NerdWords Yearbook 2012-2013

Tech Tools from NerdWords 2012-­2013

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Productivity Tools Cloud-based technology today is making our lives easier in so many ways, from file access to project management and more.

Cloud Storage and Sharing Tools FluffyApp PC-­‐based cloud storage for file sharing fluffyapp.com eepurl.com/jvUAL

CloudApp Mac-­‐based cloud storage for file sharing getcloudapp.com eepurl.com/jvUAL

Dropbox Cloud-­‐based file sharing/sync service

Dropbox has truly

changed the way I

dropbox.com eepurl.com/0ibf

Picasa Image organizing tool picasa.google.com eepurl.com/uptj1

Cloud Helper Tools Otixo All-­‐access service for cloud soCware oExo.com eepurl.com/q3eLj

Hojoki CollaboraEon tool for teams that shows acEvity on cloud-­‐based services hojoki.com eepurl.com/q3eLj

DROPitTO.me Site that allows others to upload content to your Dropbox dropiJo.me eepurl.com/q3eLj

CloudPrint App that allows you to print anything from anywhere google.com/cloudprint/learn/index.html eepurl.com/uptj1

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To-­Do Tools Toodledo Project management and task tool toodledo.com eepurl.com/pZ2Ff

Any.do Mobile to-­‐do lists any.do eepurl.com/pZ2Ff

Wunderlist To-­‐do list manager wunderlist.com eepurl.com/pZ2Ff

Automation Tools File This Fetch Service that automaEcally downloads bank and other statements filethis.com eepurl.com/Hwbgn

IFTTT AutomaEon tool for a mulEtude of apps and services iCJ.com eepurl.com/n19h9

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Wappwolf Automator for cloud-­‐based services such as Dropbox wappwolf.com/dropboxautomator eepurl.com/q3eLj

Zamzar Online file conversion uElity zamzar.com eepurl.com/n19h9

Dragon Voice Recognition Tools Free and paid apps and soCware for voice recogniEon nuance.com eepurl.com/v81eT

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Email Tools Mailbox App that organizes your email yournerdybesNriend.com/2013/04/25/deep-­‐dive-­‐mailbox-­‐ app-­‐review eepurl.com/w0gtL

OtherInbox Inbox organizer

otherinbox.com eepurl.com/w0gtL

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Yesware Gmail inbox helper yesware.com eepurl.com/w0gtL

Unroll.me Email volume manager yournerdybesNriend.com/2012/08/24/unroll-­‐me-­‐manage-­‐ your-­‐newsleJer-­‐subscripEons eepurl.com/oPBjz

NutshellMail Service that organizes social media updates nutshellmail.com eepurl.com/oPBjz

Ever Contact Tool that scrapes contact informaEon from emails evercontact.com eepurl.com/H1J8b

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OUTSOURCING Tools TalkTo Service that lets you text any business and get an answer talkto.com eepurl.com/ABYnz

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Lucyphone Tool that stays on hold for you then calls you back lucyphone.com eepurl.com/ABYnz

GetHuman Directory of shortcuts to get real people on the phone and via mail/email at companies gethuman.com eepurl.com/ABYnz

Fancy Hands Virtual assistants for small tasks fancyhands.com eepurl.com/sYuDH

Fiverr Online marketplace for $5 projects and services fiverr.com eepurl.com/muj1r

Elance Online marketplace for freelancers elance.com eepurl.com/muj1r

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Meeting and Collaboration Tools Even though we don't all work together in the same office, we can be closer than ever to our colleagues with technology.

Video Conferencing Tools Google+ Hangouts Online meeEng tool with live/recorded streaming to youtube for webinars

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google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts eepurl.com/snxGr

Skype Online videoconferencing tool skype.com eepurl.com/snxGr

ooVoo Instant videoconferencing for up to 12 oovoo.com eepurl.com/snxGr

AnyMeeting Videoconferencing and webinar tool for up to 200 people anymeeEng.com eepurl.com/sYuDH

Audio Conferencing Tools Speek Teleconference tool that calls aJendees speek.com eepurl.com/xHV09

UberConference Teleconference tool that calls aJendees uberconference.com eepurl.com/xHV09

Join.me Instant screensharing youtube.com/watch?v=3g0sexsjZWA&feature=plcp eepurl.com/puVEH

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Meeting Scheduling Tools Doodle Site that lets you choose Emes to meet so parEcipants can vote doodle.com eepurl.com/vMEqz

