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November 13, 2005
Web Resources
There are internet resources and then there are internet resources. The strength of the search engine is also its weakness---it finds everything on the planet, but then leaves it pretty much up to you to weed your way through the umpteen million results. They're getting better, and if you take the time to figure out some of the advance search mechanics, you can find some good stuff. However, I still think the best way to find good sites and information is from friends and professional acquaintences who periodically send a web site address along to me in an e-mail.
Long introduction simply to pass along a couple of web sites that contain good reference material.
The first is BNET (www.bnet.com) which contains a library full of business-related articles, white papers, presentations and blogs. Its a free resource covering communications, finance, human resources, leadership, marketing, operations, strategy, construction, engineering, and more.
Google has been all over the news recently, but have you visited their site to see the programs they are now offering? Google Earth can give you an aerial view of the properties you manage. Google Desktop can deliver specific news items, current blog postings for those blogs you want to keep tabs on; checks your e-mail, indexes items on your computer, create "alerts" and more. Blogger lets you create your own blog for free. And there are a lot more programs that help you with the interne and your computer. You might also want to take a look at Google Labs, just to get a peek at what's coming down the road. Checking in at the Lab has saved me from purchasing software that was shortly going to be available for free. Take a look at their "Site-flavored" search and see if it wouldn't help your web site.
While these items may look like they should be in the Technology blog, we want to keep managers up on what's available. There are things that will help you do your job better or make it easier. When we find them, we'll post them here.
Posted by joewest at November 13, 2005 7:50 PM