It's been a good week for great software resources!
How to Sell Downloadable Products Online (Web Marketing Today)
A quick but very useful look at some practical techniques and software packages to sell
downloadable items (like reports or software) online.
ICT tools to support collaborative working (
ICT Hub)
A fabulous guide to different software tools for collaboration and their pros and cons in various environments.
Screencasting Primer (Beth's Blog)
How much great stuff can one person produce? Proving that there may in fact be no limit, Beth gives us a fabulous overview of
screencasting techniques and tools
Using Google Earth as an Advocacy Tool (Green Media
Toolshed)
A mini-case-study of an interesting use of Google Earth: Appalachian Voices has teamed up with Google to to highlight the destruction of mountains through mountain top removal on Google Earth.
Newbie's Guide to Twitter (
Webware)
To add to the
bazillion Twitter resources this month: a great overview and beginner's guide to Twitter
Comparing Web Office Products -
Two Part Series (
ICT Hub
Knowledgebase)
A fabulous overview of hosted, web based office software, like email, calendaring, word processing tools, and more. It's a two part series - in Part 1, they discuss the pros and cons of web-based tools for these applications, while in Part 2 they discuss a number of specific products, including Gmail, Google Calendar,
Plaxo,
ThinkFree,
Zoho, Google Docs, and Google Spreadsheet.
Wiki roundup: Great examples of user-generated content (Community Bandwidth)
As the title implies, a useful look at a number of good public collaborative
wikis in the nonprofit and politics areas.
Why We Chose Our Blogging Tools (World Grows Wide)
A very detailed and useful look as to why one organization chose to setup a blogging system, what software they chose and why, and how they're using it
A First-Time CRM Buyer's Guide (
DemocracyInAction)
A useful overview of what to consider when looking for a constituent relationship management tool, though it's strongly weighed towards tracking online rather than offline interactions. This isn't shocking, as it was written by
DemocracyInAction, an organization that sells an online
CRM tool
Using Widgets to Build Community on Blogs (Beth's Blog)
Another fabulous
screencast, courtesy of Beth
Kanter and
NTEN - this time on how to use widgets to build community on your website and across the
blogosphere 