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ScheduleOnce MeeEng scheduling tool for parEcipants and clients scheduleonce.com eepurl.com/vMEqz

When Is Good MeeEng scheduling site whenisgood.net eepurl.com/vMEqz

Correspondence and communication Tools Postagram Service that creates and mails postcards of your mobile pictures for about $1 each postagramapp.com eepurl.com/sGi7T

Lettrs Online or printed leJers leJrs.com eepurl.com/sGi7T

Paperless Post Elegant email correspondence and invitaEons paperlesspost.com eepurl.com/sGi7T

HeyTell Instant communicaEon tool for mobile devices heytell.com/front.html eepurl.com/qJSwr

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Business Card and Networking Tools CardMunch Business card reader for mobile devices yournerdybesNriend.com/2012/08/17/mobile-­‐business-­‐ card-­‐scanners-­‐what-­‐works eepurl.com/oCmPT

contxts Virtual, textable business cards

yournerdybesNriend.com/2011/04/12/contxts-­‐mobile-­‐ business-­‐cards eepurl.com/oCmPT

BatchGeo Mapping tool to help you locate your customers batchgeo.com eepurl.com/ITroj

Event tools and Games Layar Augmented reality tool for printed maJer layar.com eepurl.com/pZ2Ff

Exmo Easy-­‐to-­‐use tool to create an app for your event

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yournerdybesNriend.com/2013/10/10/exmo-­‐affordable-­‐ event-­‐app eepurl.com/GMxoj

Klikaklu Iphone app for scavenger hunts klikaklu.com eepurl.com/GMxoj

Sparkbooth SoCware to turn your laptop into a mobile booth yournerdybesNriend.com/2012/08/07/sparkbooth-­‐create-­‐ your-­‐own-­‐photo-­‐booth-­‐with-­‐custom-­‐images eepurl.com/okbTP

Bingo Custom bingo card creator

yournerdybesNriend.com/2012/08/07/bingo-­‐Eps-­‐to-­‐ create-­‐your-­‐own-­‐bingo-­‐cards-­‐to-­‐engage-­‐aJendees eepurl.com/okbTP

Social Media Tools Cover Photo Magic Instant Emeline covers for Facebook home.coverphotomagic.com eepurl.com/lsJ21

Spotlike Custom "Like Us on Facebook" poster spotlike.com eepurl.com/mlexL

TwitBlock Online tool that analyzes your TwiJer followers to find spambots and other bad Tweeple twitblock.org eepurl.com/luTsH

Mentionmapp MenEonmapp creates a network of your biggest followers and hashtags to grow your network menEonmapp.com eepurl.com/luTsH

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Personal Growth Tools We can all use goals and new skills to keep us motivated. These tools help improve our health and our minds.

Health Tools RunKeeper GPS-­‐enabled app that turns your smartphone into a mileage tracker runkeeper.com eepurl.com/EKJ2b

Zombies, Run! Exercise tracker that moEvates you to track zombies and run to survive zombiesrungame.com eepurl.com/EKJ2b

Couch to 5k Training tool for your first 5k race acEve.com/mobile/c25k?force_a2=y eepurl.com/EKJ2b

Pocket Yoga Mobile guide to poses and workouts pocket-­‐sports.com/Apps/PocketYoga eepurl.com/EKJ2b

7-minute workouts Workout tool for short, intense workouts 7-­‐min.com eepurl.com/EKJ2b

GymPact App to moEvate you into working out gym-­‐pact.com eepurl.com/EKJ2b

Charity Miles App that rewards you by crediEng your favorite nonprofit when you put in the miles I tried 21Habit. My $21 went to charity. Oh well.

charitymiles.org eepurl.com/EKJ2b

21Habit Site that asks you to commit $21 to make or break an exercise (or other) habit -­‐-­‐ if you don't make your goal, the money goes to charity yournerdybesNriend.com/2012/1/6/21habit-­‐make-­‐or-­‐ break-­‐a-­‐habit-­‐in-­‐21-­‐days eepurl.com/EKJ2b

Research AND EDUCATION Tools Google Top Trends Chart Tools to show what the world is talking about google.com/trends/topcharts eepurl.com/AWYX5

Google Visualization Tool VisualizaEon tool for trending data from Google google.com/trends/hoJrends/visualize eepurl.com/AWYX5

