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Here are a few fun - and free - applications for time-sensitive techies, event organizers, and iPhone lovers:

RescueTime is a cool, free download to automatically monitor and track how you spend your time online. You can track your productivity according to your own self-created goals and receive weekly reports measuring your progress - or lack thereof. I’ve been using for about 6 weeks and an amazed at it’s features.

TicketLeap is a website that I’m really excited about. It allows you to create an event you want to sell tickets for and have participants register and purchase online. It’s free to you but TicketLeap does charge a small fee based on the price of the ticket you establish; e.g., a ticket under $10 has a $1 fee added to the total cost and paid by the registrant - far cheaper than other ticket sellers such as Ticketmaster.

Once purchased, tickets can be printed out. As the organizer, you have access to registration information of all purchasers for printable lists. You can attach a survey to the registration form. Code links for your website are also provided to add buttons or registration forms to your website.

You can also use for free events - TicketLeap doesn’t charge anything if you don’t. I think this is a huge convenience for churches of any size. No longer do you have to print tickets, do sales, or even have a credit card merchant account. Let TicketLeap do all that and they send you the check after the event. Our church is going to use it for a concert we’re hosting in June.

For you iPhone owners, here’s a creative way to use your favorite device. I’ve been thinking of how can I reduce the number of cards I carry in my money clip. I thought I’d simply put the info in a contact or something. Then I ran across a great tip from MacWorld’s iPhone Central.

I just scanned each card - front and back - and saved as .jpg pictures, imported into iPhoto, created an album called Cards, and synced with my iPhone. I couldn’t believe it. My library card, Blockbuster card, Barnes & Noble card, et al showed up amazingly well. You can even use a scan wand to scan bar codes at the respective stores from your iPhone. I reduced my money clip by 8 cards immediately. Wouldn’t recommend for credit cards obviously but a really great use of the iPhone’s features.