This presentation was given to Miami University Alumni at Winter College. It provides an organized list and links for various web-based applications for making life a bit easier.

1. 
How To Hack Your Life
An Introduction to Technology and Web Resources to Make Your Life
Easier, Cheaper, and More Productive
Monday, March 1, 2010

2. 
How To Hack Your Life
Prof. Glenn Platt
C. Michael Armstrong Chair in Interactive Media
Professor of Marketing
Monday, March 1, 2010

3. 
There Will Be No Lecture
Monday, March 1, 2010

4. 
Today’s
Plan
We will load a series of
different web applications,
and software.
You will learn how these
tools can be used to make
your life more productive,
organized and enjoyable.
Nearly all of these are free.
Monday, March 1, 2010

5. 
News
Google Reader
Newsmap
Bloglines
Monday, March 1, 2010

6. 
Travel
Routes
Bing.com/Maps
Waze
Monday, March 1, 2010

7. 
Bookmarks
Delicious
Diigo
Monday, March 1, 2010

8. 
To-Do
Remember the Milk
Jott
Monday, March 1, 2010

9. 
Online
Storage
Dropbox
Box.net
Monday, March 1, 2010

10. 
Backup
Mozy
iDrive
Monday, March 1, 2010

11. 
Travel
TripIt
Kayak
Mobissimo
Monday, March 1, 2010

12. 
Music
Listening
Pandora
Last.fm
Rhapsody
Shazam/Soundhound
(iPhone)
Monday, March 1, 2010

13. 
Audio &
Video
Creation
Audacity
Jaycut
Pixorial
Monday, March 1, 2010

14. 
Finance
Mint
Thrive
Monday, March 1, 2010

15. 
Video
Hulu
AT&T Entertainment
Netflix Instant Queue
VLC
Monday, March 1, 2010

16. 
Text
Expanders
Autohotkey
TextExpander
Monday, March 1, 2010

17. 
Images
Flickr
Picassa
Aviary
Photoshop
Eye-Fi
Monday, March 1, 2010

18. 
Blogs
Wordpress
Typepad
Blogger
Monday, March 1, 2010

19. 
Keystroke
Launcher
Slickrun/Dash/Colibri (PC)
Google Quicksearch Box
(Mac)
Monday, March 1, 2010

20. 
Office+
Google Docs
Zoho
Open Office
Monday, March 1, 2010

21. 
Project
Management
Basecamp
Copper
Monday, March 1, 2010

22. 
Meetings
Doodle
Tungle
Monday, March 1, 2010

23. 
Remote
Access
Logmein
VNC
Monday, March 1, 2010

24. 
Web
Meetings
DimDim
GoToMeeting
WebEx
Monday, March 1, 2010

25. 
Phone
GoogleVoice
Skype
Trufone
Fring
Monday, March 1, 2010

26. 
Social
Network
Ning
GoingOn
OneSite
Monday, March 1, 2010

27. 
Homepage
Netvibes
iGoogle
Monday, March 1, 2010

28. 
Social
Media
Seesmic Desktop
Tweetdeck
Flock
Monday, March 1, 2010

29. 
Browser
Sync
Weaver
XMarks
Monday, March 1, 2010

30. 
Shared
Caring
Lotsahelpinghands
Kickstarter
Kiva
Monday, March 1, 2010

31. 
Video
Screen
Capture
ScreenToaster
Jingproject
Monday, March 1, 2010

32. 
Password
Management
1Password (Mac)
Roboform (PC)
Monday, March 1, 2010

33. 
Notes
Evernote
Zoho Notebook
Monday, March 1, 2010

34. 
Find Food
Yelp
UrbanSpoon
Zagats
Monday, March 1, 2010

35. 
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All Of These Links Can Be Found At:
http://tinyurl.com/hacklife
I Can Be Found At:
glenn.platt@muohio.edu
Monday, March 1, 2010