Archive for June, 2009
LiveMocha – Learn a new language or brush up on one
Livemocha is a free service that allows its members to become conversationally proficient in an ever-growing number of popular languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Icelandic, Italian, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin and Russian. Since launching in September 2007, the Livemocha community has already grown to over 2 million members, a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )3 New or Noteworthy Things with Freecycle.org: Growth, Mobile Access, and Browser Plug-ins
Freecycle.org is a “globally local” online network helping millions of people to recycle and keep stuff out of landfills. This nonprofit gifting movement enables individuals to gift items in their local communities rather than to throw them away. If you’re not already familiar with Freecycle™, I wrote an article back in July, 2008 about how [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )From Edtv to Justin.tv
From Edtv (1999) to Justin.tv (2006 – present)
Justin.tv is the largest online community for people to broadcast, watch and interact around live video. Anyone can broadcast live on Justin.tv network. All you need is a computer, a web cam and an Internet connection. Justin.tv provides the rest. You can create your [...]
Meetup.com – Connect with Like-minded People
Meetup.com is the world’s largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. Meetup leverages online technology to allow like-minded people to self-organize to get together offline.
Meetup groups exist in over 4000 cities and 100 countries, [...]
BudgetMaven is now on Twitter
You can now get updates and follow me on Twitter as BudgetMaven.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Smithsonian FREE Museum Day: Saturday, September 26, 2009
Save the date!
The participating museums around the country are not listed yet, but once again, Smithsonian is sponsoring a FREE museum day, on Saturday, September 26, 2009. Check back here for more details and how to get your museum pass.
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