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1. Organization

• College Ruled - This site allows you to create a class schedule and a private message board for classmates that you can link to from Facebook.
• Myschoolog - Web 2.0 app that lets students create schedules and organize their school life online.
• 30 Boxes - This easy to use online calendar from 30 Boxes gives you the ability to plot your calendar and track RSS feeds in one spot.
• Groupvine - Great organizing tool for study groups and other campus organizations.
• Backpack - Award-winning web 2.0 app that lets you prepare schedules, calendars, files and information that you can share with other people.

2. Note Taking

• SyncNotes - Create, manage and synchronize your notes with SyncNotes’ free service.
• The Awesome Highlighter - This time-saving web 2.0 app lets you highlight text on web pages, and then generates a link to a new page that shows the same text with highlights.
• Note Mesh - NoteMesh is a web 2.0 app that allows college students in the same classes to share notes online using a wiki set-up.
• mynoteIT - Take notes, upload notes, scan notes, share notes and access notes from your mobile phone with mynoteIT.
• Short Text - Create, share and store notes online with ShortText.com.

3. Homework

• Gradefix - A quick and convenient homework management system from Gradefix.
• Google Docs - Create, upload, share and store documents, spreadsheets and presentations with this beta tool from Google.
• OttoBib - This site will automatically configure your bibliography using one of five styles: APA, Chicago, MLA, BibTeX or Wikipedia.
• Calcoolate - This web 2.0 app is for students who need help calculating complex mathematical equations.
• Flashcard Exchange - Print flashcards, create flashcards and study online with Flashcard Exchange, the world’s largest flashcard library.

4. Research

• Diigo - This web 2.0 app is a research tool, an online highlighter and a knowledge-sharing community.
• Zotero - Zotero is a Firefox extension that allows you to collect, manage and cite your research.
• Scholarpedia - A free encyclopedia written and reviewed by scholars around the world.
• del.icio.us - One of the most popular bookmarking tools on the web, del.icio.us lets you bookmark websites and tag them for easy retrieval.
• WhatsOnMyBookshelf - This site allows you to meet people with similar reading interests and trade books using a simple point system.

5. Networking

• Facebook - Facebook was started for students and is still one of the best social networking sites for students on the web.
• YackPack - YackPack lets you record and store audio messages that only a select group of people can access–a great way to communicate with fellow classmates.
• The Campus Center - This social networking site is great for students who want to connect with other people in their major and create study groups with people around the world.
• Campus Bug - Campus Bug is a social learning network that provides education and social networking tools.
• The Student Center - A networking and student resource site just for students from Student.com.

Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for PC for $60 for students

I’ve started using a new online file storage, sharing and backup service. ADrive lets you upload, organize and share (optional) up to 50 GB of data (music, video, photos, documents, etc.) in one place.

Feature Overview

• Store, share and manage up to 50 GB of files online.
• Organize files into folders and share folders with others.
• File size limited to 2gb per request and 1000 files
• File Manager: Move files between folders, rename folders/files, delete files, etc.
• Download stored files back to PC.
• Coming soon: Premium accounts with even more options.

Check out Adrive @ www.adrive.com

What is woot? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woot.com

Nice technology-oriented one-a-day sales website, and on the rare occasion of a “Woot-Off”, they slash prices even more and sale each item until it sales out before proceeding to the next. I always wind up getting a couple things…

I can hardly believe it.

Look at this year’s word of the year!

http://news.google.com/news?q=word+of+the+year 

Want a free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate direct from Microsoft, no piracy required? Don’t care about your privacy? Have I got a deal for you! Microsoft is offering up free copies of Vista Ultimate, Office Ultimate, Money Plus Premium, Student with Encarta Premium and Streets and Trips, all for free. All you’ve gotta do is allow them to track your every move for a few months.

Yes, Microsoft is looking for people to help test its new “Windows Feedback Program,” and isn’t afraid to reel people in with bribes. You’ll have all of your computer usage tracked for three months, and you’ll also need to submit to surveys every two weeks.

I personally don’t WANT Vista, even for free, and more than that, the thought of Microsoft seeing all is a bit worrisome, so I won’t be joining in, but… Maybe you don’t mind.

There’s also nothing in the rules that says you can’t install this on a secondary computer, but you do only get to select one of the mentioned items for this “promotion”. Not bad loot, really.

http://wfp.microsoft.com/

The madness has begun once again at Woot!: It’s a Woot off! In case you’re not familiar with that, a Woot Off is that frenzied time when Woot, that kooky deal-a-day site, sells a succession of occasionally useful items at unusually low prices in rapid succession, until everything is sold out. I’ve already bought something today! Don’t just keep refreshing, use your Woot-Off Checker.
Woot.com

Found a wonderful application and service today that will allow me to provide remote help and support to those near and far who request computer assistance from me.

The website is CrossLoop.com and the first thing you’ll notice is that they give you the logins and the software for free, that allows you to create “sessions” from the people who request help to the person giving the help. It all looks very secure, very fast, and very easy.

“CrossLoop’s underlying technology was created to simplify the process of securely working with others located in different physical locations across diverse network environments. CrossLoop enables you to see the screen and control the mouse and keyboard on a remote computer. It is as if you are working side by side at the same PC. CrossLoop is a powerful productivity tool that enables you to quickly collaborate in with anyone in the world.”

So, if you request help from me, you’d just browse over to my user page and see how I’ve given help before, and either make an account or just download the software and send me the access code you get so I can log into your session. Or, I could give you my name and access code, and you could log into my computer and watch me. Either option works.

I’ve tried other applications, such as Go2mypc and logmein, but… they seem to be bigger, harder to use, and they want to charge for the more premium features, whereas this system is free. The reason this is free, by the way… It uses p2p to do it’s file transfer/synchronization at no bandwidth cost to the provider, UNLIKE the other comparable services which have to provide all access through http instead, which is costly.

Anyways, give it a shot. Anyone need some remote computer work done so I can test the abilities of this new product? If so, just leave me a comment on when I can reach you and be sure to leave my account good feedback in case I want to use this for new corporate contracts or anything someday.

Found here, at this superb write-up.

In the following video, Jeff Bezos presents the Kindle, Amazon’s new wireless reading device that lets you read books, magazines, newspapers and blogs, anywhere, anytime. The Kindle features a 6-inch 800X600 screen, 256MB of internal storage and weights only 10.2 ounces.

• Display: 6″ Diagonal eleptrophoretic display
• Size: 4.9 inches by 7.5 inches by 0.7 inches
• Weight: 10.2 ounces
• Storage: 256MB
• Expansion: SD Slot
• Audio: 3.5mm stereo headphone jack + built-in speaker
• Power: AC Adapter + Rechargeable lithium polymer battery
• Connectivity: USB 2.0, EVDO/CDMA wireless modem