Technoleverage

Here's the list of free applications (from the Web) that I recommend to my clients in the Technoleverage 101 seminar.

1. Freemind (mind mapping software)
2. Blogger
3. Talkittypeit
4. Odeo
5. Geocities (part of Yahoo)
6. Flickr (part of Yahoo)
7. Audacity
8. YouTube
9. DropLoad
10. w.bloggar
11. ABChat
12. Linkedin
13. Yahoo
14. Gmail
15. Myway
16. Vidshot
17. Screenshot
18. Tracksy
19. Openoffice.org
20. Feedblitz
21. Gliffy
22. Writely
23. NumSum
24. Payloadz
25. Paypal

Technoleverage, that is, using technologies strategically to achieve the results you want, is not a new idea. Back in the mid 90s, IBM CEO Lou Gertsner was saying that "leadership in the industry is not about the creation of new technology, but the application of new technology."

Note: I had a hell of a good time working at IBM in 1995, when Big Blue did the spectacular turnaround from a company with annual losses of $8.1 billion to annual gains, one year later, of $3 billion.

All the above applications are freely available from the Web, except for TalkItTypeIt, which is a speech dictation software (you just speak into a microphone and the software types every single word you say into a Word document or any application you are using).

I'll write in more detail about these apps in future postings.