Globex Designs has released a free Firefox plugin that reskins Gmail and Gcal and makes them look snazzier. But of course, sometimes beauty only runs skin deep. Many users are reporting less than glamorous performance.

Kevin Wilke and Matt Gill of Nitro Marketing are launching Nitro Quattro soon, so you can watch some cool free videos in the mean time. Like the PGA players of online marketing, you should take advantage of what they’re teaching for free. These guys are good. And in case you were wondering how Nitro Quattro compares with Ryan Deiss’s Self-Liquidating Offers, Ryan, who is also one of the internet marketing elite set the record straight. Yesterday, he emailed his own list to say that, no, the Nitro guys are not ripping off his ideas. If anything, they taught him some of these important concepts. And indeed these direct marketing principles have been around forever, or at least since Al Lasker learned that advertising is salesmanship in print from John E. Kennedy . . . in 1904.

We’ve got a link to a list of some of the best illustration-based designs on the web today, thanks to Abduzeedo. These wonderful illustrations can inspire you and give any web designer some great ideas, so be sure to bookmark this one.

Next, we’ve talked about Firebug, the free web dev tool for Firefox, before. But a lot of people haven’t tried this really powerful tool. If you want to make cool sites yourself, you should check it out This is definitely one powerhouse of a plugin.

Turning to the blogosphere, is content king when it comes to your blog? According to Jonathan Morrow, the answer is a resounding no. In “Why No One Links to Your Best Posts (And What to Do About It),” Morrow explains that making friends within the blogging community is the key to getting readers. According to Morrow, blogging is a lot like high school — it’s not what you know, but who you know and more importantly, who you are seen with. The friendlier you are with them, the more receptive they will be to your work. “It’s hard work,” he writes, “but it’s worth it. If you put as much effort into building relationships as you do writing great content, you’ll have a popular blog in no time.”

各位有没有想给Gmail来点新鲜调味料的？Globex Designs就正好发布了一个免费的火狐浏览器插件可以让Gmail看起来时髦多了。当然，美丽总要点代价的。许多用户说还是会回到速度更快的Gmail。下一条新闻是Nitro市场营销的Kevin Wilke 和Matt Gill已经开始启动Nitro Quattro项目，这样不久你就能看到许多精彩免费的视频。像在线营销的PGA参与者一样，你应该多多关注学习他们的免费教程。因为，这些家伙确实有两把刷子。还有如果你想知道Nitro Quattro和Ryan Deiss所提供的自动清算服务相比如何，你首先得认识Ryan，这个保持在线营销业内记录的精英份子之一。昨天他还email给团队的人说，Nitro并不是在剽窃他的创意。如果非说有点什么，也就是他们教会了他一些重要的理念。事实上这些直销原则依旧会一直有效的，至少从Al Lasker从那本书上学会了广告即是销售力，其书作者是John Kennedy于1904年。再来，我们找到了一个收集优秀视觉设计的网站地址。这些非常棒的设计肯定会给你的网页设计师带来许多灵感。链接就在Freelinereport.com

我们之前提过Firebug。这是一个火狐浏览器的免费网页开发工具。但是许多人还没发现这是一个非常实用的工具。如果你还想把自己的站点搞得更酷些，你不妨立刻访问Freelinereport.com，这里有免费教程来让你真正玩转Firebug这个工具

最后，如果你有点想不通自己的博客为何总是提高不了访问量，而不管你有多少非常精彩的博文。Copyblogger的Jonathan Morrow自称发现了答案。他解释说，内容将不再是首要因素，而多在博客圈子里广泛交友才是获得更多读者的关键。不过这似乎只是再次验证了一个先前的至理名言：不在于你知道多少，而在于你知道多少人。
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Fans of productivity guru, David Allen, rejoice! Today, in Part two of our series on productivity we’re going to focus on free applications that can help you get things done.

Anyone familiar with David’s system will appreciate the GTD Inbox plugin for Firefox. This plugin adds additional functionality to Google Mail, most importantly, how it deals with labels. As emails come in, you decide whether they are actions, next actions, someday/maybes, or reference material. GTD Inbox encourages you to then archive the categorized email, and provides handy search tools for reviewing your task lists. Installing this plugin should be on everyone’s To Do List. So follow our link and get that done today.

Mindomo is a web based application that lets you create and share sophisticated mind maps. A Mind Mapping tool is one that helps you organize your thoughts visually, literally connecting the dots in a graphically representation of your idea. This tool stands out from the rest with it’s simple to use interface and easy to embed software. Want to put a mindmap in your MySpace, Facebook or LiveJournal account? It’s as simple as YouTube.

Scrybe is a great tool that can turn your chaotic life into one that’s more coherent and productive. The tools in this online application are intuitive, and contextual. Its calendaring application lets you move easily between time zones and gives you a great visual way of seeing your day to day schedules and appointments. You can bring in lists from Excel and use them as to-do lists, take notes on web pages and save portions of the page for later. And, it has a true offline mode that synchs easily with it’s web counterpart- without installing any extra software - Just using your browser’s offline mode. It’s in private beta right now, but once it goes live this will be –THE- tool for getting anything done online and offline. Make sure you visit the Free Line Dot Com and see our link to the promotional video. This is something you have to see in order to believe.

