Thing #16

To be quite honest, I have never really gotten down with the whole start page thing. After seeing these options, I might try to actually apply this in real life though. So far, I only use bookmarks in my toolbar. I definitely need to get on the ball with that. I like how efficient the start pages are. They can be so efficient that they go from being a start page to being the main/only page that you might need in most situations. The really help cut your time down considerably if you're in a rush or just don't want to be in front of a computer. I'm a fan of the possibilities, but I have to admit that I'm still procrastinating on that one :)

An online calender would be useful to me so that I don't put all my eggs in one basket. If I were to loose my phone, I would loose my appointments. That wouldn't be good :( While I save them on my phone's calender, I could save them to my online calender. Thankfully, my phone offers that feature already. I no longer live in fear of dropping my phone in the toilet and getting fired because I forgot a meeting. I'm living free as a bird now... a bit over the top, but kind of true.

I currently use a to-do list on my phone that syncs to the online version. It helps me anywhere from jotting ideas down for my Spanish classes to funny videos I need to watch on YouTube. They have proven helpful, especially when grocery shopping and Christmas shopping. If I didn't have an online to-do list, I'd walk around with a small book in my pocket and be writing them down. I'm all for online to-do lists.

The PDF converter is a useful tool that I found. I have used it in the past. There's nothing more frustrating than sending someone a Word document only to find that they couldn't open it. I have the converter on my Mac and my phone so that no matter where I'm at, I can make a document, save it as a PDF, and send it off so that anyone can open it up and see exactly what I wanted them to. Another good function about a PDF for school purposes is that once it's saved as a PDF, people cannot change anything on the document. The original is with me and can only be changed by me in its original format and "resaved" as a PDF image.