When I have a need, and go to find a web application to meet that need, why does it seem like I have to do VC style due diligence on all the companies in that space to make my final decision.Simple answers:1) I’m super obsessive compulsive about web apps2) There are too many web apps3) [...]
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VC style due diligence on web apps
Published April 30th, 2008 in personal productivity and web apps.warning: this post is a mess, and mostly an example of how much of a pain it can be to find the right application
I don’t even know what to call this category of application!! How am I ever going to find the “Last.fm” or “del.icio.us” of reading applications?I really focused on 3 things1) how [...]
“File” Syncing?
Published March 27th, 2008 in Personal Tech, Software, desktop software, personal productivity and web apps.Lots of new companies are coming out with file syncing products. This irks me, so here’s my rant.Personally I’ve used Foldershare since day one (which has been out for a while, even pre-microsoft), and its been rock solid. I sync “working files” between a couple of bizdev guys and a desktop thats on [...]
Information processing online
Published October 1st, 2007 in Personal Tech, Software, blogging, personal productivity, social bookmarking, web apps and workflow.Here is a list of the web applications that I use in some way while I consume, process, and publish data online:
Scrapbook - Firefox extension for archiving a web page to your computer only
Google Notebook - application for clipping sections of content into a notebook, where you can group similar content
Diigo (I previously used Furl [...]
See my full review of Wesabe here.
My first suggestion for Wesabe is to create “training wheels”, a suggested series of tags, structured according to some higher level organization. Many users aren’t going to think far enough ahead to plan this out themselves the first time they use the service. Wesabe can [...]
Wesabe: social personal finance
Published June 14th, 2007 in personal finance, personal productivity, review and web application.I’ve been using Wesabe for over six months now, and just finally had time to sit down and write about it. Its been picking up some traction on some top blogs like A VC and Gotham Girl, and I wanted to join in on the fun because i don’t think the analysis is in [...]
Sources of personal information
Published November 13th, 2006 in Personal Tech, personal productivity and workflow. Here I want to begin an outline of all the personal information I encounter or take in as an input:
Real World (offline) - here we take in information from people directly through word of mouth, or we discover new information to track from our own original ideas, or by being prompted or informed [...]
More on Managing personal information
Published October 8th, 2006 in GTD, Software, notes and personal productivity.In a previous post I wrote about a blog post claiming to find the ultimate solution to syncing your personal data. Now I want to follow up on it, because their solution only addressed a small amount of what can be considered type of personal data. The system only touched on e-mail, contacts, [...]
My first GTD setup was fairly barebones, and I didn’t need to push things much more because I wasn’t applying the system to anywhere near its fullest extent. I learned a valuable lesson in that YOUR GTD SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE WITH YOU OR EASILY ACCESIBLE AT ALL TIMES. Carrying a handheld on top of [...]
In the spirit of getting things done, and getting something out there on the new blog, I figured I’d start with describing my very first GTD setup.
It consisted of:
- Dell D610 laptop running Windows XP
- Dell Axim x3i handheld
- Nokia 3100 cell phone
- MS Outlook
- WebIS Pocket Informant
- Ilium Listpro
MS Outlook:
My day-job required that I [...]
