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Organizing your schedules can be a pain at times. Nevertheless, hiring a personal secretary to do it isn't the only option. There's a free utility available for the job. Google Calendar lets you remember all the personal and business events such as anniversaries, birthdays, parties, deadlines and appointments. Try it for yourself, it will surely change your lifestyle.

Google Calendar is user friendly. If you know how to use the computer, you can use this tool. You can easily add events and invites in it. Plus, you can search the web for events that you might like and add them in your calendar. It lets you send out event invitations to your friends and track the responses. You can also share your calendar with family and friends. They can see your agenda and could easily know if you are free or not for that particular day. You can make a calendar for your design team and share it with your members. Now everyone won't forget a deadline. You can even configure it to send out reminders straight to your mobile phone.

With Google Calendar, handling your daily schedule will be a piece of cake. The site layout is simple and navigation is effortless.

Google Calendar is an online shareable calendar service offered free for those with a Google account. It runs on Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7, Microsoft IE 6.0 and Safari 2.0.3. JavaScript and cookies must be enabled in all browsers.

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Charts can be powerful if you want to drive a point home. However, charts are often dull, and only a few bother to look at them. Don't you wish you could make eye-catching animated charts alá Flash? Well, that's exactly what Fusion Charts does - free, quick, and painless.

Fusion Charts Free is a flash-charting component designed to make Flash charts for presentations. Knowledge in Macromedia Flash animation isn't a prerequisite in using this software. You don't even need to know anything about action scripts. All you need to know is the language you're embedding the chart in. Using XML as its data interface, Fusion Charts Free creates solid, interactive and visually impressive charts. Fusion Charts turns those boring data in animated charts.

Fusion Charts Free is so easy to use. All you need to do is to download the zip file from the site. No installation is involved. Just copy paste the SWF file of the chart of your choice to your server, just like what you do with your image files, and you're all set. Then you have to convert your data into XML and your chart is ready. All charts are rendered on the client side, which reduces the load on your own servers.

Fusion Charts Free can be used in PHP, Python, ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, Ruby on Rails, simple HTML pages and even in PowerPoint presentations. To view your charts, your users must have Adobe Flash 6 or higher.

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Have you ever wondered how they make videos play in a pop up window? Do you wish you could do the same with your videos? Wonder no more; Free Vlog has something for you. They made coding easy for vloggers.

Free Vlog's Video Pop-Up Maker is a good thing for vloggers with no knowledge of JavaScript. It will generate a code that would embed your video in a pop up HTML page. All you need to do is to input your video's URL and its title. A screen capture of the video is also required. Even without saying the magic words, your code is automatically generated as you type in the data. It's that easy. A preview window is provided to let you see how it'll look like. The next step is for you to copy and paste it to your vlog post.

The Pop-Up Maker will also make sure your QuickTime and Windows Media videos will work correctly in Internet Explorer. QuickTime movies will play right away instead of waiting for a few minutes before starting. IE users won't need to activate ActiveX every time they watch a video. So what are you waiting for? Try the Pop-Up Maker for yourself.

Free Vlog's Video Pop-Up Maker works on all browsers. If you have your own server, you can download and install it on it. Basic cut and paste skills are required.

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Ever had a problem executing a design because you lacked the proper brush for it? Say goodbye to your design frustrations with Brusheezy. It's a site that's got all your brush and pattern needs under one roof. Brusheezy is truly a graphic artist's dream.

Graphic artists won't waste their time hunting for brushes and patterns anymore. With Brusheezy's goal of becoming the main source of Photoshop brushes, you can be rest assured that they will deliver on their promise. The web site has amassed around 300 brushes to date and its number is still growing. It lets users submit brushes and patterns and it updates daily so you get fresh brushes every day. With its vast array of brushes to choose from, you'll surely find the right brush for your every need. It is community driven letting the users rate and comment on each brush. This feature makes sure that only the best brushes are included in its archive.

There are lots of web sites offering free brushes and patterns in the Internet these days, but what sets Brusheezy apart is that it only offers quality brushes and patterns. The brushes and patterns in Brusheezy are made especially for this web site alone. They are not found anywhere in the web. With its clean and easy to navigate layout, everything about the site is aesthetically beautiful.

Brusheezy works on all browsers. Downloads are for free. Available brushes and patterns are for Adobe Photoshop 7.0 or later.

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They say that numbers do not lie, and if you want to show the truth in your site, why not do it with style? With amCharts, bloggers and web designers who want to rattle off numbers in their site can do so with finesse.

amCharts offers free Pie and Donut, Line and Area, Column and Bar, as well as Scatter and Bubble flash charts that you can integrate in your web pages. Unlike the usual image-based charts, these charts are interactive, allowing your users to fully appreciate the significance of the numbers you are presenting. Downloaded as a zip file, you just need to extract the files to start working with charts. To configure the charts, you must have at least basic knowledge in coding HTML, as you need to modify some parts of the code in order to customize the charts. Help is available in amCharts' web site if you need directions on how to proceed. Another feature of amCharts is that you can choose where your data is coming from, either from CSV or XML. This gives you the flexibility to handle the numbers you want to display in your site. With amCharts, numbers and style do come together.

amCharts requires knowledge on HTML coding and design for integration.

