I won't deny that I am a computer geek so I thought the least I could do is share some of my geek finds with the other parents out there. These are some of the tools I use/plan to use for the blog and for digital photography/memories. Since I have all the things bookmarked why not start with that...
| Del.icio.us | If you've ever had a hard drive fail you know what a pain it is to lose all your bookmarks. Del.icio.us (Delicious) is a social bookmarking site. You can store your favorites and organize them with keyword tags. You can also view other people's bookmarks and share with friends. FREE. |
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| Blogger | It's what powers this blog...duh. FREE. |
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| Google Analytics | This tracks how many people visit your blog. It's pretty cool because you can not only see how many visits but where the visits are from. There is a map of the U.S. and the dots are larger based on how many people visit from that area. FREE. |
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| Flickr | Online photo management and storage. FREE(limited uploads) or $24.95/year (unlimited) |
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| BlogCollector | Backup and Publish your blog. I haven't tried this yet but it looks pretty cool. It will download your blog and convert it to a PDF. You can then use the PDF on an online publishing site to make book out of your blog. Multiple versions FREE/$68/$198 |
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| LuLu | Self publishing. Print hard cover and soft cover books, calendars, photo books and more. You can even create a store to sell your books. I haven't actually published anything yet but the online tools seem to work well. This would should work together with BlogCollector. Prices vary depending on the product. Registration is free. |
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| Picaboo | Create picture books. I haven't tried this either but it has lots of templates to create scrapbook style photo books. Software is FREE. Books start at $9.99 |
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| Windows Photo Story | Create photo slide shows with transitions and music. FREE |
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| Winkflash | PhotoCard Announcements and photo prints. This was the only place I found that let you do a completely custom design for the PhotoCard. Prices seem reasonable and the quality is pretty good. |
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1 comments:
Em, Picasa is probably the best option for managing your local copies of images, and has all the slideshow/html generating features you'd expect. Been using it for years. It's also free.
http://picasa.google.com/
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