Microsoft Windows Live
A suite of online tools that enable e-mail, instant messenger, online data storage, photo galleries and blogging, all in one spot.
A suite of online tools that enable e-mail, instant messenger, online data storage, photo galleries and blogging, all in one spot.
- Skype
- Software you can use to make telephone calls over the Internet — very inexpensively!
- Google Docs
- A web-based word processor, spreadsheet and presentation application suite that enables you to create and edit documents online collaborating with your colleagues.
- Jott
- A nifty little service that converts your voice into e-mails, text messages, reminders, lists and appointments.
- A social networking and micro-blogging tool that enables you to send updates (known as ‘tweets’) made up of 140 characters or less. Once you try it, you’ll find it addictive.
- Adobe Air
- A hybrid app platform designed to give users access to Internet applications without the need for a browser.
- Zoho
- Want an alternative to Google Docs? Take a look at a lesser known suite of online applications from Zoho. The applications are free for individuals and some have a subscription fee for organizations. Zoho’s vision is to provide its customers (individuals, students, educators, non-profits, small and medium sized businesses) with the most comprehensive set of applications available anywhere.
- Open WiFi Spots
- A comprehensive directory of free wireless (WiFi) hotspots across the U.S., continuously updated by your peers and searchable by city, state and zip code.
- PortableApps
- This suite of portable apps are a great set of productivity applications that can all run directly from a USB drive. These allow a ‘Digital Nomad’ to take all the essential tools with them and work from any computer that has a USB port.
- MakeUseOf
- This site has lists of all sorts of things but one that is invaluable to the digital nomad is its listing of “Top Free Hosts to Store Your Files Online”.
