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Lyn Mettler, a consultant and blogger from Mount Pleasant (http://newworldpr.blogspot.com/), sent these practical ideas for using technology to improve the holidays.
'Forget the holiday letter — blog instead! Set up a free blog at Blogger.com and keep your friends and family up to date this holiday season.' Word of warning: blogging can be addictive.
'Use social bookmarking sites, such as Del.icio.us and Digg, to share your gift list with friends and family — and the world!' Del.icio.us (http://del.icio.us) works well for this, but here's a hint: It works better if you add the 'Post To My Del.icio.us' button to your Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar.
'Post and instantly share photos from holiday events, get-togethers and parties on social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Flickr.' Each has its strengths, but Flickr (www.flickr.com) is easy to use.
'Create your family's holiday ‘story' complete with photos, video, music, audio and text on Panraven.com. It creates a multimedia experience for remembering the good times.' Some features are free, but the book option costs $30 for 20 pages. Just sayin'.
'Lots of popular online retailers ... are now offering discounts up to 20 percent if you purchase items through PayPal.' It's been five years since eBay acquired PayPal (www.paypal.com), and its security appears to be vastly improved.
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