WEB REVIEW: Online help for escaping dinner rut and menu freeze
Probably the most interesting online grocery service in Indianapolis is Green B.E.A.N Delivery.
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WEB REVIEW: Padding out the functions on your new iPad
Judging by the action at the local Apple store, I think it’s safe to assume that many of you rang in 2011 with a new iPad. Here are some things to do with it.
WEB REVIEW: Even more ways to find facts at your fingertips
There is little wonderment left— nearly any answer to any question is readily available.
WEB REVIEW: With Groupon and its ilk, daily deals drive demand
All of these work on the same basic premise: Make an offer to customers that is at or better than 50-percent off, use the power of the deal and their social networks to spread the word, and wait for the sales to roll in.
WEB REVIEW: Out of kid party ideas? How to skip Chuck E. Cheese
BirthdayPartyIdeas.com is full of ideas for parties of all kinds, for all ages.
WEB REVIEW: Find your address book perplexing? Consider Plaxo
At heart, Plaxo is a manager for your address book (or Rolodex if you happen to be of a certain generation).
SURF THIS: Start benefiting from a social media platform
Seems like almost every day a new social media platform is born. If you added them all up, you would easily be in the hundreds.
Obviously, all of them are too much for all of us to pay much attention to, but there are a few you should not only know about,
but participate in.
SURF THIS: Web Research 101 … going beyond Wikipedia
Wikipedia remains the de facto standard for research, having an archive containing more than 15
million articles. But if you need to go beyond the basic facts, there are a variety of places to turn.
SURF THIS: Foursquare attempts to corner walk-in business market
Why would you want to check in at various locations on your smart phone?
SURF THIS: Think your family is awkward? Check this out.
Sharing this guilty pleasure makes me feel a little … well, grimy.
SURF THIS: Steve Jobs’ new pad keeps i on the prize
The latest from Apple could change the face of publishing.
COTA: Getting things done is more than just a resolution
When the work seems to pile up, OmniFocus and Things can help productivity.
COTA: Get out of town … but click first
There’s a lot more than Travelocity when it comes to booking travel online.
SURF THIS: Footnoting life: New programs augment reality
Augmented reality is, essentially, the melding of our physical world with digital information.
COTA: For cool toys to covet, Playgrounder’s the thing
Just keep repeating to yourself: Stuff won’t make me happy…stuff won’t make me happy…
COTA: File sharer Drop.io is as an Internet team player
Need your entire team—no matter where they are—to be working together? Here’s a site that will help.
SURF THIS: Been avoiding Twitter? Time to reconsider
"Do you tweet?" The answer for you (and your business) needs to be, “Yes, I do.”
SURF THIS: Let’s just back up … with a Drobo
Hard drives fail—almost all of them, at one point or another. Back-ups are a little clunky to set up
and keep up with, so most people I know ignore it. I finally decided I couldn’t avoid it any longer.
Stitcher is more than just Pandora for news junkies
Stitcher bills itself as “a leading mobile audio company that provides a revolutionary media service which allows audio content to be easily aggregated, organized and shared on mobile devices.” It’s sort of like DVR for radio.
Swine of the times: An epidemic like no other
Why discuss the swine flu in a Web column? Well, with information regarding the current situation changing on a daily, even hourly,
basis, the Centers for Disease Control is working hard to keep people informed, including "broadcasting" updates via Twitter.