Zotero Research tool that helps you collect, organize, cite and share your research sources zotero.org eepurl.com/AgHbP

Coursera Online college-­‐level courses from Ivy League schools coursera.org eepurl.com/pKlkj

edX Online college-­‐level courses from Ivy League schools edx.org eepurl.com/pKlkj

Khan Academy Online educaEon via videos for all ages khanacademy.org eepurl.com/pKlkj

Zaarly Online instrucEon from experts zaarly.com eepurl.com/AgHbP

Udutu Online course creaEon and learning management system udutu.com eepurl.com/n19h9

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Information Organization Tools Flipboard Content aggregaEon tool flipboard.com eepurl.com/0ibf

Feedly RSS reader Check out my Flipboard magazine at nerdy.bz/flipboard

feedly.com eepurl.com/ygrCj

The Old Reader RSS reader that looks like the old Google Reader theoldreader.com eepurl.com/ygrCj

Instapaper Content aggregaEon tool instapaper.com eepurl.com/ygrCj

Pocket Content aggregaEon tool getpocket.com eepurl.com/ygrCj

Notetaking and PDF Tools Evernote Notetaking tool and content aggregator evernote.com eepurl.com/Hwbgn

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Adobe Reader Standard PDF reader now with signing and ediEng eepurl.com/jvUAL

Notability Note-­‐taking app and PDF editor gingerlabs.com eepurl.com/JiXSv

iAnnotate App to take notes on PDFs www.branchfire.com/iannotate eepurl.com/JiXSv

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Translation Tools Google Translate Web TranslaEon tool translate.google.com eepurl.com/zmJyX

Google Translate Mobile Mobile translaEon tool google.com/mobile/translate eepurl.com/zmJyX

Green Tools National Green Pages App App with companies that are commiJed to sustainable, socially just principles greenpages.org/content/phone-­‐app.html eepurl.com/In_i5

1800Recycling App that helps you locate recycling centers 1800recycling.com/mobile eepurl.com/In_i5

greenMeter App that monitors your vehicle's power and fuel usage hunter.pairsite.com/greenmeter eepurl.com/In_i5

PaperKarma App Mobile tool to help eliminate junk mail I have used PaperKarma to get off dozens of catalog lists.

paperkarma.com eepurl.com/zmJyX

DMAChoice.org Junk mail management site dmachoice.org eepurl.com/zmJyX

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Job Tools Vizualize.me InteracEve resume tool connected to linkedin account yournerdybesNriend.com/2012/02/27/vizualize-­‐me-­‐ instant-­‐appealing-­‐resumes-­‐from-­‐your-­‐linkedin-­‐account eepurl.com/o1VuT

Brand Yourself Online reputaEon monitor brandyourself.com eepurl.com/o1VuT

StartWire Job search organizer and applicaEon tracker startwire.com eepurl.com/o1VuT

WORK ENVIRONMENT Tools Ergonomics Simplified Online quiz to analyze your office space ergonomics ergonomicssimplified.com eepurl.com/nLGnD

F.lux SoCware and app that changes your display lighEng based on Eme of day to help avoid eyestrain justgeNlux.com eepurl.com/nLGnD

Autodesk Homestyler 3D layout tool to try out room layouts homestyler.com eepurl.com/nLGnD

DarkCopy DistracEon-­‐free retro word processor darkcopy.com eepurl.com/H1J8b

Focus Booster Software Tool to help you focus on just one task at a Eme focusboosterapp.com eepurl.com/H1J8b

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Shopping Tools Shop Savvy App that lets you scan barcodes to find the best deals around for any given product shopsavvy.mobi eepurl.com/sYuDH

PriceGrabber Online shopping price comparison tool pricegrabber.com eepurl.com/sYuDH

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RedLaser Shopping and price comparisons with mobile devices redlaser.com eepurl.com/sYuDH

Shopkick Mobile app that lets you earn points for walking into parEcipaEng retailers' shops shopkick.com eepurl.com/sYuDH

Financial Tools Settle Up Tool to help a group divide costs seJleup.com eepurl.com/JiXSv

Square Wallet Mobile money tool to give and accept payments

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square.com eepurl.com/CySNT

LevelUp Mobile payment tool with discounts and rewards thelevelup.com eepurl.com/CySNT

Shoeboxed Receipt management tool shoeboxed.com eepurl.com/jvUAL

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Security Tools Keeping your personal and business information safe online should be a high priority these days. These tools are some of our favorites for online security and privacy.

