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"What is Writely," you ask? Writely is an online word processor. Think of Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect on the web - for FREE. Recently purchased by Google, it's a resource that will greatly benefit many people- including me! I have been plastering quite a few documents up there!
So what can you do with Writely?
Create and edit documents you normally would create in Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect.
Save your documents in Word, RTF, HTML, and PDF formats.
Collaborate with others on the same document.
Publish documents on your blog.
Let people subscribe to that document's RSS feed.
Much more....
Google Spreadsheets
Think of the same idea as Writely but think Microsoft Excel.
Google Notebook
Google Notebook is similar to Writely, but I think the basic distinction of purpose is Writely is for formal documents and Google Notebook is more of an online pad of paper for well, notes. Although there is no spellcheck like in Writely, it's a simple way to organize and categorize your notes on various subjects. I have about 6 notebooks going on depending on the type of subjects. Very handy indeed!
Google Alerts
Have you ever wanted to or needed to research a certain subject? To help you in your pursuit of information, Google Alerts does the work for you! All you do is enter your key words/phrases and save it. Google Alerts do the rest. For instance, some of my keywords are: "gospel-centered" OR "gospel centered" -lds -mormon - that's right, the whole string of words is one entry. I want to cover my bases!
X-Drive (now) by AOL
5 Gig of storage of information- documents, pictures, links, and mp3s! Think of it as an online hard drive. Absolutely love it! I've been able to upload roughly 1 Gig of mp3s so far! Most are sermons I found helpful. And if you have an AOL Instant Messenger account, you can sign in with that username / password. Or create a new account.
Oh, did I mention, X-Drive is FREE ??? I love that word!
Gmail - Email by Google!
I love Gmail. Do you keep getting tons of spam? Not with Gmail! And if one happens to get through, check a box and select "Report Spam" and whammo! It's gone, ne'er to be seen again! On a side note, you can even let Gmail host your organization's email. That's what we use with www.ebcupstate.com email. I even use it with my 
email address.
Don't have a Gmail account? I can hook you up (limited quantities available!)
Don't have your Bible handy when you need it? May I suggest ESV Online. I use this religiously!
Got a(n) (ever-growing) list of blogs you read all the time? Check out Bloglines. One stop shop for all your blog reading needs! Just insert your blogs' feeds and voila, it magically updates!
Two Words: Get Firefox.
It's my browser of choice. The extensions available for Firefox make it indispensable! Simply blows Internet Exploiter out of the universe. Think: Tab Browsing. Yes, I know IE 7 has tab browsing now, but Firefox has been doing it for a lot longer (and better!). Think also: Spell Checker, browser sync (syncs up your browsers from multiple PC's), Book Burro, Adblock, PDF Downloader, among many others I use every day. Oh, and for the sites you may visit that won't work without using IE (which means they are poorly coded sites!), there's IE Tab. One click and that tab in Firefox switches to IE. Another click, and that tab switches back to the trusty Firefox.
I know of some other tips and items of choice, but I must draw the line somewhere at the moment.
Enjoy!!
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