Buyers are typically need to be sold on a neighborhood before they can be sold on house. If you have a great walkable neighborhood, you might want to flaunt your Walk Score™.
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Walk Score, Real Estate Ratings
How To Sync Everything With Everywhere
If you’re anything like me (which I don’t think anyone would want to admit!), you have data all over the place. And that’s even considering the highly organized systems that you’ve put in place such as using Outlook and/or Google Apps. The main reason isn’t lack of organization. It’s lack of synchronization. But there’s a solution!
ScheduleWorld, an online app, can help bring you back to bliss by synchronizing your calendars, tasks, and even contacts. It can do this for multiple computers, across multiple operating systems, and even different applications. ScheduleWorld leverages open protocols to talk with services such as Google Calendar and your desktop software.
Here’s what I’m doing. I’m just starting the testing process, but so far so good. I manage my calendar in Outlook 2003 on a WinXP box, Thunderbird (via Lightning and Provider) on Ubuntu and Google when I’m somewhere else. I also manage tasks and contacts (not syncing yet with Google Apps) using the same software. * Yes, I realize I could use Thunderbird on Windows, but I thought having more applications would make for a better experiment.
I signed up for a ScheduleWorld account and am now on my way to syncing everything with everywhere. Pretty slick, but not quite perfect yet.
Are you using ScheduleWorld or think you might? Share your experience.
Best Free Solution: Blog, Website, Email, More
I got into a conversation with someone (NB) who was looking for a free way to host their blog. I suggested Blogger, but was immediately shotgunned with:
- It’s not secure.
- I want my own domain.
- It’s not flexible enough.
- I can’t upload documents.
In the end, he needed much more than a blog. Here’s our conversation (roughly)…
Me: It’s not secure?NB: No, I want to require people to login to see my blog. I don’t want it available for the whole world to see.
Me: Blogger has a privatize feature that does just that.
NB: It’s still inflexible. I can’t have normal web pages (non-blog posts). That’s why I use Google Pages. But I don’t really like that either, I’d rather have my own domain [instead of nb.googlepages.com or nb.blogspot.com].
Me: Blogger let’s you have a custom domain. I actually use that on my site. But for your needs you want something a little more than just a private blog. You should take a look at Google Apps. By signing up for their free service, you can use your domain with Google Pages. You’ll also be able to use your own domain for Gmail.
I know that you distribute documents through your website, too. With Google Docs (part of Google Apps), you can have your documents published to your blog, while adding the ability to collaborate with other users.
Whether or not its security is ready for the enterprise, Google Apps can play a powerful role for mobile users, families, non-profits, and small businesses. You get email, document management, shared calendars, and more.
Give Google Apps a try and share your experience here! Would you use it?
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