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My links to the best info on San Francisco and surrounding areas!
Business Travel Resources and Links
The best links and info I can find for business travel
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Area Code Look-up from www.555-1212.com Look up area codes by city, or vice-versa
Business-related sites and publications
Computers
Y2k Issues
- If your VCR is not Y2k compliant, then set the year to 1972 (instead of 2000) - the days of the week fell on the same dates in '72 that they will in 2000.
Insurance
A. M. Best Home Page
The most recognized insurance rating firm
Western U.S. Insurance Links
My insurance links for the 7 Westernmost states
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Key links for business
CEO Express
Intended as a distillation of the web to just those sites useful to executives
WWW Virtual Reference Sites
Another incredible, and incredibly comprehensive, reference site!
Search Tools
Excite
My favorite search engine
Yahoo
The original, the best known. Also try Yahoo-Get Local, for excellent local resources.
BigBook
Phone Listings
Switchboard
Phone Listings
Yahoo! Maps
Get maps and driving directions for any address!
MapQuest! Welcome!
I prefer Yahoo's maps, but Mapquest will mark businesses and services you specify, right on the map
Comprehensive (but not complete!) listing of search utilities on the internet
Looking for something obscure? Try all the search engines
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Travel Tools
My ultimate business travel page
The best links and info I can find
City.Net Travel by Excite
Intellicast Weather
Travelocity air car hotel online reservations
Valid only as an information source. They have confirmed reservations, then later reported they were unavailable, and one friend made a confirmed reservation which he later discovered they claimed had never been made - their server timed out, they claimed, though it showed the reservation as made and confirmed.
TravelNow Online Travel Reservations
Try the different on-line reservation systems until you find the one or two you like best.
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Job-hunting resources
BridgePath.com
Get Job and internship announcements
sent to you for free. Sign up with
BridgePath.com
now!
Monster.com Great job search utility, lots of listings, frequent updates - and they can transmit your resume electronically for you, at the click of a mouse.
Travel Management.com Search for Travel Management and related jobs
Kelly Services Find a job, find an employee....
Test Junkie Tests for fun, personality type, IQ, etc.
Interest Finder Quiz If soul-searching is part of your job hunt, start here.
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Miscellaneous
International Standards Organization ISO created the standardizations that, for example, allow Visa and Mastercard to exist and to work.
Fortune Daily Business Report
The Sales and Marketing Network
MCI
Poor customer service, in my experience, and little regard for customers who aren't running the latest and greatest version of everything.
International Association of Administrative Professionals
FREEMinder Reminder Service
Free e-mail reminders
My best hints and tips
Give me your best tips, and I'll post the best ones here.
National Notary Association
Information about notaries and becoming a notary
Find a Notary
Information about and referrals to notaries
Phonespell
Find out if your phone number spells anything catchy or memorable
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Business Shopping
Shop the 'Net
Links and advice for shopping on-line.
Harry and David's
Fresh fruits, potted plants, and other safe-yet-enjoyable gifts.
Godiva Chocolatier
The best chocolate in the world, on-line!
Franklin Covery (formerly Franklin Quest)
Franklin offers time management training and day planners/supplies
1-800-Flowers
I've heard great things about the service, reliability and quality of this service but have not tried them myself yet.
West Coast Book
Great selection of e-books, hard-to-find books, and mass-production book resources
FTD - The Official Florists' Transworld Delivery Service
Order flowers on-line from one of the biggest names in flowers
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Shipping and Mailing
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Government
Federal Consumer Information Center - Pueblo, CO Access government publications
Americans for Computer Privacy Information about the debate about government interference in data encryption
Thomas What is your Congressperson up to?
SBA Web site Small Business Administration
OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Admin.
U.S. Department of Commerce
Information on Federal contracts-Browse CBD contracts
U.S. Business Advisor - Sponsored by SBA
The federal government is spending billions to go on-line - see where your tax dollars are going.
Fedstats: One Stop Shopping Federal Statistics
Federal Statistics - even includes a Kids' Page
FedWorld Information Network Home Page
More high-tech from the low-techs back east.
Internal Revenue Service
For years, the IRS website has been one of the best, most useful federal websites.
Library of Congress
Another useful government site
The Federal Reserve
Money - press releases, monetary policy, and more.
Welcome to the White House
Drop by and see what our Commander-in-Chief is up to.
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Automobiles
Edmunds.com "Where Smart Car Buyers Start" - very useful - don't buy a car without checking here first!
Intellichoice Lots of information to help you make an intelligent vehicle selection and negotiate a good deal on it
License Plates of the World Pictures and textual information on all 50 states and the rest of the world
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Golf
Golf Online
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Reference Library
WWWebster Dictionary - Search screen
Look up words on-line. Books are too archaic!
Quotez
Need help starting a speech? Look here
Yahoo! - Reference
Yahoo's Reference Category Search Results. Topics include etiquette, dictionaries, etc.
Thesaurus On-line
Biographical Dictionary
A searchable index of the biographies of many notable people
CIA World Factbook
Surprisingly useful information from the CIA about all the countries in the world - demographic, economic, political, etc.
The United Nations
More info about the rest of the world.
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