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"Free stuff" includes free services that are of value on the Internet. It really doesn't matter whether you are someone's employee, or if you are a self-employed business person. There are some awesome free services on the Web today that can help you to better organize your personal and your business life. These are services that will make your life easier, organize your day better, or keep you on track with tasks.

1. Gmail - (gmail.com) This is the ultimate in free email services. The generous space allowance is more than most of us will ever need. Email can be checked from any computer, and Gmail will check multiple other POP3 addresses for you.

2. Gmail Storage - (gmail.com) With the same Gmail account, you can email yourself file attachments to store them online for retrieval later. Again, the huge storage allowance is plenty for almost everyone.

3. Remember the Milk - (RememberTheMilk.com) This amazing free service is a task list manager. You can build your tasks at the site, or email them in as lists. It keeps up with all your ToDo's, and integrates with MS Outlook or even better with Gmail.

4. ToodleDo - (toodledo.com) The same features as RememberTheMilk, just some differences in functionality.

5. I Want Sandy - (IWantSandy.com) Another task system that's free and quite powerful. This one is for the email junkie, especially the Blackberry or similar appliance user. All task management can be done with email, with little or no need to go to the site once you've figured it all out.

6. Jott - (jott.com) This amazing free service takes your voice from a cell call and converts it to text to email back to you as a note, or to any contact you've set up. But there's more. Jott has little applets that work with many services, including all of those mentioned above. You call Jott, tell it you want to Jott RememberTheMilk, state your task and due date, and it goes into your calendar and ToDo list as text! There are so many uses for this, you'll just have to explore it yourself.

7. Google Calendar - (gmail.com) Once you have a Gmail account, the calendar is available to you. This free calendar integrates with Gmail. In most cases, Gmail will recognize text in an email that indicates an appointment, meeting or event. You will be asked if you'd like to enter it into your calendar. Example: "Let's meet for lunch Thursday at noon at Sam's." Gmail sees the statement, and asks if you want it in your calendar. If you do, just click once and it's there!

There are so many more interesting and helpful free online services. This group is great for organizing your personal life and your business. And, you're just likely to have some fun checking them out!

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