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Fonts can either make or break your site. This is why it is important to have a wide variety of fonts to choose from. Littered all over the Internet are free fonts but of low quality. The high quality ones can cost you a lot. Are free yet high quality fonts all but a dream? This article doesn't think so.

Showcased are 40+ high quality fonts available for download. Focusing on design, these fonts are perfect when you want to radiate professionalism in your site. With samples already shown in the page, there is no need for trial and error in downloading. You can just browse, choose and download which fonts you'd like to use. It must be noted, however, that some of the fonts are not available for certain systems. Another section of the article deals with the Pixel fonts. These fonts can be used on certain types of programs, such as Flash, or when very small yet still readable fonts are required. Most of the fonts are submitted under the Open Font License agreement, allowing you to use or distribute them as you see fit (following certain guidelines and conditions.) With these 40+ free fonts, professionalism need not be very pricey.

40+ Excellent Freefonts for Professional Design displays on most browsers.

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Everybody has an opinion on something. And what better way to present them than by having your very own poll in your site. If it's poll you want, Chipmunk Poll may just be the thing for you.

Chipmunk Poll is a free PHP poll system for your site. It lets you create, edit, and delete choices and polls. To install, just extract the files from the downloaded zip file in your web server. A simple text file will guide you how to fully configure the poll. Once done with the installation, you may now create your poll question and the choice answers as well. Here lies the biggest caveat of Chipmunk Poll as it only allows you a single poll question running at any given time, though the choice answers aren't limited. The interface is bare bones, with no hint of any design. There is almost no documentation, but the simplicity of the software removes the need for it. If you are planning on running just one question for your poll and you need a fast way to do it, Chipmunk Poll is ready to take on the job.

Chipmunk Poll requires a web server with PHP and MySQL installed. Knowledge on basic editing of PHP files and MySQL login details also required.

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Creating a web site and finding out that it wouldn't display properly on some browsers can be quite a pain. If you can relate to this, then it's time for you to check out Litmus.

Litmus is a commercial tool that generates screenshots of your web page as well as email newsletters from popular browsers and email environment, all in just a manner of seconds. To start working with Litmus, you must create an account. A special web page under Litmus will be created as well, and this is where the screenshots will go. Full page snapshots of your site on different browsers will be displayed, letting you see how your audience sees your site. You can also get a preview how your HTML emails are viewed on different platforms. However, it must be noted that there is currently no way to test Litmus if you don't have a valid credit card or PayPal account, as it requires one to sign-up even if you plan on just trying it out. Also, the email testing and web page testing services are availed separately, requiring you to shell out more if you want to use both. All in all, Litmus is a very good application, but a bit pricey for small-time web designers and bloggers.

Litmus works on most browsers.

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Using videos is a great way to convey messages across the ‘Net. In fact, web designers and even bloggers have been exploiting the media for quite some time now. However, commercial video editing software doesn’t come cheap. The solution? Go free with VirtualDub.

VirtualDub is a video capture and processing utility for Windows. Downloaded as a stand-alone program, there is no need to install the software. Just extract, run the software, and you are ready to edit. It must be noted however that not all video formats are supported. Currently, the program only supports AVI and MPEG-1 files. No video yet? You can use the software to capture your video using your web camera. Once you have the supported video, you can start editing. Though it evidently lacks the power of commercial editing software, it is capable of simple editing chores. You can move around frames by cutting and pasting them along the timeline. Also available are different filters to further enhance your videos. And if the included filters aren’t enough for you, third-party filters are also available for use with VirtualDub though getting them to work with VirtualDub can be quite a chore due to the lack of documentation. But if it’s cheap and easy to use editing software you are looking for, VirtualDub is just a download away.

VirtualDub is compatible with Win9x/ME/2000/XP.

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Web designers and even bloggers can be a picky lot when it comes to colors. The shade must be perfect, complementing the main idea behind the site. However, there will be times when the right color is found on another site and there is no way to know the exact color value. If you do find yourself in that situation, never fear, ColorPic is here.

ColorPic allows you to pick any color in your screen and save it in a custom palette. To start picking colors, just download and run the installer. Getting to use the program is as simple as choosing an empty color slot, grabbing the desired color, and it’s now part of your palette. Eight different custom made palettes are also available for those basic color needs. The information screen for ColorPic gives you details about the chosen color. The WebSnap and Hexadecimal codes are clearly shown for easy copy and pasting. If you are not satisfied with the shade, sliders for the Hue, Saturation and other options are available. With ColorPic, there is no need to grope blindly for that perfect shade.

ColorPic is compatible with Win9x/ME/2000/XP. Basic HTML knowledge is needed to apply the color values in HTML.

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