Archive of Tricks & Places


John M Peckham III


Jack Peckham ( ) is the Executive Director of the Real Estate CyberSpace Society, based in Boston, MA.

TRICK#1: WHAT ARE YOU WORTH?
TRICK#2: CONVERT YOUR TEXT TO SPEECH
GREAT PLACE #1: THE QUOTE YOU NEED
GREAT PLACE #2: SQUASH THE TELEMARKETERS

TRICK#1: WHAT ARE YOU WORTH?
http://www.salary.com/
Want to see what you should be paid? Here's a quick and easy way to determine what your peers' salary level is -not only in your hometown but in hundreds of cities around the country.

This neat place not only calculates salary information for hundreds of work specialties but also will compare your cost of living changes associated with a move to a distant city. With this comparison you can easily see what your net gain or loss in purchasing power will be in connection with any job related move.

Neat tool - and it's free!

TRICK#2: CONVERT YOUR TEXT TO SPEECH
http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/demos/
Here's a hint of the future! AT&T has designed a quality Text-to-Speech Engine that they claim to be the most realistic, human-sounding synthetic speech system today.

At this interesting place you simply type in your text (up to 30 words) in the conversion box, select your choice of voices, click "go" and - shazam- a clear very human voice repeats your typed message!

You can also type your message in any of several languages and hear it in the native tongue of that country. You can have some fun with this in connection with any of the many web based translation programs!

Great free peek at the future of communications!

You can browse this database of over fourteen thousand quotes organized in over six hundred categories. Or look for a specific author or famous person. You can choose from over four thousand authors. Or you can search the database by author, topic, or specific quote.

Among the thousand of quotes these folks cite Ben Franklin: "Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse." This great place fits the bill - it's free!

GREAT PLACE #2: SQUASH THE TELEMARKETERS
http://www.donotcall.gov/
Now you can do something about the pests who call you at mealtime - and it will only take you about 5 minutes on-line!

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection agency has established and manages the National Do Not Call Registry. By registering your phone number or numbers (including your cell phone if you wish) you will begin to receive fewer telemarketing calls on a phased in schedule explained at the site.

Try it. You paid for it -- your tax dollars at work make this free!

Real Estate CyberTips are provided with compliments of the Real Estate Cyberspace Society.