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Best way to create and share flowcharts online – LovelyCharts
Google releases list of changes it will make with Gmail Tasks
4 Online Tools to Generate Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Best way to create and share flowcharts online – LovelyCharts

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:49 AM PST

Now a days many people work from home. They also collaborate and work with people who are not in the same place. Sometimes there is a need for drawing a quick flowchart to explain work flow or even a diagram to explain things better. This is where online tools that allow creating diagrams are in demand.

If you are looking to make flowcharts, sitemaps and diagrams online, then Lovely Charts is a great service.

Lovely Charts Features

Registration to the site is free but we have to register.
Once done I could save the charts I created. I can also import it as a .png or .jpg images.
The various options with these charts were very useful. Also creating flowcharts was really easy. All I had to do was drag and connect two objects automatically.

There is also a desktop version but then, that product is a paid service. I won’t recommend this as a way to create mind-maps as I prefer using these online tools.

Do try out Lovely Charts and drop in your views and comments.

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Google releases list of changes it will make with Gmail Tasks

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:15 AM PST

Google has conducted a survey for Gmail users. The survey was about one of the most underrated features of Gmail which is "Tasks". Tasks was highlighted in the latest Gmail layout upgrade. Now Google has revealed a list of the features they will add to Gmail Tasks.

Google has announced this list, which has the top five features requested with Gmail Tasks.

Create repeating tasks.
Reminders and notifications.
Sharable task lists.
Tasks API and synchronization.
Visual distinction for overdue tasks.

Personally I am quite happy about visual distinction for overdue task being worked on by Gmail. This is critical as looking overdue task on Gmail is not very helpful, as in they are not highlighted well.

These features should be a part of Gmail Tasks soon, you can expect them over the year, and you can keep reading DW to stay up to date with these and other new updates.

What are you views? Do you use Gmail Task or any other service for being productivity? Do drop in your comments.

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4 Online Tools to Generate Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:58 AM PST

You finally get your own website up and running one fine day, and have your very own entrepreneurial venture under your complete control. Well, since you might be a hardcore coder, a HTML CSS Genius, or a developer in general, you are hardly aware of the legal aspects that come into picture as soon as your website goes ‘live’. That is exactly where the Terms of Service (ToS)/ Privacy Policy (PP) come into play. Every website that you might have visited would have had a ToS/PP link at the bottom of their website.

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What are Terms of Service and Privacy Policy?

Terms of service are nothing but rules and regulations by which one must agree to abide by in order to use a service/website. Privacy Policy is a legal document that discloses some or all of the ways a website gathers, uses, discloses and manages a customer’s data.To know what a ToS page looks like, check out the ToS of WordPress .

As you can see, its a huge document with tons of clauses and paragraphs, which reminded me of the a country’s Constitution!

So what do you do if you have just started out as an entrepreneur of your website and want a ToS of your own?

I bumped onto links on Google which gave me what I really wanted. A Terms of Service Generator!

There were quite a few Generators available. Out of the lot, following are the ones which I found easy and efficient.

bennadel.com

This tool designed by blogger/developer Ben Nadel is simple and efficient, giving you a pretty generic ToS which you might have to revise later. All you have to do is enter your company name and the state where you belong, and simply click on “Generate Terms of Service agreement”.

legalriver.com

This service asks detailed questions regarding the policies of the website, services which it provides,Details about the designated agent, warranty details etc. and delivers a complete Terms of Service. Also, I found the website (legalriver.com) a ‘must visit’ for new entrepreneurs that face difficulty in understanding legal aspects. Do check it out.

webmasters-cavern.com

Again a generic ToS which might need more editing later on. It also provides the Privacy Policy and Acceptable Use Policy along with the ToS. The generated Terms of Service can be retrieved in 2 forms: Sending the ToS at the email address provided, or in the form of an HTML script.

codeachrome.com

This generator provides both ToS and PP, although one might still need to go through it to make sure everything is relevant for one’s specific product/service. The guys at codeachrome have used ready Terms of Service and Privacy Policy of Automattic Inc- A company dealing with wordpress projects. Details such as Premium services provided other than the normal services can be entered to get detailed Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Do drop in your comments and feedback below.