Are you in the market for a new house? I recommend using Dwellicious to keep track of all the real estate that you like.  Dwellicious is ann easy to use tool that bookmarks all of your favorite properties on their website.  It will dynamically change if there are changes on the main website.  It has [...]

ForceDo is a unique web 2.0 website that keeps track of your tasks.  Sure, there are a lot of websites and tools that keep track of things todo, but ForceDo starts a timer and produces sounds that encourage you throughout your task.  This tool is useful for people who spend a lot of time on [...]

Innovation is possibly the most important part of entrepreneurship.  At its core, innovation is generating ideas that solve a pain or problem that someone has.  I feel that teaching people to innovate will make individuals more useful in the business world.  Ellen Domb has a great article describing the background and some techniques of innovation. Several [...]

Squidoo allows anyone to create a lens about anything that builds on other web 2.0 tools.  People are using Squidoo to improve their internet marketing.  Ron Passfield gives 6 reasons that you should use Squidoo for internet marketing: Establish yourself as an expert Generate Traffic to your website or blog Promote your articles Achieve search engine optimization at no [...]

I ran across an article describing the differences between Kiva and its competitor MicroPlace. Both websites are microfinance lending sites to benefit entrepreneurs in poverty. MicroPlace is right for you if you are: Interested in making some profit from your contribution Intrigued by the microcredit security and want to try it out An investor who wants to invest in [...]

Kiva.org is a microloan website that allows you to loan money for entrepreneurs in developing countries.  According to the New York Times, Kiva is occasionally too popular and runs out of people that need loans.  The process of finding people and approving them to receive loans takes a lot of time.  As soon as Kiva [...]

Globalpitch.com is a free way to get your resume online.  It has recognized a need that LinkedIn does not fill.  Globalpitch.com allows its users to upload videos to improve your resume. Globalpitch.com provides a well designed, easy to use application for giving you an online resume.  It tries to help give you an edge in the [...]

Currently, there are a limitted number of LinkedIn applications, some of which include a reading list by Amazon, blog linking applications, file/document collaborating applications, slideshow applications, as well as a couple others.  There may be a benefit to using these applications, but how would you use them to make your LinkedIn profile more appealing. There are [...]

Business professionals are starting to turn to LinkedIn for networking and other business needs.  But how did LinkedIn start, and what were some of the goals of founder Reid Hoffman? According to an interview conducted by Nathan C. Kaiser, Hoffman had previously started a company called SocialNet, which was a dating, professional networking, activity, and roommate [...]

Many students are currently looking for jobs in tough times.  I have started a compilation of job search websites.  There are a lot of general job search providers that nearly everyone has heard about.  Some people may not know that job search directories may exist for individual industries. Since I am a computer science major, [...]