If you’re struggling to lighten up, MyFoodDiary can help you track how much you’re eating and how much you’re moving. It’s a proven fact that sustainable weight loss happens through consuming fewer calories than you use, and this site lets you count calories, maintain a food diary, and log your time at the gym. Use the site’s mobile app to stay on track al day, and make good choices at the drive-thru by searching the database of over 60,000 foods – including popular chain restaurants – for the pick that’s best for your waistline. You can receive periodical progress reports, and visit searchable weight loss forums to join discussions on everything from losing weight while nursing, to getting started when you have more than 100 pounds to lose. The site’s weight loss success stories will keep you extra-motivated.

Quit Smoking

If your resolve to quit has dissolved, try quitting with support from My Last Cigarette app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Thousands of smokers have used this app to stay away from cigarettes and their hazardous effects. You simply enter some personal information, including your date of birth, the date you started and stopped smoking, what kind of cigarettes you smoked, and how much they cost.  The app will then display, day by day, your “smoke-free” statistics, like the number of days (or months, or years) you’ve stayed away from smoking, ways in which your health is improving, how much money you’re saving, and more. If you’ve just quit, the app will also predict your nicotine craving pattern, and tell you what your nicotine levels are so you can deal with the toughest moments. The app’s most motivating stat of all? The number of cigarettes you have NOT smoked since you quit.

Save money

If you’re having trouble saving for home improvements or your dream vacation, Smartypig can help you reach your savings goals. The free, online piggy bank lets you put away money for specific items or events, and allows you to invite friends and family to contribute to your account (thanks, Grandma). All it takes is an initial deposit of $25, and a minimum $10 monthly deposit. The site tracks your savings and tells you how far you’ve come in terms of percentage. Once you’ve hit 100%, you can redeem your savings in three ways: funnel it back into your bank account, put the money on a SmartyPig MasterCard debit card, or boost your savings by up to 12% by putting the money on a retail card like Best Buy or Macy’s. The site’s simplicity eliminates brain-swirl, and the mobile app lets you track your progress using your smartphone.

Stick to it

No matter the resolution you’ve chosen to pursue, the website Stickk will provide you with a powerful incentive to be good. Using the “money talks” philosophy, you can put a contract out on yourself that will end one of two ways: put up or pay up. You decide your goal, how long it will take you to get there, and how much success is worth to you. If you do the work, you keep your money. But if you fail, your money goes to a designated charity. Give yourself extra reason to work hard by designating a charity you dislike – for instance the political party you oppose. Either way someone wins, but wouldn’t it be nice to accomplish a goal and keep your money?

So how are you doing on your resolutions? And how do you stay motivated? We would love to hear what works for you!

CoTweet

CoTweet among many other features provides very handy and easy to use tweet scheduler. You will be able to schedule tweets for any date and time without any limits.

SocialOomph

SocialOomph is one of the best apps for auto-following users. As very powerful Twitter marketing tool it has tweet scheduler also. The best thing is that unlike auto-follow tool, tweet scheduler is available for free.

HootSuite

HootSuite is third powerful and feature rich application in our list  that includes also tweet scheduler. It is also very popular, web based multi account twitter client.

Twuffer

Twuffer is application built specifically for tweet scheduling. With this app you will be able to tweet pre-written posts and deliver to your followers remindings of upcoming events/podcasts/videos.

Su.pr

Stumble Upon owned URL shortener with some additional features including link scheduler for future publishing on Twitter and Facebook.

Twaitter

Twaitter actually is very powerful tool that may help you accomplish effective results in online marketing. One of the best features is that you can update all your social profiles as they have Ping.fm integration.

Taweet

Taweet, as they call it, is a social calendar – event promotion application for Twitter. If you are searching for application to do just tweet scheduling, this app is probably the best choice.

Tweet-U-Later

Tweet-U-Later is a small tool for tweet scheduling but I would like to see more features on this app, but if you search some very basic solution this may be your choice.

TweetFunnel

TweetFunnel is a multi user tool for Twitter where you together with your colleagues will be able to manage corporate Twitter account. Built-in tweet scheduler seams to be very standard with all features you may want from such tool.

FutureTweets

Future Tweets – I think name explains pretty well what does this application. This app build specifically for posting scheduled tweets and, with almost half million tweets delivered at the moment, it seams to be popular among Twitter users.

