AutoMD – A Revolutionary Way to Get Auto Repairs
Wed, 10/03/10 – 8:09 | View Comments

Launching in January, AutoMD bills itself as the most complete and unbiased free online automotive repair resource.  It’s goal is to empower car owners with the best and most affordable way to repair vehicles with …

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Articles by Aaron Turpen

Aaron is a freelance writer with a background in computer science and technology. His mom says he'll read anything with words on it and his wife thinks he spends too much time staring at the computer monitor. They both might be right.

Lifecards – Email Postcards Hit the iPhone
Thursday, 4 Mar, 2010 – 11:43 | View Comments

I’m sure most of you have been longing to be able to send postcards from your iPhone, since we all know that email postcards are both personal, relevant, and always nice to receive.  Well, have …

Ibrii Creating Notes On the Fly From Page Content
Friday, 17 Jul, 2009 – 7:52 | View Comments
Ibrii Creating Notes On the Fly From Page Content

I hate writing stuff down. I learned to type precisely to avoid writing by hand. I can’t help it. My handwriting is ugly, messy, and not very organized. So I type. …

Datebility – Online Dating for the Physically Challenged
Saturday, 27 Jun, 2009 – 7:15 | View Comments
Datebility – Online Dating for the Physically Challenged

Online dating services like Match.com or eHarmony may not be for everyone, especially if you have a disability. Well, now there’s a new site made especially for those with a physical challenge called Datebility.com.
While …

More Listed Finding and Listing Websites for Sale
Wednesday, 24 Jun, 2009 – 7:04 | View Comments
More Listed Finding and Listing Websites for Sale

There are a lot of people who build a website, get it through the first few levels and make it into something, but don’t know how or have the time and inclination to take it …

Tasck Online To-Do Task Management
Monday, 22 Jun, 2009 – 7:58 | View Comments
Tasck Online To-Do Task Management

Bad spelling, good site. That’s how I’ll sum this one up. Tasck.com is a simple task management solution that is, in essence, a to-do list. It’s free and extremely easy to understand. …

Goalkeeper Project Management With a Usability Emphasis
Tuesday, 2 Jun, 2009 – 7:26 | View Comments
Goalkeeper Project Management With a Usability Emphasis

The world seems to have three types of project management apps: those that are useful, those that are useless, and those that are usable.
Sometimes, a killer PM app comes along that is both useful and …

Seesmic Desktop Integrates Twitter, Facebook, and More
Monday, 1 Jun, 2009 – 7:18 | View Comments
Seesmic Desktop Integrates Twitter, Facebook, and More

Most Twitter users are familiar with TweetDeck. For a lot of Twitter users, this was—and still is—the app of choice for power tweeting. A new rival might change that, though, and is gaining …

Identify: Sleuthing Social Networks
Monday, 18 May, 2009 – 7:25 | View Comments
Identify: Sleuthing Social Networks

This is a Firefox plugin for linking related social media sites together. There are two important things to note about this tool: first, it will not find things that aren’t meant to be found …

Anthillz Closing Its Doors?
Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 – 7:13 | View Comments
Anthillz Closing Its Doors?

Yesterday, we got an email from Blake Jennelle, founder and CEO of Anthillz.com, informing us that the website and service will be closing its doors soon.  He cites the inability to translate the community into …

ShirtsMyWay Custom Designer Dress Shirts
Monday, 11 May, 2009 – 7:17 | View Comments
ShirtsMyWay Custom Designer Dress Shirts

Let’s face it, CafePress is great for simple t-shirts with your favorite logo or phrase printed on the, but that’s about it. What if you’re a little more fashionable than that? Up to …

Yola: Free Site Hosting and More
Saturday, 25 Apr, 2009 – 7:37 | View Comments
Yola: Free Site Hosting and More

Formerly SythaSite, Yola is a San Francisco-based company that let’s users build websites with no tech expertise needed. Sound familiar? Well, unlike most “free” site hosts, Yola actually delivers and their back-end interface …

TheOfficialBoard Corporate Boards Online
Friday, 24 Apr, 2009 – 7:10 | View Comments
TheOfficialBoard Corporate Boards Online

One of the quietly emerging trends being seen in websites now is the proliferation of personal data. With social networking, blogs, Flickr images, YouTube “reality” videos, and such, there seems to be a large …