Next up we’ve got PageOnce. This is a great new web application that aims to be your internet personal assistant. And it does this with style. You can track just about anything online, from your email to your bank account to the blogs that you read. All in one place and organized. And if you’re worried about security, this system is rock solid. It’s got military grade security in place, so you never have to worry about some hacker breaking in and stealing your banking information.

And now that we have your digital life streamlined, let me show you something that’s going to change the way you get work done. Adobe’s releasing its next version of Acrobat along with a new website, Acrobat.com, that’s aimed at facilitating online collaboration. Similar to Google docs, Acrobat let’s you share documents online, but Adobe let’s you do it in REAL TIME. That’s because its built with Flash technology such as their freshly acquired, Buzzword wordprocessor. But it only gets better. You can also video chat in real time while sharing your desktop and collaborating on a document. And of course, like all the other tools we covered today, Acrobat.com is free.

效能软件尤其是David Allen的粉丝们尤其是又该开心了！今天，免费帮三部曲的第二部分将介绍给大家一些免费的能帮大家把事情做完的软件。任何熟悉David系统的人们应该会感谢GTD的Firefox收件箱插件。＋这个插件为Google Gmail增添了附件的功能，最重要的是它的标签的处理。当有email进来的时候，你可以决定它们到底是属于必须做，接下来做，某一天去做，还是参考资料＋。GTD收件箱还鼓励你把邮件归类，并提供了对事件方便的搜索功能。安装这个插件应该在所有人的日程表当中。所以点击链接完成这件事吧。

Mindemo是一款基于网页的软件，你可以用它创建和分享“脑图”。“脑图”工具能帮助你视觉化你的想法，或者说把你脑海中的想法用视觉方法链接整理起来。这个工具漂亮的界面和简洁的内嵌工具使它脱颖而出＋。想要把“脑图”放在你的MySpace，Facebook或是LiveJournal里面吗？它就像使用YouTude的内嵌一样简单。

＋Scrybe是一个能把你混乱的生活变得清晰连贯并且高效的工具。这个在线软件非常的直观和连贯。比如它的日程表功能可以使你轻松的在不同时区里旅行并能给你一个非常直观的视觉化方式浏览每次的行程。目前它正在内测阶段，可它一旦开放之后就会成为最好的在线和离线的日程表工具。欢迎大家访问FreeLineReport.com来看一下它们的推广视频。这是一个你必须亲眼看到才能体会的东西。

下面我们来看看PageOnce。＋这是一个希望能成为你在线个人助理的优秀工具。你可以在线查看任何东西，从email到你的银行帐户到你每日阅读的博客，它们全部被整理到一个页面当中。另外你完全不用担心安全问题。它的防备是军事级别的，所以你永远不用担心有黑客会进来盗取你的银行信息。

现在你的生活应该开始有条例了，所以接下来让我来给你看一个可以改变你完成工作的方式的东西。Adobe将要发行下个版本的Acrobat和一个全新的网站Acrobat.com，一个非常好的在线协作工具。就像Google文档一样，你可以利用Acrobat在线实时共享协作文件。它是构建在Flash技术上的，比如它最新收购的Buzzword文字处理系统。你更可以进行实时视频对话并共享桌面来编辑文件＋。当然，跟其它我们今天介绍的软件一样，Acrobat.com完全免费。

我们来看看……GTD、Mindomo、Scrybe、PageOnece、Acrobat……全了！

Internet bullying might be decreased… if the Missouri Legislature has anything to say about it, that is. A new bill, which was passed by an overwhelming margin in both houses, makes it possible for the state to prosecute those who use electronic devices to harass others. Previously, the harassing statement had to have been hand written or made in a phone conversation. This expansion of the law, is the direct result of the death of Megan Meier, a thirteen year old girl who committed suicide after being harassed on MySpace. The bill is currently awaiting the approval of Governor Mark Blunt.

Elsewhere, Czech developer Grisoft has released AVG 8.0 Free Edition, the latest in the popular line of anti-virus protection. Like its previous incarnations, AVG 8.0 Free removes all of the extraneous programs and tools that most users ignore, choosing instead to focus on what it does best: virus protection. While the aforementioned “bells and whistles” are available, the user will have to pay for them. We suggest sticking with the Free edition and using other freely available programs such as Ad Aware, Spybot Search and Destroy, and Hijack This to remove the nasties AVG overlooks.

If you still crave more free security, we’ve got a link that will show you how to encrypt your Gmail account. It’s pretty straight forward- you just need to download the free GPG application and the encryption plugin for Firefox. After that, you can send and receive encrypted messages with Gmail. And there’s a bonus — at the end of the article there is a link that shows you how to encrypt Mac’s Mail program as well.

Next, YouTube has expanded its Insight application with demographic reports. Insight is the recently released addition to the YouTube control panel that allows you to track who sees your videos and when. Now you can easily track who’s viewing your videos based on age, gender, or a combination of the two, in addition to the previously implemented geographic metrics.

