Thomas MacEntee over at GeneaBloggers started a new meme today. This is meant to help everyone know what kind of technologies are out there to aid in Genealogy research. Here’s my list.
Hardware: Dell XPS 400. IntelĀ® PentiumĀ® D CPU 2.80GHz/2.79GHz / RAM: 4 GB / Second Hard Drive: 1.5 TB Western Digital | Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop
External Storage: Western Digital 1TB My Book | 4GB Data Traveler Thumb Drive
Online Storage: I back some things up to Mediafire, but I need to check out other options.
Backup: Right now, I back up all my digital files to CDs periodically
Firewall: Norton 360 Smart Firewall
Virus Protection: Norton 360
Spyware: Norton 360, Ad-Aware (free version)
File Cleaner: Norton 360, Ad-Aware (free version), CCleaner
Printer: Kodak ESP-3 All in One (Print, Scan, Copy)
Phone: LG enV Touch: Verizon Wireless
Mobile Media: Laptop/Phone/ iPod Nano 4th Generation
Music Player: iPod Nano 4th Generation
Car Audio: Toyota Factory Installed CD Player
eBook Reader: Don’t have a portable. Use my computers. (Kindle for PC, Microsoft Reader, Adobe Digital Editions)
Browser: Firefox (Default), Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer (only to test websites)
Blog: WordPress and sometimes Windows Live Writer
RSS: Google Reader
FTP: SmartFTP (licensed version)
Text Editor: Notepad; HTML: CoffeeCup HTML Editor (free version)
Graphics: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Screen Capture: IrfanView
Social Media: Facebook | Twitter
Social Bookmarking: None
Social Profile: Facebook | Twitter
URL Shortener: Tiny URL
Office Suite: Microsoft Office 2007
Email: Gmail | Mozilla Thunderbird. On Thunderbird, I use the IMAP option so that both the web mail and the mail on my hard drive are identical.
Calendar: None
Accounting: Microsoft Excel 2007
PDF Generator: None
Genealogy Database: Family Tree Maker 2010 | Roots Magic 4 | TNG 8.0 (Website)
Genealogy Tools: Google Earth | Microsoft OneNote
Other Tech Stuff: TweetDeck (updates Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace all at once)
