Free Tech-Tools to Create the Virtual Office of Your Dreams

My super tech-savvy family and friends are always turning me on to great free tech-tools and free software products. Below are a few favorites that will enable you create a virtual office accessible from anywhere, produce mind-blowing spreadsheets, database files, graphics and presentations that will wow and impress. Not to mention free ways to communicate with friends, family and co-workers and keep track of all your thoughts, ideas, musings and must-dos. All for FREE.

Log me In — Get Connected

Here’s another free software product that provides you with remote access to your personal computer (PC or Mac). You can access your personal computer from a remote location over the web or you can access your desktop from your iPhone from wherever you are. It even provides virtual networking capabilities.

Open Office Org — Produce Gobs of Work

This is a great suite of free software products that can do the job and replace Microsoft Office. It’s free for anyone to use and distribute, it’s compatible with Microsoft Office files, and it works cross-platform on both PC’s and Macs. Included in the free software bundle:

• Writer (word processor) — Used for creating letters, books, reports, newsletters, brochures, and other documents. You can insert graphics, export files and it also connects to your email.
• Calc (spreadsheet) — Great for analysis, charting and spreadsheets. It includes over 300 functions for financial, statistical, and mathematical operations.
• Impress (presentations) — Provides all the common multimedia presentation tools, such as special effects, animation, and drawing tools.
• Draw (vector graphics) — A vector drawing tool that can produce everything from simple diagrams or flowcharts to 3-D artwork. Draw can import graphics from many common formats and save them in over 20 formats including PNG, HTML, PDF, and Flash.
• Base (database) – Base provides tools for day-to-day database work.
• Math (formula editor) –  Math is OOo’s formula or equation editor.

Google Talk – Communicate and Keep in Touch

With Google Talk you can text chat and share quick instant messages, status updates and even transfer files. There is also a voice chat capability that allows for free long distance PC-to-PC calls to anywhere in the world and audio conferencing. A great free tech-tool with everything you need to communicate.

Evernote — Keep Track of It All

A virtual notebook to keep track of all your thoughts, ideas, musings and must-dos. Jot it down, organize it and then find it fast. No more hunting down post-it notes or writing on the backs of napkins. Instead, create notes right from Twitter, take pictures of things you want to remember, even clip pages right from websites for later reading. Oh, and it’s free too.

With all this great free technology and free software there are no excuses for not being highly productive and organized.

Please share other free software and connectivity tools.

Power on!

Lisa