In today’s age of virtual organizations, Intranets.com can quarterback your business life! That’s a big trick and these folks perform it while you take the credit for being a genius! The intranet they provide is ideal for business, community organizations -- in short any organization with folks under more than one roof that needs to get organized!

With the cost of developing and hosting a conventional private intranet ranging up into the stratosphere this virtual service inexpensively provides a structure with everything you will need to keep everyone on the same page! Tools like Calendar, Document and Task sharing and tracking, Group Announcements, On-line Discussions and even extranet capabilities are all right at your fingertips. All of this and more -- at a very modest cost with complete and easy customization and synchronization.

Great use of the Web!

Save Time Typing Repetitive Words

Not all of us are great typists. If you hate to type, PC Magazine has a really neat that will even save even the speed typists some time!

We got tired of typing: National Real Estate CyberSpace Convention and Exposition and other mouthfuls all the time. So we went out and found this little utility that makes typing repetitive words, phrases or even pages of copy a breeze. Big time saver! Now you can do what MS Word does with their auto tying but in any program anywhere!

This free software was developed by the folks at PC Magazine and takes about 3 minutes to download and set up.

Great keyboard magic trick -- and the price is right!

Watch the World Grow

Ever wonder how many new people were added to the population of the United States in the last minute? We hadn’t either until we checked out this neat site at the U.S. Census. Here you will find a spellbinding digital counter that shows the population of the U.S. as it grows instant by instant. The companion counter shows the comparable world population change in real time. Great way to verify that real estate is a solid investment!

If your system doesn’t warm up to Java you can go to: http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html and get the same information but not in the same intriguing visual format.

P.S. While you are there, using the lower menu, you can check out all the latest census data --all complements of your friendly U.S. Census Bureau. Enjoy it - you paid for it!

Catch Spies

We’re always on the lookout for spies! “Spyware” is any technology that aids in gathering information about you without your knowledge. There are lots of ways for spyware, or “adware” as it is sometimes called, to infiltrate our lives. One of them is through software (usually free) that we download from the Internet.

Spychecker.com brings you a database of Spyware products. The information is maintained on a daily basis and new software titles are added or removed as needed. Information is gathered from Internet sources, ad companies and reliable sources in the software distribution industry.

If you are about to download a neat new free program and want to see if there are any spies lurking in its confines check with these folks for their take on any potential skullduggery!

Published: September 2, 2002

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John M. "Jack" Peckham is the Executive Director of REcyber.com (the Real Estate CyberSpace Society). In that capacity he oversees the development and delivery of the latest up to the minute Real Estate Cyberspace tools, strategies, networking structures and services that the Society provides its members to leverage their effectiveness, visibility, professionalism and earnings. As host of Real Estate CyberSpace Radio, he provides over 40 hours of programming to help listeners integrate the power of the Internet into their daily business lives. He is the author of several real estate books published by Prentice Hall and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich including his latest Master Guide to Income Property Brokerage from Wiley Publishing. A columnist for the Boston Herald for nine years, his syndicated columns have appeared in over 100 papers nationwide. Jack loves to sell real estate has been involved directly in the sale of over one billion dollars in Real Estate. Today he sells in his jeans and fuzzy slippers as a one-man shop and has closed over $40,000,000 in sales on the Internet recently in 20% of his working time. The balance he spends directing the affairs of the 10,000 member Real Estate CyberSpace Society. The Society awards the RECS (Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist) Designation to members based on the current criteria. He served as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is a Past President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and has been honored as the Massachusetts State Realtor of the Year. You can reach Jack at or by calling 617-523-4441.