Six Services to Send and Share Large Files

A common question sent to ResourceShelf, what tools or services can I use to send/share large files to others without having to use an FTP client?
Here are six of them. Most are free. Try them all and see which one(s) work best for you. Most should have you up and running in a matter of minutes.
Six Services to Send and Share Large Files

10 ways to make meetings more effective

"That meeting wasted my time." How often have you made this statement? Like you, I've attended many unproductive meetings, but a recent one topped them all. I had been talking about my consulting and training work with an employee of a company in central New Jersey. Things had gotten to the point that, after receiving information about me, the person suggested that I come to his New Jersey office for a meeting he would set up that would include him and his boss, the director of a training program for new professional hires.

10 ways to make meetings more effective

Consumer Price Index, Australia, Dec 2007

THE ALL GROUPS CPI rose 0.9% in the December quarter 2007, compared with a rise of 0.7% in the September quarter and rose 3.0% through the year to December quarter 2007.
Consumer Price Index, Australia, Dec 2007

How to Stay Awake at Work or School

Have you ever been so tired you almost fell asleep at work? Did you ever wish you could just crawl under your desk and take a nap like George Costanza?
Whether you were partying too hard the night before, up late feeding a newborn baby, or some other energy draining activity, you've got an emergency that needs to be addressed pronto!
How to Stay Awake at Work or School

Spectacular hidden treasures online for the first time

Five hidden treasures from public library collections across the UK are now accessible to an online audience of millions. Selected as the winning texts in a nationwide competition, pages of each have been digitised and transformed into Turning the Pages 2.0™ ‘virtual texts'. Visitors to the British Library's website can enjoy these magnificent items for free.

The winning treasures include:
a 12th century legal work from Medway, Kent, which contains the earliest record of the English language;
a fascinating first-hand account of life in mid 19th century rural Caernarfonshire, as experienced by an unusually observant 14-year-old;
a stunning 15th century illuminated missal from Renfrewshire, which features a blood-curdling rite of excommunication;
a beautifully illustrated war record book produced by the Dorset Federation of Women's Institutes, containing stories of evacuees, enemy airmen, the coming of the American army and even jam making!
Spectacular hidden treasures online for the first time

The Art of Verbal Intimidation : Learn it and fight back!

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, but I’d rather be blind than see a coward in the mirror. In our evolutionary history, intimidation was a direct result of physical size. One human being would be intimidated by a larger creature, and even a larger human being. This formula is still in play, you need look only to night-club bouncers, celebrity security guards and biker gangs. As the tolerance for physical violence in our community diminishes, verbal intimidation has found itself a new home in our lives.
The Art of Verbal Intimidation

5 Boundary-Setting Tips for the Work Obsessed.

If you are so passionate about your work that you border on obsessed, you might find it near impossible to turn work off.
This is especially so in the web age, when you can stay connected no matter where you are, who you’re with, or what you’re doing. What do you do when suggestions like “work only during certain hours” and “don’t check email on evenings and weekends” just don’t seem to be enough?
Here are five more powerful tricks for keeping work in its place…
5 Boundary-Setting Tips for the Work Obsessed

Keeping Children Safe Online

Children present unique security risks when they use a computer—not only do you have to keep them safe, you have to protect the data on your computer. By taking some simple steps, you can dramatically reduce the threats.
Keeping Children Safe Online

More Ways to Fight the Spam Plague

Last year, Judi Sohn did an excellent roundup of anti-spam solutions, breaking them down by web-based, client-side and server-side solutions. As she noted there, research shows that about 80 percent of e-mail is spam, and that number has not changed much. It’s a big problem. Lately, I’ve been experimenting with a couple of solutions in addition to the ones Judi cited.
More Ways to Fight the Spam Plague

Clean Like a Maid for Better Results

Ever get the feeling after an hour spent cleaning that your place still doesn't quite look spic and span? The Curbly blog uses a bit of wisdom from one writer's work as a housekeeper to offer a few methods of ensuring a room looks presentable and less cluttered.
Clean Like a Maid for Better Results

20 Foods To Snack On For Enhanced Productivity

Most people eat to lose weight, get healthy and build muscle. There are some people, however, who snack correctly in order to enhance their productivity. The following is a list of 20 foods you can eat to improve your eye-sight, improve your performance, energize your brain and keep your day on track.
20 Foods To Snack On For Enhanced Productivity

Darkness At Noon And At All Other Times

People always try to learn the origin of things, but the world and even most human institutions arose so long ago that our reconstruction can seldom be secure. Language is also old, and we know next to nothing about the circumstances in which it arose.
Darkness At Noon And At All Other Times

A Positioning System That Goes Where GPS Can't

Indoor positioning system technology uses radio, ultrasound or infrared signals to more precisely track locations where GPS signals are blocked.
A Positioning System That Goes Where GPS Can't

Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus

Ever lose patience waiting for a bus and decided to walk instead? Next time, stick around, it's nearly always the best strategy.
Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus

Five Essential Tools for Moving

There are little things you can do and tools you should have plenty of on hand to make things go smoothly. Boxing up every single one of your possessions and transporting them to your new residence to set them all up again is a huge pain. Here are a few items beyond your standard boxes, tape, and blankets that can streamline your move.
Five Essential Tools for Moving

Space Station Launches 10th Anniversary with 2008 Calendar

Space Station Launches 10th Anniversary with 2008 Calendar.
Calendar

10 Traits To Be Perceived As A Winner!

In order to have a winning personality, it is of utmost importance to have everyone’s best interest in mind.
10 Traits To Be Perceived As A Winner!

5 Embarrassing Grammatical Mistakes

The thing with bad grammar. It's the intellectual equivalent of spinach in your teeth, especially when you're at work or looking for a better job. With that in mind, here are five errors that are easy to prevent. Think of them as mental floss.

5 Embarrassing Grammatical Mistakes

5 Free Online Pie Chart Utilities

Ever needed a pie chart for a report? Did you not feel like spending a couple of hours in Photoshop trying to make one? Look no further than the web for quick and simple pie chart makers.
5 Free Online Pie Chart Utilities

What’s Stopping You from Getting Started

If you’re like most people, you have a lot of projects on your back burner that you hope to get to someday but aren’t quite ready for.
What’s Stopping You from Getting Started (and What to Do About It)