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Visual Thesaurus - A writer’s tool

Nigel Ball — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:52:38 +0000

When I first came across Visual Thesaurus I thought “cute, but is it better than the alternatives?”. After trying it out I decided that it does have advantages and I find it a quick and effective tool to use when writing, particularly for sales copy when looking for alternative words which have more impact than the first one that comes to mind.

Whilst there are other on-line thesaurus tools, Visual Thesaurus makes it

easy to see the alternatives in a wider context
make quick decisions about the likelihood of finding and alternative
follow a line of thought without viewing new pages
get s clear printed answer to a question

In brief, Visual Thesaurus is well worth trying, particularly if you do (or should) use a thesaurus when writing. At just $USD19.95 per year it’s good value, and there are many options for subscribing/buying.

Hosted Mind Maps

Nigel Ball — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:11:48 +0000

I often make use of Mind Maps to gather, record and sort my ideas on subjects that I am researching or writing about. On my workstation I use Freemind which is (as the name suggests) a free Mind Mapping application which runs on all platforms.

Freemind is a pretty serious application and is well suited to organising information. However, sometimes the major requirement is the mapping or diagram of the subject. This is where Bubbl.us comes in. (more…)

Hosted Applications

Nigel Ball — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:00:22 +0000

Over the last couple of years there has been an explosion of hosted applications (applications which are accessed via the internet and your browser rather than from your PC desktop). One of the more obvious would have to be Gmail, which could be described as a hosted replacement for Outlook! This explosion has been fueled by

widely available, and radically cheaper, high speed internet access
the magic of AJAX or Web2 technology

We have become serious users of many hosted applications and have assisted our clients to use hosted applications to achieve these results

improved productivity (personal and business)
reduced costs
access to services which would otherwise be too expensive, or complicated
shared information (for both employees and clients)

Hence, Hosted4Results.com — Reviews, Recommendations and Guides to the best Hosted Applications