PASSWORD Tools LastPass Password management system lastpass.com eepurl.com/mMUPr

KeePass Open-­‐source password management system

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keepass.info eepurl.com/mMUPr

RoboForm Password and form management system roboform.com eepurl.com/mMUPr

How Secure Is My Password?

Password security checker howsecureismypassword.net eepurl.com/obQTL

Should I Change My Password?

Site to check if your accounts have been compromised by a data breach shouldichangemypassword.com eepurl.com/GnKLL

PasswordCard Hard-­‐copy password tool

yournerdybesNriend.com/2013/05/08/passwordcard-­‐a-­‐ safer-­‐way-­‐to-­‐carry-­‐your-­‐passwords-­‐in-­‐your-­‐wallet eepurl.com/zcIgH

YubiKey USB device that holds all your passwords

yournerdybesNriend.com/2013/5/8/passwordcard-­‐a-­‐safer-­‐ way-­‐to-­‐carry-­‐your-­‐passwords-­‐in-­‐your-­‐wallet eepurl.com/GnKLL

LaunchKey Service that uses your mobile device to authenEcate your idenEty to certain sites rather than username/ password launchkey.com eepurl.com/GnKLL

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PRIVACY Tools hidemyass.com Private browsing tool hidemyass.com eepurl.com/Hbf6j

snapchat Self-­‐destrucEng messages snapchat.com eepurl.com/Hbf6j

Tiger Text Secure texEng system Egertext.com eepurl.com/Hbf6j

CoverMe A tool that lets you text and make calls in private coverme.ws/en/index.html eepurl.com/Hbf6j

Mailinator Disposable email addresses yournerdybesNriend.com/2013/7/3/disposable-­‐email-­‐ addresses-­‐mailinator eepurl.com/Hbf6j

DuckDuckGo Non-­‐trackable web surfing duckduckgo.com eepurl.com/Hbf6j

Backup Tools CrashPlan Peer-­‐to-­‐peer and online backup tool code42.com/crashplan eepurl.com/wpMob

Backupify Backup soluEon for Gmail, Facebook, TwiJer and more backupify.com eepurl.com/wpMob

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Travel Tools Keeping your personal and business information safe online should be a high priority these days. These tools are some of our favorites for online security and privacy.

Map Tools GasBuddy Mobile tool to discover best gas prices for staEons in your area gasbuddy.com eepurl.com/AWYX5

Moovit Crowdsourced public transportaEon app

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moovitapp.com eepurl.com/AWYX5

Mapquest Mobile NavigaEon app with real-­‐Eme traffic updates and progress bar mobile.mapquest.com/#intro eepurl.com/ITroj

Google Maps Mobile NavigaEon app

google.com/mobile/maps eepurl.com/ITroj

Apple Maps NavigaEon app

apple.com/ios/maps eepurl.com/ITroj

MotionX GPS Drive Paid navigaEon system news.moEonx.com/category/moEonx-­‐gps-­‐drive eepurl.com/ITroj

Waze Crowdsourced navigaEon app waze.com eepurl.com/q3eLj

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Travel Tools TripIt Travel plan organizer tripit.com eepurl.com/lkExr

Taxi Magic App to call and pay for a taxi in 60+ ciEes taximagic.com eepurl.com/lkExr

Minimus.biz Online store for travel-­‐size products minimus.biz eepurl.com/lkExr

SeatGuru Service that offers advice for choosing the best seat on any plane seatguru.com eepurl.com/t_T7f

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GateGuru App Mobile tool that monitors airport wait lines, retail shops, restaurant reviews and more gateguruapp.com eepurl.com/t_T7f

FlightTrack App Flight status app mobiata.com/apps/flighJrack-­‐iphone eepurl.com/t_T7f

Word Lens App Mobile tool that dynamically translates printed words and signs questvisual.com eepurl.com/zmJyX

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Tools and Utilities Everyone needs basic tools to connect to the internet, create files and keep their computers running... and the wide world of technology provides us with all kinds of ways to do that.

