3 best online document sharing sites
Posted on July 1, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | 1 Comment
Looking for a place to share your documents online? Previously, I’ve written about services like Show Document, a free online document collaboration tool. However, I’ve not yet gone into detail about document sharing websites.
Firstly, there are a bunch of them! If you simply want to upload a file and share it with your friends, family, book club, college organization, company team, etc, it’s a piece of cake nowadays.
Convert image to text using free online OCR software
Posted on June 28, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | Leave a Comment
Have a PDF document or an image that you would like to convert to text? Now will everything being digital, you might end up getting a document from someone that is in TIFF or PDF format, but that you would have preferred in Word or Text format so you can edit it.
Of course, you could always purchase OCR software, but here at OTT, we always try to find ways to do everything for free! That’s where a free online OCR service comes in handy.
How to get Twitter stats using TwitterFriends
Posted on June 19, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | Leave a Comment
Do you want to know who replies to someone the most in Twitter? Or you want to know how conversational you are in Twitter? Enter TwitterFriends, a website where you can type in your own Twitter account’s name or anyone else’s and get measurements containing statistical data about their tweeting behavior.
To get started with the tool, just go to their main page: http://twitter-friends.com/ then enter the username of the person’s twitter account. For example, if you want to study John Mayer’s twitting stats enter his Twitter account name on the textbox then click the Go button:
How to search for similar images in Google
Posted on June 14, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | Leave a Comment
Traditionally you will search for an image in Google using the Google Image search. The search results are based on tags or search strings associated with the images – it doesn’t really compare or process the image itself to determine if the image you want matches similarly to the one you want. Google is fixing that problem via a new development from Google Labs: the Similar Images service.
Find sites that are simliar using SimilarSites
Posted on June 6, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | Leave a Comment
Previously, I wrote about a nifty little web service called Wectar, which helps you find related websites. It has some cool features and worked fairly well when I test it back in 2008.
SimilarSites is another web service that also helps you to find sites that are similar to a particular site. So what’s the point of these kinds of services? Well, they are actually pretty useful.
CC:Betty – Sandy personal email assistant reborn
Posted on May 22, 2009 - Filed Under Cool Websites | Leave a Comment
Everyone remembers Sandy right? I wrote about Sandy Personal Email assistant almost two years ago, before it decided to shut its doors. Sandy was useful for managing daily tasks, appointments, and various reminders.
It was a nifty little way to remember things like grocery lists, people’s names, etc. If you liked Sandy, you’ll be happy to know that Betty has now replaced her! Yes, there’s a new girl in town and she’s got a crazy hairdo.
