Trick #1: Everyone Loves a Shortcut

A shortcut, loosely defined, is a shorter route or bypass and everyone loves a shortcut that works. In the computer world a shortcut is a key (or combination of keys) that instantly performs a function within a software program. There are thousands of shortcuts for your keyboard that can save you a ton of time but the problem is they are usually buried somewhere in a manual that we can't locate to save our souls.

The folks who bring us this resource claim it is the largest collection of keyboard shortcuts found anywhere on the internet. It's easy -- just use the menu or search function provided to find the program you want a list of shortcuts for. Print out a temporary list of those that are most helpful to you until you have them committed to memory.

Then toss it out -- because you'll probably loose it anyway.

Trick #2: Have a Suspicious File? Check it Here

Did you receive a file attached to your e-mail recently? Be suspicious even if it's from a friend. There's a lot of nasty stuff out there. Here's an on-line service that will check those e-mail files your not quite sure of.

These folks analyze suspicious files and detect viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware by running them through over 30 top anti virus and malware checking programs maintained on their web site with real-time automatic updates of virus signatures.

Use of this service is on the house -- pretty good considering that this was honored by PC World Magazine as one of the 2007's one hundred best products of year in the Web Site Security category.

Great Place #1: The Real Estate Experts are Coming to Your House

Want to find out what's happening today in the real estate industry without leaving home? From February 11th to the 17th, with this complimentary pass, you can get hundreds of marketing ideas from the 33 real estate experts at the National Real Estate Cyber Convention and Exposition. Over 40,000 attendees with an interest in real estate -- real estate professionals, homeowners and investors will hear real estate experts, network and see the latest and greatest real estate tools and services at the Cyber Convention Exposition.

This is all without leaving their home or office. You can get your own complimentary pass at this great place. And we'll bet this is the first convention you ever attended in your fuzzy slippers.

Great Place #2: Memories From the Past

Like to have been there when Marilyn Monroe sang happy birthday to JFK in 1962? How about checking out the "Where's the Beef" ad from 1984? You can be there to pay your respects at Babe Ruth's funeral in Yankee Stadium. And if you're a boxing enthusiast you'll want to revisit the bout when Joe Louis hammered "Two Ton" Tony Galento in 1939.

This great place is an online community that shares video, audio, and images to help stir our memories of the past. Here you can listen, watch and enjoy old television, newsand commercials from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. With the effective search function you can find your favorite memories from the thousands of historical clips.

Watch out though-this great place is very addictive.

Published: February 13, 2008

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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.