Friends & Miscellaneous
Friends and Colleagues — People I Would Trust as Vendors!
- Clark Training & Consulting — Training for ID professionals
- David Hunsberger’s MS Project Consulting & Training — Learn to use MS Project from a pro!
- eduFire free online video learning — [see video overview of eduFire] — [see my upcoming classes on eduFire]
- Harold D. Stolovitch & Associates — Custom ID and human performance technology (HPT) support
- Hazelton Farm — Exotic chickens and birds, eggs, puppies… my daughter’s amazing business!
- Human Resource Development Press, Inc. — Human resources management and training courses, as well as constructive assessments for building organizational effectiveness, leadership capital, and strong teams.
- JRC– A consulting firm that creates and implements custom training solutions to help organizations achieve key business goals.
- Peer Resources — Support for mentoring, coaching, and peer helping
- Workshops by Thiagi – Lots of games, ideas, and other fun stuff — some free!
Miscellaneous Info and Links Worth Sharing
- FREE Firefox web browser
I use both Firefox and Internet Explorer. What I like about Firefox is 1) Web pages seem to display more quickly, 2) I can selectively filter out images from ad servers (so when I’m using “My Yahoo,” for example, I can block annoying ads that keep coming from the same servers), 3) I can open web pages in Tabs, enabling me to switch pages easily, 4) I can drag frequently used Favorites or Folders right onto the tool bar for quick access, 5) a Google Search box is built in and always ready to go, right from the menu bar, 6) You can “clear” your Search history and cookies, etc. (for better security) with a quicky menu item that pops up when you are shutting down, 7) If you shut down without closing Firefox, it will remember all the tabs and windows you had open and give you a chance to reopen them when you start up again. This saves a lot of time! The techies say it will do a lot more with the many additional plug-ins available, but I’ve not used any of them yet. I really recommend it! And you don’t have to uninstall Internet Explorer… you can use both… so there’s really no risk to trying it!
- FREE telephone calls anywhere and an extra phone line with magicJack – If you have a high speed net connection, buy magicJack(around $40), plug it in a USB port, then plug in a telephone. We got one, we love it, it works great!
- FREE Fax & Voice Mail — E-Fax and Voice Mail– These people will provide you with a free fax phone number and a free voice mail phone number. When someone sends you a fax or leaves a voice mail message using this number, it is automatically sent to your e-mail box as an attachment to an e-mail message. You then click on this attachment and a little program allows you to read the fax (and print it) or play back the voice message and hear it through your computer speakers. I love this product! It eliminates the need for a second telephone line and lets me pick up faxes and voice mails anywhere I can pick up e-mail.
- FREE Fax & Voice Mail — J-fax and Voice Mail — Pretty much the same as E-Fax, above. Different vendor.
- FREE website warnings — McAfee SiteAdvisor — a small, free program from McAfee that will tell you whether a website you is likely to be downloading spyware and/or adware to your computer.
- FREE access encyclopedias: 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica — “…totally FREE access to two top notch encyclopedias: The Crystal Reference Encyclopedia and the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica which anybody can edit and add comments to.”
- FREE Download a Day — “One Great Program a Day, Whether You Need It or Not!”
- FREE spiritual caffeine from thinkArete.com --Brian Johnson’s “concentrated wisdom for the busy self actualizer.” What caffeine does for your brain’s synapses, thinkArete.com will do for your spirit.
- AEMC — Global Test Supply is a distributor of new and refurbished test equipment.
- The Bicycle Workshop — A great place to buy a recumbent bicycle (I got mine here!)
- Brain Train Age — Fun, PC-based game featuring scientifically-designed activities to exercise and stimulate your brain in five important dimensions. Includes IQ testing, brain age testing, and more. Free trial download is available.
- The Earthquakers — Amish guys play amazing, hard-driving rock & roll. Really!
- iPowerWeb — My website host. Great tech support, low prices, lots of features for the money.
- Key Battery — Good deals, fast service on all sorts of batteries, accessories, etc. for laptops, PDA’s, camcorders, and other equipment.
- Ron Heuse’s Playsage — Check out Ron’s great Mahjongg solitaire game and other fun stuff. I use mine whenever I’m stuck on hold! Free trial versions are available.
- Philosophers Notes — Brian Johnson’s amazing “concentrated wisdom for your hero’s journey.” Distilled essences of the works of all sorts of great thinkers & philosophers.
- Pro Blog Reviews — Thoughtful reviews of good blogs. Check it out!
- FREE FreeWebSubmission.com - Free manual and automatic submission of your website to the highest rated, free internet search engine
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