by Karen on April 13, 2010
I have a little obsession with finding new information. I love learning, and finding new articles, resources, and knowledge.
But there’s a problem with the internet: it sucks to read for long period of time online. When I am learning something new, it helps to have a hard copy to read, highlight and make notes. I can’t help it, I’m just a nerd that way.
Print Friendly makes it easy to print any website simply.
This great site gives you three options:
- Add a print friendly button to your bookmark tool bar (which I use the most)
- Add a print friendly button to your website
- Enter any URL directly on their site to convert into a print friendly version
For example, when I entered my latest post at Dreamin’ the Life, it converts the page into a simplified version that looks like this:
You can hover over the pop up of your web page, and delete whatever areas that you don’t want printed (pictures, certain paragraphs, comments of a blog post). It simplifies the page, makes it easily edited so that you can print only what you want and save time, ink and paper.
Check out Print Friendly here.
by Karen on April 10, 2010
I’m an obsessive list maker. And note taker. Things to buy. Things to do. Chores that I am procrastinating. Blog ideas. Business ideas. People to reconnect with. Toy wish list.
So, I’m trying out a new geeky toy: virtual post-its.
I love post-its. And now I’ve taken my love to another level.
They are cute little yellow stickies, that exist on the desktop of your computer. I can make as many lists as I want now, and easily update and change them.
There are a few different virtual post-it programs available. Right now I’m trying out the 3-M, name brand Post-It software. The downside is that the program isn’t free. But, there is a 30 day trial which I am using now. If I decide to go with this software, it’s only $19.99 when the trial period ends…. which isn’t too bad if it helps me organize my life on my desktop.
The cute little post-its look like this:
And have a little holder that when you click on, produces a new post it on your desktop:
Every time you click on it, it makes a little cartoonish sound that is either adorable, or highly annoying… I can’t decide.
The post-its have a few fun features:
- different color choices
- font selections
- alarms you can set to attach to certain post its
- easy right click options such as: trash note, insert time and date stamp, paste, etc.
- minimize capabilities that reduce the post it to a half inch size
- preview of the title of the post it that is minimized when you hover over it
This is what the cute little minimized post-it looks like:
Now, you’ll have to excuse me. I have lots of lists to go make.
You can get the software and trial version here.
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