Ninite: A super-cool way to download common free programs
Oh, I love free stuff, and I love people who make it easier to download free stuff.
Visit the Ninite site, and check off the free applications you want on your computer, such as Firefox, Chrome, iTunes, Audacity, Skype, AVG, Adobe Reader, Gimp… The list is fantastic! (And it reminds me of all the great tools I still need to cover here on Cheapskate Freelancer.)
Once you choose your programs, click to install, and Ninite will manage your installation. This is great when you are doing a full upgrade to Windows 7.
Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer – Great For Win7 Upgrades.
Posterous: Can blogging get any easier?
This free tool falls smack dab into the “If Only I Had Known” category. It’s an instant “Beth Favorite.”
Posterous is the easiest blogging tool I’ve ever seen. You simply email post@posterous.com, and they post what you’ve emailed. You can then claim a site of your own and keep posting to it.
It even adds your pictures, videos, documents… anything you attach to the email.
I also hooked it up to post to my Twitter account, and I can make it work with WordPress as well.
I’m feeling a little dizzy with joy right now.
Posterous – The place to post everything. Just email us. Dead simple blog by email..
Docstoc: Free legal forms and business templates
In today’s social media world, we’ve all come to rely on the kindness of strangers. That’s why docstoc works… people share copies of legal, business, tech and educational documents with the community, allowing other community members to download them for free.
I did a quick search for an example business plan, and docstoc came back with thousands of documents. You can sort by ranking or popularity and really take a shortcut to creating your own documents.
You can also upload and sync your own documents, keeping them private if you like, for an online storage backup.