And finally, Abobe has released an update to its Flash Player. Version 10 now supports Linux and sports an improved interface . Most of the improvements are made for developers — perhaps most noticeable for the end user is the speed increase, giving any website that uses Flash a noticeably faster load time.

密苏里立法部门最近对这个问题有了新的说法。该州出台了一项新的法案，并在两院的投票中以高额票数通过，这也使该州在未来可以对用电子设备对它人进行骚扰的人提起诉讼。而此前，只有手写的文字和电话内容才会被算作骚扰性语言。这项新的法案跟Megan Meier的死亡有直接关系，这个13岁的女孩在MySpace上被别人进行骚扰后在家中自杀。该法案目前正在等待州长Mark Blunt的通过。

最近，捷克软件公司Grisoft刚刚发布了AVG 8.0的免费版，从而加入了在线杀毒软件的大军。与之前的一样，AVG 8.0免费版去掉了所有用户们通常忽略的高级程序和功能，转而把注意力集中在自己的核心上，也就是杀毒。虽然开发人员说程序将提供高级功能，但是用户需要对它们付费。我们建议大家使用免费的版本或者其它类似的程序比如Ad Aware, Spybot Search and Destroy，和Hijack this来弥补AVG的缺失。

如果你安全还不放心，这个链接还会告诉你如何对你的Gmail帐户进行加密。方法很简单，你只需要下载一个免费的GPG程序和一个Firefox的加密插件。之后，你就可以通过Gmail收发加密过的邮件了。还不光如此，在这篇文章的最后它还会教你如何对苹果的邮件进行加密。

接下来，YouTube最近在它的洞察程序中加入了浏览者统计信息。不久前发布的“洞察”可以可以使你追踪哪些人在什么时间浏览了你的视频。现在你可以轻松了解浏览者的年龄、性别、或者它们的综合，你还可以结合之前的地理信息工具一起使用。

最后，Adobe对Flash播放器进行了升级。第10版现在支持了Linux和一个改进的界面。大部分改进都是针对程序员的——也许对终端用户最直接的好处就是速度的提升，它可使任何Flash网站读取的速度有明显的加快。

The popular, free file backup based on Gmail, called G-Archiver, has been found storing user’s gmail addresses passwords. The creator of G-Archiver claimed that it was only debugging code that he had left in on accident, and has taken down the application so that no one else can download it. It’s suggested that if you have used G-Archiver in the past, you will need to change your password as soon as possible.

The non-profit organization Takes All Types has worked together with the Red Cross to create a Facebook application to report on blood shortages. If you are a blood donor who wishes to participate, you simply install the application, give it your blood type and address and it will notify you when there is a shortage of your blood type.

MySpace is talking with major music labels to start MySpace Music. So far it has support of some major music companies, but not the largest label- Universal. They plan on going ahead without Universals support, hoping they can win it back later.

MyLoki is a new webservice from the folks who brought us SkyHook, that nifty application that gets your GPS coordinates for your iPhone. MyLoki is a free toolbar for your web browser of choice. If you’re near a wireless hotspot, it simply triangulates your location and then gives you a map you can embed on your blog, giving your location in real time.

Dropbox officially moves into private beta this week, giving out 5gb of free storage. Dropbox is an easy to use application to back up your files across the web and share it with coworkers, or just access them from anywhere you have internet access. The true benefit to Dropbox is its ease of use- a simple right-click on a file and you can share it or back it up.

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那个热门的基于Gmail的免费文件备份软件G-Archiver，最近被指有私藏用户Gmail密码的嫌疑。G-Archiver的编写者说那只不过是段用来查找程序错误的代码，并且不再在网上提供该程序的下载。虽然如此还是建议大家如果以前使用过G-Archiver，你最好还是尽快把密码换掉。

非盈利组织Take all types与红十字合做推出了一个Facebook程序用来提供供血资源。如果你想参与鲜血活动，只要安装一个小程序，输入你的血腥跟地址信息，它就会在别人急需你的血型的时候联系到你。很不错。

MySpace正在与大的音乐公司商谈计划推出MySpace Music。目前它已经取得很多主流的音乐公司的支持，但没有最大的，比如环球。他们正计划扩大这一业务，在没有环球的支持下希望他们取得进展。

MyLoki 是一个由SkyHook的原班人马制作的全新网站，后者是一个为iPhone提供GPS服务的软件。MyLoki则是一款免费的浏览器工具条。如果你在一个无线热点附近，它就会自动测算你的位置然后你就可以把你所在位置的地图放在博客里面与别人共享。不知道你为什么有人想在网上做这样的事情，我相信他们马上会推出备份服务，这样你就可以保留所有你到过的地方并告诉你在那里待了多久。

Dropbox本周正式进入了内测阶段，并提供5G的存储空间。Dropbox是一个提供网络免费存储空间和文件共享服务的应用程序，同时也通过基于网页的程序服务。Dropbox最大的优点就在于它的易用性，只要轻点一个右键你就可以轻松的备份或是分享。