Business & Startups
1. ZohoCRM is an excellent system and is completely free for up to 3 users
http://www.zoho.com/crm/zohocrm-pricing.html
2. When writing code you should keep a version controlled repository in the cloud, and bitbucket offers a free account for up to 5 users
https://bitbucket.org/plans
3. Trac is an issue tracking system for software development projects (which you could use for any issue tracking really) which is free and open source
http://trac.edgewall.org/
4. Want to send newsletters and marketing emails to your mailing list and get excellent tracking on the results? I prefer the experience with campaign monitor:
http://www.campaignmonitor.com/pricing/
5. But you can do this completely free with mailchimp if you don’t mind their branding on your mail outs
http://mailchimp.com/pricing/entrepreneur/
6. Want to run a feedback survey or find out more about your customers? Do it free with survey monkey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/pricing/?ut_source=header
7. Make flow-charts and diagrams with Gliffy, which is free if your diagrams are public and a free trial if you want to keep it private
http://www.gliffy.com/
General Knowledge
8. Someone just used some slang and you don’t know what it means? You can pretend you’ve known all along by looking it up on Urban Dictionary
http://www.urbandictionary.com/
9. No idea what a word means? Do a Google search for define:word and you get a definition above the results
e.g. https://www.google.com.au/#q=define:reify
10. Got asked a dumb question that the person could have found on Google? Why not show them how it’s done?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+tell+someone+to+google+it
11. Someone making a bit of a wild claim? Say someone shared a list of magical things you can do with hydrogen peroxide and you’re a bit suspicious about the claims? They probably wrote about it on Snopes
http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/peroxide.asp
12. Ever wondered how some thing works? What is a heart bypass operation? What is inflation? How does the manual transmission of a car work? Try www.howstuffworks.com
http://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/surgeries-procedures/question120.htm
http://money.howstuffworks.com/how-inflation-works.htm
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/brakes/brake-types/anti-lock-brake.htm
Useful Tools, Self Improvement Tips and Handy Things to Know
13. Travelling overseas or to a city you’ve never been? Check it out on on Wikitravel. Handy phrases, scams to watch out for and things to see
http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
14. You don’t need a self-help book with bold claims and big ideas to make changes in your life. Sometimes a small tip could help a lot. Try Lifehacker
www.lifehacker.com
Need to design something but suck at design?
15. Pick a colour scheme
http://colorschemedesigner.com/
16. Find a font
https://www.google.com/fonts
17. Use this font picker
http://www.fontpicker.net/air/
18. Make great looking infographics and diagrams with tons of existing resources with Piktochart. This does cost but their free trial can show you that it’s worth it
http://piktochart.com/
The Internet
19. Publishing content on the internet? You should think about how it’s going to be licensed. Try creative commons:
http://creativecommons.org/
20. Project Gutenberg has 45,000+ free eBooks from the public domain. Ever wanted to read a classic?
http://www.gutenberg.org/
21. Need to sign up with an email address but don’t want to get spammed? try a free disposable inbox:
http://mailinator.com/
Bored?
22. Stumble upon a random site
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
23. Be careful with Reddit… this is a deep rabbit hole not fit for the faint hearted. But if you’re bored, you can’t go past the front page of the internet. More than once I’ve found a subreddit specialising in some topic that’s been able to help answer a question and solve a problem, and many communities are friendly and helpful. On the other hand most of Reddit is pretty insane so tread lightly.
http://www.reddit.com/