlook calendar, so I can remember things…but I’m happy to read about a bunch of other tips here that I might have to explore now!
Thanks for the giveaway.
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Big fan of Picasa!
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Tricia April 23rd, 2008 at 22:39
I love google reader!
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http://www.bighugelabs.com has some fun (mostly photo) applications. I use it to make mosaics to smoosh (very technical term there) my pictures together for better posting.
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Firefox as a browser and Bloglines as a feedreader are just about the BEST!
I’m having FIVE GIVEAWAYS on my blogS as well. Hope you’ll stop by.
http://abookwormsdiary.blogspot.com/
http://abookbloggersdiary.blogspot.com/
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With my husband’s schedule (and mine, too) being so crazy, the only way we don’t schedule over each other is by using Google Calendar. I love that you can color code it by person….it’s easy to just glance and see what’s open. I also love that it sends email reminders!!
Thanks for the great giveaway! ( meg.wilson@gmail.com )
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Google, Google, Google… reader, calendar you name it, I love it. Great giveaway!
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sascha April 23rd, 2008 at 23:14
I’m not very technologically inclined when it comes to software, but I found this neat shareware program called ScreenShot Captor. I can take a screenshot of something of interest and save it. Better than a bookmark when I’m saving something that is more visual, like a room painted a color I like. And I don’t have to worry about the info being taken down from the site. I have a perfect “screenshot”, frozen in time.
Thanks for the opportunity to enter your giveaway.
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Google mail + my tiny tiny cheap laptop makes it possible from me to work or do school work virtually anywhere!!
I am running my own bloggy carnival over at Seven Dogs and a Baby in honor of Connor’s first birthday. There is over $530 in prizes! Go check it out!
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Andrea F April 23rd, 2008 at 23:55
I love Photoshop! (and I love that picture on this post!)
Thanks for a chance to win!
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I love bloglines. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
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google calendar rocks!
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My favorite tool is Roboform for filling in forms. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I use Photobucket for storing/editing photos for my blog, etc. They’ve made some nice upgrades over the past year…
Thanks for offering a great prize!
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Jennifer April 24th, 2008 at 00:54
Roboform is a form filler and saves passwords. I love it!
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fedora April 24th, 2008 at 01:00
Hmm… I do love Picasa for being able to sort and store our gazillion photos. And the history feature in Firefox has been pretty helpful recently–my kids like to watch snippets of stuff on Youtube, and that helps me find the videos they watched the most recently so they can watch them again…
Happy 2.5, Emma!
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Emma is precious!
I use Google Reader to keep up with recent postings on my ever-growing list of blogs I like to read! I love the “star” feature that allows you to mark favorite posts for future reference.
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I use Google Calendar to keep up track of our meetings and activities. Also, if you have forms to fill out or if you are like me and like to request freebies, Roboform is the way to go!
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I love Jott! I have it programmed into my phone so that when I’m driving, whatever pops into my head, I can phone Jott, leave a message, and get an email with the text of my phone message.
You can set it up to email other people as well, but I haven’t done that yet.
It’s so nice to sit down to my computer and see an email that says, “Prepare lesson,” or “Schedule baby’s doctor appointment,” or even “Hey you are one great mom! Thanks for all you do.”
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Rita A. April 24th, 2008 at 01:27
I use roboform for entering information when requesting samples. It saves lots of time.
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I just got Norton 360, and I love it!
I would love to win this great prize! Thanks for the chance to win!
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Amanda Chapman April 24th, 2008 at 04:28
I use roboform every day and couldn’t imagine being without. Its a real time saver.
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I love the calendar that Outlook offers.
I also love Target.
tigerjennv(at)yahoo(dot)com
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I use toggl.com It helps me keep track of the time I spend doing stuff online, but you could easily use to track how much time you spend doing offline things too!
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My favorite tech tool is kind of big. It doesn’t fit nicely in my purse. In fact, it’s about 6 feet tall and over 300 pounds. My favorite tech tool is my hubby. He can fix anything!
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I love my flashdrive for transferring pictures from oone computer to another!
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I am not techy at all, but I do love using google. (Does that count?!)
Count me in for the drawing please!
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I love bookmarking every site I go on and that I would like to reference in the future even if it doesn’t apply to me now. I have a billion folders that I organize them all in and when I need to find information and/or shop for something I have a folder with links already set up!
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Google reader! I couldn’t live without it! Thanks for the great giveaway!
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I love Gmail-it’s so much more useable than any other program I’ve tried. Also, I love the StoryBook creator-a free download from Creative Memories that is a digital scrapbooking software for your computer. The finished books are gorgeous. Thanks!
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Hands down it got to be shutterfly. It’s a great way to document your life in beautiful book form.
Oh…I’d love to win Emma as well as the gift card!
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LeeAnn April 24th, 2008 at 15:44
I love Jott.com!!
