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Great Find: PDF Online — Free

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Writer Girl, Not Techie Girl

I can’t hide it. I’m a bit of a software maven, but no one in their right mind would ever call me a techie . . . That makes for so many reasons that I value my techie friends so much. One is they know where to find cool widgets, plug-ins, and online tools that I haven’t discovered. TechZ mentioned this one among a whole list of cool links on his blog TechZOnline.net last week.

Great Find: PDF Online

Permalink: http://www.pdfonline.com/

Audience/Topic: Anyone who wants to share ebooks, white papers, or other documents

Content: PDF Online is a free service that offers more than you might have hoped for — a quick and free PDF conversion online service, which means it works from wherever you might be. The process is simple. There is no installation. Submit documents to their server. PDF.Online generates and emails you the finished file.

What’s their rationale for providing a free service?

First of all, it doesn’t cost us anything to run this service. Developed using easyPDF SDK (our proprietary PDF Engine), PDF Online server can process thousands of PDF conversions per day (with 99% success rate) and runs 24×7 with no human operator.

Secondly, it’s our way of saying thank you for helping us improve our easyPDF SDK’s performance and value to a level no one, not even Adobe®, can match.

Of course, they also want you to buy their server and desktop applications, their printer driver, and their other products. Still there’s no heavy sales pitch — just presentations.

Take a look. Click the title below. You never know when you need a quick .pdf file.

PDF Online

Now I need that .pdf plug-in. . . .

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Net Neutrality 10-07-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

Verizon’s Got a Policy Blog Called PoliBlog

. . . It’s called PoliBlog and in the first posting, Verizon honcho and former Congressman from Iowa Tom Tauke explains why Verizon has taken to blogging.

. . . While this may seem a bit counterintuitive, PoliBlog is not intended as a “corporate” blog. Instead, it is our effort to find a place in the universal town square. We are players in the communications and broadband worlds. What we do or don’t do has real impact. So we think we should offer our perspectives and positions on issues and subject them to scrutiny, comment, and debate. It’s good for us. And it’s healthy for the policymaking process.

Now, it’s entirely possible that Verizon is being slicker-than-slick by . . . not barging out the door and banging all of us on the head with a bunch of one-way arguments on, say, net neutrality . . . only to mess with our heads or spew forth lobbying or PR materials later.

If Verizon doesn’t . . . however, kudos to the telco for at least trying to join the conversation

About page of the Poliblog by Verizon

About poliblog

Verizon, through its blog, seeks to encourage intelligent discussion of public policy issues affecting the telecommunications industry and Verizon in particular. We will do this by posting our own points of view regularly, engaging in conversation with other posters who offer fact-based comments and reacting to the relevant ongoing blogosphere conversation. While no telecommunications subject is considered off-limits, we will focus on policy issues that have implications for the greatest number of companies and consumers.

On this date the post described in the article above and all posts on the Poliblog could not be accessed. This message came up instead: Error loading posts. Please try again.

UPDATE: THE POSTS ARE BACK. You can find them at Poliblog

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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SOB Business Cafe 10-05-06

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SB Cafe

Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the title shots to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Business Blogwire has some ideas for what you might do with your Fridays.

10 Corporate Blog Post Ideas for Fridays

Life Beyond Code offers a way to build relationships while building a personal brand.

R Web Designs wants us to check our adsense code.

It’s Not About Your Stuff reminds us that we need to value ourselves when payday comes.

Pay Yourself First

John TP interviews a digg gamer on how the game works.

Tips from a Top 10 Digg User

Related ala carte selections include

Creating Passionate Users wants you to know it’s not too late to show what you’ve got.

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like.
No tips required. Comments appreciated.

Have a great weekend!

When that Friday Thing Happens . . .

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I've been thinking . . .
When I commuted between Southern California and Boston, I finally quit traveling on Fridays, because that Friday thing always happened. Some little incident, accident, impediment to my leaving popped up . . . ah, it was never anything really. On Fridays, things just seem bigger than they are, especially when you’re traveling.

So I decided it was worth it to fly home on Saturday, and it sure was.

That took care of one kind of Friday thing — the people who lined up at the door as I was leaving — people with questions, suggestions, and decisions they felt couldn’t wait.

But it didn’t take care of that other Friday thing — the thought in my head that I wanted to have everything put to bed for the weekend to start. How unrealistic is that?

As the day would wear on little things would seem to get BIG, because of that thought. They got BIG and as a result, I got small.

Until I was lucky enough to find myself thinking this question, “Do you really want to be someone who gets so involved over something so tiny?”

These days I use that Friday question, a lot.

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Bookcraft 2.0: Why No Bound Book Has 666 Pages and Get Your Free Blank Bookmap

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Done with the Rough Cut, Time To Map the Book

books

After I found the 140+ pages, I discovered that Phil actually had 6 more months of archives. What a bonus!

So I now sit with close to 170 pages — sorted into 5 categories. Those 5 categories will soon become 7 or 8 book chapters. That will happen when we’ve reviewed the larger ones to break them into more readable chunks.

The next step is to plan how the pages map out.

We’re actually going to make a bookmap.

No Bound Book Has 666 Pages

You may never have thought about it, but it’s a fact:

You can’t have a page 1 without a page 2.
Every sheet of paper has a front and a back.

That’s the first reason that page counts matter. Paper is tangible.
There are some things that paper won’t do.

It’s also a fact that:

No bound book has 666 pages.

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Net Neutrality 10-06-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

Educause: Telecommunications> Net Neutrality Complete Resource Including talking points, links to legislations, and several papers.

What you can do:

EDUCAUSE has prepared a set of “Talking Points” to help encourage members to bring this important issue to the attention of their campus legislative representative, particularly those whose campus lies within the district of the key Congressional members (Senate; House) that will be voting on this issue in the near future.

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Most Popular Library Content (2)
Lessons for the Future Internet: Learning from the Past (2006) by Michael M. Roberts, EDUCAUSE
The Case for Preserving Network Neutrality (2006) by Matthew Kazmierczak and Josh James, American Electronics Association

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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