Website URLs can often be very long, which makes sharing them difficult–on Facebook, email, and especially on length-constrained media like Twitter. A bevy of URL-shortening services have sprung up to meet this need, from third-party services like bit.ly and is.gd to product-specific shorteners like Twitter’s t.co and Google’s goo.gl. However, what if you want to… Read more
Despite the functionality of faxes being completely replaced by email, there are still those occasional situations that require you to send or receive a fax. There’s always the option of driving to your local Copy shop, but you might not know that there are web services devoted to sending and receiving faxes. Most of the… Read more
Not every ministry has the time, resources, or know-how to create a complicated web site. Thankfully, services have begun to pop up recently that allow for the simple creation and editing of fully-functioning web sites. Orbs is one such site, and it excels in one place its competitor Wix fails: the content is not Flash,… Read more
An earlier version of this article originally appeared on my personal blog. Sometimes people ask me how I keep up with so many blogs, websites, and general news. My secret (other than being easily distracted) is my trusty RSS reader. Using an RSS reader and some basic information management skills, you can easily keep up… Read more
This post is Part 3 of a 3-part series. See yesterday’s post Plain Text With Simplenote or the first post Why Consider Simplenote and Evernote. Introducing Evernote Evernote is a web-based service that allows you to create, manage, and synchronize rich-text notes between its web site and your devices. Evernote is similar to Simplenote in… Read more
This post is Part 2 of a 3-part series. See yesterday’s post here: Why Consider Simplenote and Evernote Introducing Simplenote Simplenote allows you to create, manage, and synchronize an unlimited number of plaintext (meaning just text, without any formatting) documents between its web site and your devices. Simplenote is a fast, simple, and easy-to-use web-app… Read more
Now that we’ve talked about the basics of Getting Started with Cloud Storage, let’s talk about some specific ways we can store Notes (short-to-full length documents that are primarily text) in the cloud. This is Part 1 of a 3-part review: Today, we’ll talk about why you should consider moving your notes to the cloud…. Read more
Once Microsoft commercials start touting their ability to keep your data in the “cloud”, you know the word has gone mainstream. Let’s get the basics out of the way–what is the cloud, and how can you benefit from cloud storage today? What is the Cloud? Simply put, the cloud is the Internet. The reason for… Read more
You may have heard of or read about RSS and Google Reader, but it can be a confusing world to jump right into. Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson and a prominent blogger, recently wrote a simple introduction to Google Reader. Hyatt titles his post “How to use Google Reader to keep up with your… Read more
It seems there’s a new web service with a catchy name (Flickr, Tumblr, Twitter, etc.) coming out every day. The Web Services category of Staffhacker aims to help you understand and process these new services in a way that helps you weed out those you won’t benefit from and not miss those you might love…. Read more
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