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KELLY N. April 24th, 2008 at 16:32
Picasa is a great tool for any pictures.
How wonderful and generous of you!
Thank you for the great giveaway!
fluegas5(at)gmail(dot)com
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What a cutie your little one is. I really love to digi scrap. I picked up a great little program called unzip them all which helps me unzip a bunch of kits all at once. I love PSE 5.0 to edit photos.
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Happy half-birthday to you.
Happy half-birthday to you.
Happy half-birthday dear Emma,
Happy half-birthday to you.I live by Bloglines, and use it almost exclusively — I never visit actual blogs unless I really want to watch a video.
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interesting idea! I would have to say that my best tip is that my hubby makes spreadsheets for EVERYTHING…from our household finances, to car mileage, to his own softball statistics…of course, the only one of those that makes our life more manageable is the household finances spreadsheet, but I digress…
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Barbara April 24th, 2008 at 22:07
My browser, Firefox, saves me tons of time. I love the “favorites” toolbar that goes across the top of the browser frame. I put the sites that I visit several times per day on that for easy, easy access.
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chantelle April 24th, 2008 at 22:32
i cannot live without my iCal! it is my organizing savior lol!
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Christy April 24th, 2008 at 22:58
Seems like your Emma is a week older than my Ethan. What a crazy fun, stressful, wild age!
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Teri Meairs April 24th, 2008 at 23:51
Awwww! Happy Big-Day Emma! Thanks for the give a way! I could not go on without my Photoshop..Son in college..Newlywed daughter, expecting first grand childchild….gotta have it! Thank you. Who does’nt love Target!
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Erica G April 24th, 2008 at 23:56
We use Microsoft money to help us track our finances.
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Well first Happy 2.5 birthday to Emma! (don’t you just love how its ok to celebrate 1/2 birthdays once you have a kid!) I would have to say that my saving grace of techi stuff is being able to save sites to my favorites list. I can’t remember them all. So this does it for me!!!
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My fav tech tool is Picasa. I can upload pix to my computer easily, send them in an email, upload them to my blog, edit them and much more all from one area.
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Well, my husband is the tech savvy one around here, I know ZILCH about what we use, LOL. I do well to use google, gmail, and blogger;) He takes the photos, uploads them, edits them, and sends me the completed ones:)
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TO use Thunderbird instead of Outlook Express. I have had so much trouble with OUtlook and my husband suggested I try Thunderbird I was determined not too but got so fed up with Outlook that I tried and I will never go back so much easier to deal with.
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Georgina S April 25th, 2008 at 04:57
RoboForm hands down!
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I’ve been using Google Calendar plus Remember the Milk (both free) for a few months now and it has really kept me on track! As soon as I get something in the mail or on an e-mail about an event–I put it on the calendar. It really helps with my mommy brain. I also have the iGoogle as my home page with my gmail, Remember the Milk, and Google Calendar prominent, so it’s all in one place and I can see my day quickly at a glance!
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Great giveaway – please count me in!
I love Google, there are so many wonderful features!
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I love my Google toolbar that fills out forms automatically. Thanks for the great giveaway. I love the picture:)
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I can’t think of any “techie” tips except to use websites to pay bills and do banking, instead of paying for postage and trips to the bank. Along those same lines, online shopping instead of shopping at stores — if you can get free shipping and no tax — saves on time and gas, too!
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natalie April 25th, 2008 at 13:57
im great at shopping online
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Thanks for a great giveaway! I hope i’m the lucky winner
i love the google reader,google alerts and how u can customizethe google homepage for you
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I would have to go with Mint http://www.mint.com/ a money management tool.
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Emily N. April 25th, 2008 at 16:50
google reader is great!
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Jodi B April 25th, 2008 at 16:58
I could not live without Roboform. I absolutely love it! Happy Belated Birthday to Emma!
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Mary Ellen April 25th, 2008 at 18:21
I’m really liking Google Reader to see if my fav blogs have been updated, such a time saver.
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Jean Parks April 25th, 2008 at 20:06
I love roboform.. here’s a link http://www.roboform.com/?affid=loopy
I also use google picasa to edit,upload and share my pictures,the software includes a lot of nice basic editing functions.
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Pretty sure you are up on all the tech-y goodness I could offer, but I love iGoogle for it’s great streamlining capabilities. News, blogs, calendar, e-mail, etc. all right there…LOVE It!
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I love using Bloglines to keep up with all the blogs I like to read.
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Tammy Darling April 25th, 2008 at 23:09
I love roboform. It’s a great timesaver. Thanks for the contest.
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I love:
http://www.dictionary.com/
(Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, & Reference)http://www.freedocumentaries.org/
(Free Documentaries)http://www.britannica.com/
(Encyclopedia Britannica Online)http://www.pandora.com/
(Make your own radio stations!)
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