Office Suites and Tools Zoho Free and paid suite of services, including MS Office-­‐ type products, CRMs and more zoho.com eepurl.com/AgHbP

OpenOffice Free alternaEve to MicrosoC Office openoffice.org eepurl.com/qbYkz

CloudOn Office suite editor for iOS and Android cloudon.com eepurl.com/JiXSv

Documents to Go Office suite editor for mulEple mobile apps dataviz.com eepurl.com/JiXSv

Phone and Fax Tools Google Voice Phone line organizer with visual voicemail

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voice.google.com eepurl.com/uptj1

eFax Free incoming fax number efax.com/efax-­‐free eepurl.com/m-­‐vKb

FaxZero Free outgoing fax number faxzero.com eepurl.com/m-­‐vKb

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Presentation Tools Prezi AlternaEve to powerpoint prezi.com eepurl.com/FU9nv

Keynote Powerpoint-­‐like program for ios apple.com/apps/iwork/keynote eepurl.com/FU9nv

Slide Share Online hosEng of slide presentaEons to increase SEO and content markeEng slideshare.net eepurl.com/FU9nv

Splashtop Remote access tool for tablets splashtop.com eepurl.com/FU9nv

Utilities Speedtest Online and mobile app to check the speed of your internet connecEon

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speedtest.net eepurl.com/vrt-­‐v

Support Details Site that checks your computer configuraEon supportdetails.com eepurl.com/vrt-­‐v

Down for Everyone or Just Me Site that tells you whether another site is up downforeveryoneorjustme.com eepurl.com/vrt-­‐v

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URL Tools Is.gd URL shrinker is.gd eepurl.com/qvAjX

BudURL URL shrinker for enhanced staEsEcs budurl.com eepurl.com/qvAjX

ShortSwitch URL shrinker with custom tokens shortswitch.com eepurl.com/qvAjX

CheckShortURL Security tool that tests shortened urls checkshorturl.com eepurl.com/qvAjX

SCREENCAPTURE Tools Jing yournerdybesNriend.com/2009/01/09/jing-­‐screen-­‐ captures-­‐for-­‐free eepurl.com/puVEH

Awesome Screenshot

awesomescreenshot.com eepurl.com/BDXGX

Webpage Screenshot

webpagescreenshot.info eepurl.com/BDXGX

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Skitch

evernote.com/skitch eepurl.com/BDXGX

Windows Snipping Tool windows.microsoC.com/en-­‐us/windows7/products/ features/snipping-­‐tool eepurl.com/BDXGX

Snagit

techsmith.com/snagit.html eepurl.com/H1J8b

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Tools to Make Apps AppMakr App creator with free level appmkr.com eepurl.com/DNYI9

Conduit Mobile App creator with free level mobile.conduit.com eepurl.com/DNYI9

Appsme 3-­‐step app designer ($25/month) appsme.com eepurl.com/DNYI9

GameSalad Mobile game designer gamesalad.com eepurl.com/DNYI9

bMobilized Service that makes your site mobile friendly bmobilized.com eepurl.com/DNYI9

Joosee Site that lets you create a mobile site on your mobile device joosee.com eepurl.com/DNYI9

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Graphics Tools These are some of my favorite resources for those of us who have to not only wear 1000 hats -- but we have to make them ourselves as well!

Infographic Tools Piktochart Infographic creator yournerdybesNriend.com/2013/07/08/piktochart-­‐free-­‐ and-­‐bargain-­‐infographic-­‐generaEon eepurl.com/uMrn9

Easelly Infographic creator easel.ly eepurl.com/uMrn9

Infogram Infographic for charts and graphs infogr.am eepurl.com/uMrn9

IMAGE Editors Pixlr Photoshop alternaEve yournerdybesNriend.com/2013/7/8/pixlr-­‐free-­‐online-­‐ image-­‐editor eepurl.com/FckVH

Sumopaint Photoshop alternaEve sumopaint.com eepurl.com/FckVH

GIMP Photoshop alternaEve gimp.org eepurl.com/FckVH

Inkscape Free vector editor inkscape.org eepurl.com/FckVH

Affordable option if you Adobe Creative Cloud HAVE to have an Adobe Monthly subscripEon to Adobe products adobe.com/products/creaEvecloud.html product. eepurl.com/FckVH

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Font Tools Cool Text Web buJons and other stylized text yournerdybesNriend.com/2009/07/19/cool-­‐text-­‐buJon-­‐ and-­‐logo-­‐generator eepurl.com/l67kb

Dafont.com Thousands of free fonts with auto preview

yournerdybesNriend.com/2009/01/19/dafont-­‐fun-­‐funky-­‐ and-­‐funcEonal-­‐fonts-­‐for-­‐your-­‐graphic-­‐design-­‐needs eepurl.com/lW7sT