Below is some of the best tools you can bookmark and later use to convert PDF documents to the most popular formats.

Nitro PDF to Word

Very handy tool form Nitro software that converts PDF files to .doc and .rtf formats. Just upload your PDF file and receive converted document to your email.

Nitro PDF to Excel

Second tool from Nitro dedicated to convert your PDF to Excel file. Works the same as Word converter – enter your email and lay back.

ZamZar

Firs two tools was specifically designed to do one task – convert PDF files or Word or Excel. ZamZar on the other hand offers large amount of formats you can convert your document to. To list them all i would need to write a dedicated post – just go and see for yourself.

Free PDF to Word

Free tool that will quickly turn your PDF to editable Word document – isn’t that all you want?

Able2Extract

Very powerful software that will convert your PDF to Excel, Word, HTML, Text, PowerPoint (PPT), AutoCad (DWG & DXF), Images, Open Office formats.

Such method can bring you a lot of potential costumers for your business and below you can find some of the best auto-follow by keyword tools – from free to advanced paid systems.

SocialOomph

SocialOomph is really great and very popular tool between online marketers. It will be the only thing you will ever need for managing your twitter account and it offers Facebook integration as well. Sign up for free account and test for yourself - unfortunately auto-follow feature available only for professional version.

AddNewFollowers

AddNewFollowers is one of the most advanced platforms for getting Twitter followers. It is the most complete tool that I have found and seams like it is working great. It can bring you a lot of attention on Twitter. Sign up for free account and try for yourself.

The features include automated tweets, auto-follow by keyword, hot trends chart, stats and many more.

If you are planning to use auto-follow tool for a long period of time it may be wise to purchase AddNewFollowers as it costs $37/$67 which is one time payment.

TwitterMass

TwitterMass is an interesting tool with some very useful features like local follow or clone user. Of course auto following/unfollowing tools included as well.

Twollow

Twollow is among the most popular auto–followers. It is very basic and , in my opinion, lacks different features that may be useful for such tool. But for those who think simplicity is a very important factor may find this tool very useful.

Twollo

Twollo is also a very basic tool for gaining new followers on Twitter. It have cheaper pricing than Twillow that’s why you may want to test this tool together with Twollow to see which can bring better results for you.

InstaFollow

InstaFollow is a free and manual tool for auto-following people on twitter based on your interests (keyword). As it is free you don’t get much but it is a place to start.

Hope these tools will help you to promote your brand. If you have some experience working with some of these tools or maybe you have your own favorite use comment form below to leave us some message!

Dragon Dictation (iPhone)

This new transcription app has been slobberingly adored by Mashable, The New York Times, and the rest of the web.  It’s free for a limited time only, and does a mighty fine job.  Once you’ve spoken, you can save the text in an email, SMS or onto your clipboard.  The basic design is very user-friendly, and the price is right.

QuickVoice (iPhone)

This one costs $0.99 and doesn’t let you email your notes out of your iPhone, but it does have a handy “pause” feature that allows you to take a little break without having to start a new file.

MyCaption (Blackberry)

This is a useful app for the Blackberry, but don’t let the $1.99 download price fool you.  They have a slate of complicated and expensive plans for emailing the transcriptions out of your device that should make you wary.

Google Voice (any phone – but extra yummy with Android)

Designed to transcribe your voicemail messages, I often find myself leaving myself messages!  The quality of the transcripts vary greatly.  I’ve had results that are 90% accurate and as low as 30% accurate.  According to Google, the automated engine is improving everyday as more people use it and the system learns how to correct itself.  Keep yourself under 3 minutes or prepare to be hung up on.

Voxie Pro Recorder (iPhone)

Just add humans!  A paid transcription service, manned by folks who are living and breathing, will turnaround lengthy transcriptions in mere minutes.  But it will cost you.  After the $1.99 download fee, you can expect to pay  $5 for the first 250 words and 2.5 cents per additional word. There are no length limits.

Dial2Do (anywhere)

Find a Dial2Do number in your area and use it as a repository for all of your transcription needs.  E-mails, text messages, and Tweets can be sent by prompting the system to redirect your message.  You can also organize using extrenal apps such as Evernote and Xpenser. Out of things to say?  Listen to local weather, The New York Times feed or get the headlines from Yahoo News.

Don’t rely too heavily on any of these transcription apps, especially not in crowded, noisy places.  But if you want to take fast notes or record a thought for later, they will do just fine.

