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This post is taken from the longer Re-Cap of Pre-Season Actionable Content…

If you’ve already gone through the 2007 Thirty Day Challenge Pre-Season Training and your looking for a short to-do list - this is the place for you. If you haven’t gone through any of the training - you can use this list to get set-up, but you won’t have the foundational understanding that the training gives you.

Here’s a re-cap of the actionable items/links from previous pre-season posts - I do recommend going through this blog post from the beginning so you can watch the videos and listen to the podcasts - these activities will make a lot more sense if you do:

Tools and Addons: Firefox browser - You can download it here

Google Notebook (requires a Google acc) allows notetaking while browsing
see http://www.google.com/notebook/

SEO for Firefox is at their own site - stats/tools for optimizing your site
http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html

FIREBUG,
it is a great tool for debugging your your web pages - I will say it offers some advanced web design tools - you probably won’t use it much until you’re proficient at website design:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843

Del.icio.us - allows you to bookmark and tag websites
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1532

Fleck - allows you to add annotations to web pages you visit:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3908

Scribe Fire - a blog editor that integrates with your browser.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1730

Search Status - displays Google PageRank and Alexa rankings
http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/

Session Mgr - saves and restores the state of all windows
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2324

Stumble Upon
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138

TwitterBar
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4664

Sites to sign up/register for:

http://digg.com
http://www.stumbleupon.com
Facebook.com - your team can use this site to facilitate group activities
BlogLines is available here - just register, it’s free.
Youtube.com - another source for 30DC content - you can have a free account and subscribe to content from the challenge.

Teams:

Being part of a team will be a vital component of your internet success - if you’re not part of a team yet - find someone to take this journey with you. You’ll both benefit from it.

Media Access:

Go to www.apple.com and get iTunes if you don’t already have it - you’ll have access to 30DC videos and podcasts.
Get signed up for YouTube - another source for content.

Forums: We learned about ways to maximize the tools available within the Thirty Day Challenge Site and particularly within the forums.

I put this post together to simplify the process of “pimping” any other computers at home - or the MAC I will be getting someday soon…

Seriously, this is a handy collection of links - but you should go through this blog from the first post - watch all the videos and listen to the podcasts in order. It will take some time, but it will make a lot more sense if you “follow the process.”

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