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Two great options that we recommend are Git and SVN.Git: http://git-scm.com/Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small projects to very large projects with speed and efficiency. It offers a variety...

There are a variety of great tools including but not limited to Google Docs, Dropbox, and Box.net.Google Docs is a FREE web-based word processor and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online and collaborate wi...

There are a variety of resources out there available for project management and workflow. Some of the primarily used ones include, but are not limited to: Redmine, Basecamp, MS Project, Podio, Tello, and Yammer.Redmine: Redmine is a flexible project management...

One of the most commonly used mailing list services that UCLA provides through BOL. Communications Technology Services offers a mailing list service to all UCLA students, faculty, and staff. The mailing list service handles subscription request for a mailing l...

There are many options available for you including, but not limited to, Elluminate, Skype, Lync, and Live Meeting. Elluminate: Elluminate Live! was a web conferencing program developed by Elluminate Inc. Elluminate “rented out” virtual rooms or vSpaces where ...

Some popular online resources available are Doodle, Outlook, and Evite. Doodle: Doodle radically simplifies the process of scheduling events, whether they’re board or team meetings, dinners with friends, reunions, weekend trips, or anything else. This smart a...

Nowadays, everybody resorts to using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress, and Blogger.Facebook: Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion activ...

LearnIt.ucla.edu is exactly what you are looking for. There are many links to all the IT resource options such as www.Lynda.com, Safari Books Online, Microsoft IT Academy, UCLA on iTunes, and the UCLA Knowledgebase. All of these resources offer basic and gener...

You can easily do this on Adobe Acrobat. Follow these steps:1. Open Adobe Acrobat. Go to the “File” in the drop down menu and select “Open.” Open the desired PDF file that you intend to have indexed and searched and select “Open.” Make sure that the first page...

Both www.learnit.ucla.edu and www.kb.ucla.edu both have a wide variety of guides and tips for diverse collection of general software tools.When seeking an overview of a software package in Lynda.com, try the “fundamentals” or “up and running” version of the so...

The UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) offers a statistical computing program provides UCLA researchers with assistance in applied statistics, data analysis and statistical computing issues. The goal is to help UCLA researchers solve thei...

If you’ve ever inadvertently pasted a block of html into a GUI text editor and ended up with a set of html encoded greater than signs and other unreadable codes, this website helps you quickly convert back.http://htmlentities.net/Here’s an example:<...

One of the problems in building a website is testing how it works on different browsers. I know there are different solutions out there, but I just heard about this one today, so I’m starting a list here. Please add other techniques or useful sites. http://www...

Lynda.com has a great feature to assist in organizing all the great course one will want to take with playlists.Playlists can be created in the iOS app or the web browser version of Lynda.com. It can be more accessible in the iOS app, however the web browser ...

For iPhone and iPad users, Lynda.com has an iOS app to enjoy courses while on-the-go.The app is free to download, but you must log in to use it. Select “Web Portal Access” and enter “ucla.edu”, then press the go button. You will be prompted for your UCLA Logon...

For standardized deployment Google does offer Chrome for enterprises— http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/business/browser/Additional information— FAQ, http://support.google.com/chromeos/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=188447 Google Enterprise Blog, http://g...

Google Apps documentation for Gmail— http://learn.googleapps.com/ Official Gmail Blog (handy for news & updates on features), http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/Also— Gmail Essential Training, http://www.lynda.com/Gmail-training/Essential-Training/77961-2.html ...

I learned at least three things from this list, and I’ve been using ls for years.15 Basic ‘ls’ Command Examples in LinuxThe new things for me were: ls -lh – human readable format on file sizes ls -ltr – reverse output order, which is particularly useful when s...