I find many of these services VERY useful as a blogger.  Even if accuracy is a questionn mark, I often know the context I said something in and can fill in the blanks rather painlessly.  This is an example of technology that has come a long way over the past few years.  It has also gone from being a “premium” item to free in many cases.

Let us know how you utilize speech-to-text transcription services and which one you prefer.

Below you can find some of the best tools including South Park and Simpsons character generators. Of course that’s not all – you can find many more apps for this online. Feel free to share your findings in comments!

Simpson Avatar Generator

Face Your Manga

WeeWorld

South Park Avatar Maker

Yahoo Avatars

Portrait Illustration Maker

But gadgets on the labs page are just a beginning – if you want to experience more functionality and reach for other possibilities developers can offer, you need to search for gadgets on web yourself. Did I said search? Just read this article!

First you need to enable “Add any gadget by URL” functionality on Gmail Labs. To do so you need to go to Settings > Labs and switch to Enable button next to “Add any gadget by URL” gadget. After that you will be able to add gadgets by submitting the URL in the Settings > Gadgets page.

1) Twitter Gmail Gadget

There are several Twitter gadgets you can use but I found that this one works best for me. You can post instant tweets straight form the Gmail and browse your friend tweets. I would say that this gadget turns Gmail into pretty decent Twitter client.

Gadget URL: http://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml

2) gBook Facebook Gadget

gBook offers all the basic functions to never loose contact with your Facebook friends. You can update your status, see email and notifications straight form your mailbox. Feel free to search for other Facebook gadgets as I found this my favorite but there are few more.

Gadget URL: http://www.francesco-castaldo.com/fb-gadget/gBook.xml

3) FriendFeed

Keep track on your friend activities on the web using FriendFeed gadget. Everything is simple, nothing fancy – just the way you like it. On the other hand it would be great to see better Gmail implementation as in general it is a iGoogle gadget.

Gadget URL: http://friendfeed.com/embed/googlegadget/spec

4) Zoho Gadgets

Zoho have built several gadgets for different tasks. You can find Zoho Docs gadget for creating, editing, sharing, viewing all your documents. Then there is mail, calendar, tasks, planer and notes gadgets. You can find more information on Zoho gadgets page or just try them out.

Gadget URL: http://gadgets.zoho.com/zc/index.do

5) Remember The Milk

Yes you can use Zoho tasks what I described before, but trust me – for this function better use this one. It truly is “The best way to manage your tasks”. With the gadget you can review your existing tasks, create new ones, overdue and postpone them. Check out all the other features in Gadgets page.

Gadget URL: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/gmail/gadget/

6) Digg

With this gadget you can quickly browse all the popular stories on Digg. You always will be well informed on latest events and friend activities.

Gadget URL: http://digg.com/goog/ig.xml

7) MySpace

Pretty similar gadget to the Facebook and will let you stay connected with your friend over at MySpace.

Gadget URL: http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/100080069921643878012/myspace.xml

8) Delicious

Simple gadget to display Delicious hotlist on your Gmail sidebar. Easily to browse bookmarks of different users.

Gadget URL: http://www.labpixies.com/campaigns/delicious/delicious.xml

9) World Clock

gadget designed especially for Gmail and offers possibility to add current time of different places of the world.

Gadget URL: http://gad.getpla.net/poly/clock.xml

10) bit.ly URL Shortener

Small but useful gadget that will convert your URLs into short ones using Bit.ly service.

Gadget URL: http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/107368512201818821991/bitly-shortener.xml

11) Calculator

Very nice looking calculator for your Gmail if you quickly need to count some numbers or do more advanced calculations.

Gadget URL: http://www.poturi.net/gadgets/calc/calc.xml

12) Google Map Search

Great gadget to find your desired location fast. With combination of Google maps it works really well.

Gadget URL: http://www.google.com/ig/modules/mapsearch.xml

13) Toodledo To-Do

Very powerful and feature rich gadget for organizing to-do lists.

Gadget URL: http://www.toodledo.com/widget/gmail.php

14) Ask A Word

Search Thesaurus, Dictionary and Encyclopedia without leaving Gmail. You can also use built in spellchecker to leave all misspelling mistakes in past.

Gadget URL: http://www.openinventions.com/spellcheck/openinventions_spellcheck.xml

15) Chuck Norris Fact Generator

This gadget is must have as it will give you something to smile about while working.

