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50 Tech Tips 2011 2011 Equal Justice Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
Glenn Rawdon, Program Counsel, LSC Liz Keith, LawHelp Program Manager, PBN David Bonebrake, Program Counsel, LSC Travis August, National Support Coordinator,
PBN Joyce Raby, FAIR Health, Inc.
Panelists
Glenn Rawdon
Navigation Pane Word 2010
PDF "sticky notes" as help for documents
Firefox 4 Apps Tabs
Firefox 4 Panorama (group tabs)
Firefox 4 Sync
Windows Live Mesh
Google Cloud Connect
PureSync
Set Conditions and Schedule
Focus Booster
Handbrake
Liz Keith
Simplify Flight and Hotel Searches
Hipmunk.com
Hipmunk.com
Organize your Travel with TripIt
TripIt.com
• Share trips by email or with a private link to your itinerary.
• Sync with your Outlook, Google, iPhone or Blackberry calendar.
Read it Later – Even without Internet
ReadItLater.com
PDF a Web Page in a Click
Stay Connected through Group Chat
[GroupName]@partychapp.appspotchat.com
http://partychapp.appspot.com/
Dim your screen
Disable your wi-fi
Keep it cool Don’t multitask Hibernate, don’t sleep
Maximize your Battery Life
Photo by marylkayoe/ Flickr
Hail a Cab from the Web – or a Text
Book your cab Track its arrival Charge the ride Get an e-receipt
TaxiMagic.com
Find the Perfect Parking Spot
Map it with Bing
Count your Chips
Record expenses by email, text, IM, voice and more
Email receipts as images Manage and export expense reports
xpenser.com
David Bonebrake
LawHelp/NY Usage Statistics◦ 2009: 377,000 visits◦ 2010: 461,000 visits
The Numbers Don’t Lie
http://bit.ly/gek6Xi
Gate Guru App
http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/
http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/
Travis August
HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension It encrypts your communications
with many popular websites.
http://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
More Secure Hotspot Browsing
1Password http://agilewebsolutions.com
LastPass \http://lastpass.com/ Create strong passwords
◦ Sync with all your browsers◦ Sync with your
computers, mobile phone,and tablets
(check with IT first)
Secure Passwords Everywhere
Pastefire http://pastefire.com
Copy links, phone numbers, and more on your computer and send them to your iPhone instantly
Pastefire
GroupMe, Beluga, Fast Society, Kik, and more
Send messages to a group
Works with basic SMS phones as well as smartphones.
Other features:◦ Share location privately
for smartphone map apps◦ Group conference calls
Group Messaging
Turn RSS news feeds into emails
Feed My Inbox
Get SMS-like notifications for just about anything.
Twitter, Facebook, FourSquare and other social networks
Custom search alerts RSS feeds
Boxcar: iPhone Notifications
MS Business Intelligence Labsexperimental data mining tools http://bit.ly/msbilabs
Free Excel Add-in: Fuzzy Lookup Search Tool
Matches even spelling and abbreviation differences◦ Identify fuzzy duplicate rows
within a single table◦ Fuzzy join similar rows between
two different tables
Microsoft BI Labs
Upload Excel, CSV, or link Google Spreadsheets as data sources
Collaborate and discuss Visualize data with
maps and charts Embed on the web
or download
Google Fusion Tables
scrible
Word Lens
Joyce Raby
www.groupon.com
www.siezethedeal.com
www.livingsocial.com
http://escapes.livingsocial.com/deals
www.giveawayoftheday.com
www.freestufftimes.com
Sourceforge.net
www.grc.com
Testmy.net
www.woot.com
www.zulily.com
www.gilt.com
www.ruelala.com
www.dailygrommet.com
www.thinkgeek.com
http://www.vegas4locals.com/couponsdining.html
http://www.vegascoupons.com/top-vegas-coupons.html
http://www.smartervegas.com/
Glenn Rawdon, [email protected] Liz Keith, [email protected] David Bonebrake, [email protected] Travis August, [email protected] Joyce Raby, [email protected]
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