Free Excerpt from World Business
Resources.com by Garrett Wasny
CHAPTER ONE: BORDER BUSTER TOOLKIT
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT
Mail Call. Don't have e-mail or need another account? Free Email Address Directory at http://www.emailaddresses.com/ and Free Email Providers Guide at http://fepg.net/ provide directories of 1,000+ free e-mail services in dozens of languages including French, German, and Japanese.Message Instantly. Want to track colleagues online? The Instant Messenger Service at http://www.newaol.com/aim/netscape/adb00.html lets you know when selected colleagues anywhere in the world who also have the service go online. You can also send and receive private text messages.
Turn on the E-Pager. Want to know instantly when new e-mail arrives? Yahoo Pager at http://pager.yahoo.com/pager/ allows a user to send private messages, receive alerts for new messages, and see when colleagues are online.
Check Your E-Calendar. Looking for a zero-cost personal organizer? Yahoo Calendar is a free online scheduling system. Data from the service can be exported to a personal digital assistant and other computer devices.
Penny Wise. Planning an overseas move? The Salary Calculator provides cost-of-living comparisons for hundreds of cities across the United States and around the world. To use the tool, input your current salary in your country's currency. If you live in the United States, for example, list your salary in American dollars. Assuming you wanted to move to France, the calculator then tells you how many American dollars you need to maintain your standard of living in France. According to the calculator, if you make $100,000 in Minneapolis you would need to make $154,014 to live at the same level in Paris.
Speak in Tongues. Need a quick translation? AltaVista Translation is a a free virtual translator. The service translates English from and into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Try Before You Buy. Interested in trying out new business software at no cost? Check out BizProWeb's Business & Professional Shareware. The site links to hundreds of business-related shareware programs online including employment tools, personal information managers, and text editors.
Plan to Meet. Need to arrange a phone or conference call with an associate on another continent? Use the World Clock Meeting Planner to arrange a convenient time, and avoid middle-of-the-night meetings.
Deploy the Robot. No time to scan the web? Use the Informant, a personal search agent. Free to use, the service will search the web for key words you designate, and e-mail you when matching pages are found.
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