Gadget URL: http://marsupialmusic.net/stu/scripts/chucknorris.xml

I hope you find these gadgets useful and don’t hesitate to share your findings in comments below.

1) Prezi

I love this service! With the help of Prezi you can create very creative an well looking “zooming” presentations to surprise the audience. Check out the introduction video and you will see what I’m talking about.

2) Slide Rocket

Although it is a paid service they have very strong free version with most important features included – unlimited presentations and 250Mb of storage. Try! And if you like this service you can upgrade any time.

3) Zoho Show

Zoho always stands out with very rich applications from the side of functionality and offered possibilities. They have wide range of other business apps so you may want to check them out too.

4) Empressr

Also very good alternative to PowerPoint with many interesting features like easy embeddable content from Flickr, Photobucket, Google and others. Empressr have also nice sharing platform.

5) Google Docs

Best thing about Google products is that they are free, but maybe you will miss some features and will be forced to search for more advanced services. But for purposes to create simple presentation Google probably is the best choice.

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Many people use temporary email services to protect their real email addresses. When you need to fill out some registration forms or give away your email to shady/unknown sources you can simply create temporary email address and use it instead.

Below are some of the most popular temporary email services that will help you create temporary email address within a few moments:

1) Mailinator

One of the most popular and advanced temporary email services. They have several alternate domains you can use for your email. Check out also Mailinator widget for websites.

2) Melt Mail

Very simple service for setting up temporary email address that will forward incoming mail to your real address. Simplicity is the greatest quality of this service so if you want to go the easiest way use Melt Mail.

3) 10 Minute Mail

Using this service you are able to create email address that will work for 10 minutes. If you want to do something quick use 10 Minute Mail.

4) Guerrilla Mail

Don’t understand English? Use Guerrilla mail in German, Spanish, Polish and Dutch languages. Emails of this service are active for 15 minutes and after that they will expire.

5) TempEMail

Your email address created using this temporary email service will expire in 14 days, so it is very useful if you need to wait some time for some emails and you don’t know when exactly you will receive them.

6) MailExpire

Great service that offers you to create email that will be active from 12 hours up till 3 months depending on your needs. Only problem is that it works for me a bit slow.

7) Filz Mail

Very easy to use and simple solution. You even have a possibility to check for your mail using RSS feeds, which gives you great possibility to receive messages via your favorite RSS readers you use on daily basis.

This in effect saves you some time and provides quick access to your Facebook profile page.

To enable this feature you need to link your Facebook to your Gmail account first. Just go to your Facebook account settings, select Gmail in the Linked Accounts section, and that’s it.

Log in to your Gmail account then go to http://facebook.com.  Notice that you will be directed to your Facebook profile without being asked to login first.

This feature is currently in testing mode, so expect more enhancements sometime soon.

If you also want to use some Auto follow techniques this list of free available tools may help you.

Tools:

Hummingbird – Very powerful marketing tool for Twitter

Twollow – it auto-follows everyone that mentions your specified keywords on Twitter.

TweerLater – many interesting automated features including auto-follow/auto-unfollow.

SocialToo – Auto-following and auto-following filter together – interesting! Works for Facebook too.

Scripts:

christopherspenn.com – PHP script that auto-follows anyone that follows you.

staynalive.com – script does exactly the same thing that previous – follows anyone that follows you.

raduboncea.ro – same script in python together with direct message to those that follow you.

FreshBooks (Pricing: Free; $14 – $149) – One of the most popular and advanced invoicing apps. Offers both – invoicing using internet (e-mail) or snail mail. You can set-up automatic invoicing and app will track/collect also all online payments. Of course you can brand/customize your invoices depending on your corporate style.

LessAccounting (Pricing: Free; $12-$24) – Also very powerful invoicing app that offers you similar functionality that FreshBooks. LessAccounting will also aggregate your bank data nightly and it can provide cross integration with Highrise/Basecamp. Check out tour videos before you sign-up.

Zoho Invoice (Pricing: Free; $8 – $35) – If you already use some Zoho application then signing up is right decision because it will provide integration with other Zoho powered services.

Worth mentioning:

Hope you will find invoicing service that will satisfy your needs – I did and I will say one more time – it saves you ton of time and money. If you know some other invoicing services post comment below!