WhatTheFont Mystery font idenEfier

yournerdybesNriend.com/2010/03/10/whaJhefont-­‐font-­‐ recogniEon-­‐from-­‐graphics eepurl.com/lW7sT

Identifont Mystery font idenEfier

yournerdybesNriend.com/2009/05/29/idenEfont-­‐idenEfy-­‐ a-­‐mystery-­‐font-­‐online eepurl.com/lW7sT

Google Web Fonts CollecEons of free web fonts google.com/webfonts eepurl.com/lW7sT

Fontifier Font creator for your handwriEng yournerdybesNriend.com/2009/07/27/fonEfier-­‐make-­‐a-­‐ font-­‐from-­‐your-­‐handwriEng eepurl.com/lW7sT

Wordmark.it Font tryer-­‐outer

wordmark.it eepurl.com/sYuDH

Font Squirrel Free fonts for professional use fontsquirrel.com eepurl.com/yS0d5

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Logo Tools LogoMyWay Logo design contest site logomyway.com eepurl.com/KaYsv

99Designs Logo design contest site My last two logos came from LogoMyWay.

99designs.com eepurl.com/KaYsv

crowdSpring Logo design contest site crowdspring.com eepurl.com/KaYsv

LogoGarden Logo design site logogarden.com eepurl.com/KaYsv

Logomaker Logo design site logomaker.com eepurl.com/KaYsv

LogoNerds Logo designers starEng at $50 logonerds.com eepurl.com/KaYsv

GRAPHIC TEMPLATES GraphicRiver Print templates and web elements graphicriver.net eepurl.com/zcIgH

Microsoft Office Templates Community-­‐driven templates for MS Office products office.microsoC.com/templates eepurl.com/zcIgH

WooThemes Premium wordpress themes and plugins woothemes.com eepurl.com/zcIgH

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BeFunky helped me cartoonize the finish line photo from my third marathon

Special Effects Tools PicMonkey Photo-­‐ediEng site with graphics, frames and more yournerdybesNriend.com/2013/9/13/picmonkey-­‐amusing-­‐ photo-­‐ediEng eepurl.com/FckVH

BeFunky Photo-­‐ediEng site with filters and effects

yournerdybesNriend.com/2010/3/22/befunky-­‐awesome-­‐ photo-­‐special-­‐effects eepurl.com/FckVH

Online 3D Package 3D book covers and more

yournerdybesNriend.com/2012/05/22/online-­‐3dpackage-­‐ create-­‐3d-­‐mockup-­‐of-­‐books-­‐and-­‐cds-­‐in-­‐seconds eepurl.com/l67kb

Stereogram Builder Custom hidden picture graphics

easystereogrambuilder.com/3d-­‐stereogram-­‐maker.aspx eepurl.com/l67kb

Mozaikr App that creates an awesome photo made out of other awesome photos mozai.kr eepurl.com/FckVH

Image generators Loonapix loonapix.com

PhotoFunia photofunia.com

FunPhotoBox funphotobox.com

The Keep-Calm-O-Matic keepcalm-­‐o-­‐maEc.co.uk/p/keep-­‐calm-­‐and-­‐nerd-­‐on-­‐25

ToonDoo

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Multimedia Tools Animoto MulEmedia video creator with your pictures and videos animoto.com eepurl.com/mZZ3X

PowToon Do-­‐it-­‐yourself tool that lets you create one of animated promos or demos yournerdybesNriend.com/2013/07/08/powtoon-­‐super-­‐ cool-­‐animated-­‐video-­‐and-­‐presentaEon-­‐tool eepurl.com/tVMJD

Issuu Online magazine creator issuu.com eepurl.com/mZZ3X

WORD ART TOOLS textagon Word art tool textagon.com eepurl.com/yS0d5

Tagxedo Word art tool

tagxedo.com eepurl.com/jvUAL

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Have you ever wondered if there IS an app for that?

Meet Author Beth Ziesenis, Your Nerdy Best Friend.

Beth is a technology expert who speaks to 60-plus groups a year about the best free and bargain apps and online resources that will help you Release YOUR Inner Nerd to become more organized, efficient and awesome at work and home.

Since her first Commodore 64 computer, Beth has made a verb out of the word “nerd,” and is almost as obsessed with gadgets and doodads as she is with cupcakes. Almost.

© Beth Ziesenis 2014 yournerdybestfriend.com