October 2007 - Posts

• Five Great Places Online to Get Cheap Books

  October 29, 2007

  Every college student knows that textbooks are too expensive. Fortunately, with the proliferation of online storefronts and resources that put budget shopping, used book exchanges and Web-wide price comparisons only a few clicks away, you should be able Read More... Filed under: Education, Money, College, Students, Ebay, School, Books, textbooks, bookstores, cheapesttexbooks, Half, campusbook, textbooks.com, sell books, Amazon, shopping, buy, sell, money-saving, cheap books

• Famous Voices: Reflections on College

  October 22, 2007 01:32 PM

  “I’m going to college. I don’t care if it ruins my career. I’d rather be smart than a movie star.” – Natalie Portman “That’s what college is for—getting as many bad decisions as possible out of the way before you’re forced into the real world. I keep Read More... Filed under: Education, College, University, School, Sleep, Ronald Reagan, freshmen, football, Syd Barrett, Agnes DeMille, library, Norah Jones, Woody Allen, college graduate, rats, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Reflections on College, Famous Voices, Truman, J. Jacques, Keira Knightley, Anna Quindlen, Pink Floyd, alex karras, Iowa, george foreman, Dance to the Piper, piano, Questionable Content, career, eisenhower, Lisa Kudrow, metaphysics, Natalie Portman, movie star, Clarence Thomas, restaurant, Tom Petty

• What Firefox Campus Edition Should’ve Been

  October 18, 2007

  While both FoxyTunes and Zotero are great additions to FireFox (the usefulness of StumbleUpon as a back-to-school tool is debatable), they’re not nearly enough to justify the label of “Campus Edition.” With that in mind, here’s what we think the Firefox Read More... Filed under: Google, Gmail, Facebook, Mac OS X, Wikipedia, Firefox, Zotero, YouTube, Halo 3, Firefox Campus Edition, Digg, Diigo, TabWarn, Flickr, ESPN, LinkWarn, MeeTimer

• Guide to Acing Your Exams

  October 12, 2007 10:30 AM

  Doing well on your college exams can be crucial, especially in test-based classes where most of your grade depends on how you do on exams and quizzes. Of course, you need to study. But doing well on tests isn’t just about how much information you can Read More... Filed under: Education, College, Students, University, School, studying, sleep deprivation, memory, notebook, self-discipline, mozilla sunbird, deadlines, textbooks, professors, Exams, google calender, class, recorder, quiz, alcohol, camera, campus life, microphone

• The Five FREE Software Applications Any Mac-Using College Student Needs

  October 10, 2007

  Paying for college is hard enough. Especially after dropping hundreds of dollars on books, you shouldn’t have to worry about spending even more money on the software you need. And you shouldn’t be forced toward piracy to save a few dollars so you can Read More... Filed under: Education, Money, College, Students, Google, Apple, Software, Microsoft, Facebook, NeoOffice, Mac, Adium, Books, Computers, Wikipedia, Firefox, Gtalk, ICQ, Themes, Zotero, NetNewsWire, YouTube, iGTD, Google Docs, Microsoft Office, PDA, MSN, AOL, Search Engines, Mozy, iPhone, Jabber, Yahoo! Messenger, MozyPro, Paying for college, dollars, MSN Messenger, memory, ibook, laptop, External Hard drives, Excel, AIM, Del.icio.us, Word, Websters, College Resources, PowerPoint, plug-ins, College Tools, Halo 3, Yahoo, Campus edition, technology

• The Only Five Applications Any College Student Needs

  October 03, 2007 10:19 AM

  Being in college is difficult enough. While you work hard to try and maintain good grades and at the same time try to make ends meet and either take loans or work to pay your fees (and buy expensive books), you shouldn't have to worry about paying for Read More... Filed under: Students, College Major, Google, Cell Phone, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, NeoOffice, Mac, Adium, Tips, Blog, Wikipedia, Firefox, Webster, Gtalk, ICQ, Themes, Zotero, NetNewsWire, YouTube, iGTD, Google Docs, Microsoft Office, College Students, PDA, MSN, AOL, Search Engines, Mozy, Mac OS, iPhone, Plugins, Yahoo!