Definitely add Google Goggles to your Android toolkit
Google Goggles belongs on all Android phones!
If you have not seen the demos yet, check out Google's overview here. Google Goggles is a quick, easy, and FREE download available on the Android Market.
Droid: Want to do more than just making calls and checking email?
If you feel like you are not getting the most out of your Droid, check out this video clip. The clip outlines a few easy to remember productivity tips.
Get more from Google: Use google to search a specific website.
Sometimes it is best to search huge website with google vs. the site's own search feature. For example, if you want to search Anthem for a claim form, you could try the following google search:
claim forms site:anthem.com
This will pull results for claim forms, but only from Anthem.com.
Not using Twitter and want a basic overview?
The site howtwitterworks.com has an excellent video link. The link is to a video called "twitter in plain english". Check it out on http://howtwitterworks.com/ and learn the basics of Twitter in a few minutes.
Get a little more out of the facebook home screen.
If you normally log into facebook and just look at the news feed, try this:
Click on "Home" and they try a couple of the other filters. For example: click on "Photos" to see your friends recently updated photos. This is also a great way to keep up with fan pages or to view links that your friends have recently posted.
Have you been wondering how open your facebook profile is after the recent security change?
You can (and should) review how your facebook profile looks to others. Some of the recent facebook security changes left many profiles more open than originally intended. If you are wondering what your profile looks like, follow this three click process:
After logging into facebook:
1. Select "Privacy Settings" from the Setting menu (on the top bar or facebook)
2. Click on "Profile Information"
3. Click on the "Preview My Profile" button.
Have unlimited txt and facebook? Become a fb poweruser with facebook mobile.
Even if you don't have a "smart phone", you can update your facebook status and get facebook notifications on your cell phone. This simple 5 step process will make it even easier to keep up with your friends when you are on the go.
Caution: while facebook does not charge for the service, standard cellphone messaging rates will apply. Make sure your cell phone has an unlimited text plan before turning this facebook feature on.
1. Log into facebook on your computer and click on "Settings" and then click on the "Mobile" tab
2. You should now see a screen asking you if you would like to activate a cell phone. Click on "Register for Facebook Text Messages"
3. You will be prompted to select your country and your cellular service provider
4. You will be prompted to send a text message from your cell phone to facebook (ex: send a text message containing only the letter "f" to 32665)
5. You will receive a text message back to your cell phone. The message will contain an "activation code" . Type the activation code you received on your cell phone into the
"Activate Facebook Texts (Step 3 of 3)" window and press "Confirm"
If you have trouble getting facebook mobile setup on your phone or if you want more information about facebook mobile, you should visit the Dennis Crowley's site: http://denniscrowley.com/facebook/.
Making a .pdf of an Office 2007 file is easy
One of the best new features in MS Publisher 2007 and MS Word 2007 is the ability to save a file as a .pdf. This could be done in the past, but it required additional software to get the job done. Now this task is built in and easy to use.
Once you are ready to make the .pdf, click on "File" and then select "Publish as PDF or XPS..." All that remains to be done is to decide where you would like to save the file and what you would like to name it. Click here to see a video of just how quick and easy the process is.

How to make a time lapse video using a webcam
Time lapse movies are fairly easy to make. Using a webcam, Flix software, and a video edit tool like Windows Live Movie Maker, a time lapse movie can be made for very little money. Assuming you already have a functional webcam setup on your computer, here is the basic overview:
1) Download and install software to automatically capture images from your webcam. I've used Flix and it worked great.
2) Point your webcam toward what you would like to capture.
3) Start up Flix and set the appropriate delay between frames. If there is a lot of action over a short period of time, you might wish to go with a short delay (less than a second) while other subjects might only require an image every couple seconds / minutes.

4) Start recording
5) Stop recording after the desired amount of time.
6) Once you have all of the desired clips, start up a program like Windows Live Movie Maker and import the files. Once you have the images imported, you select all of them and set a desired amount of time that you wish each picture to be displayed (ex: .1 seconds each). Once you have the settings you like, save the project as a movie file.
Here is a sample video that was created using this process.
Touchdown Exchange Client
If you have been using the built-in mail client on the droid for connecting to an Exchange mailbox, you should definitely check out Touchdown by NitroDesk. Touchdown makes it very easy to try out. There is a free 5 day full functioning trial available on via the droid Market. Simply open the market icon and search for "Touchdown". If you want to stay on Touchdown after the trial, it is only $9.99 (US).