Friday I wrote a post about why I returned the 3g iphone (it was reposted here, thanks SAI and innonate). The objective was really to outline the pitfalls of the iphone for other business oriented people considering buying it about to be pushed over the edge, but the end result was really just gathering [...]
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Its about mobile data, not the device
Published July 20th, 2008 in Mobile, Personal Tech and Uncategorized.Information processing online: what I save and where I save it
Published May 8th, 2008 in Personal Tech and web apps.This is the second post on a series of how I process information online, what tools i use, and what I think would be the perfect solution. First, lets address the specific types of information I save:
I save Links
I save/archive the full or [...]
“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 [...]
I’ve been obsessed with tourfilter lately. Its the craigslist of music.
1) list out your favorite bands2) put in your email3) get an email when they play in your town
Its really that simple, and its actually useful. I’ve bought a lot of tickets for shows i learned about through them. Shocking that people build functional, simple websites that [...]
Google Calendar Windows Mobile Sync
Published November 30th, 2007 in Google, Mobile and Personal Tech.I just made the switch from a Tmobile Dash (windows mobile 6) to a Tmobile Blackberry curve, and I’ve had so much trouble finding a way to sync to Google Calendar that I need to come back to make a big recommendation for OggSync.
It was downloadable from my phone, easy to setup, free for use [...]
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 [...]
Sharing Photos with Flickr (or any other service for that matter)
Published June 1st, 2007 in Personal Tech, photos, web apps and workflow.My friend and co-worker Jason recently came back from the Hamptons, and wanted an easy way to share his photos with all of the people that were there. He put together instructions for how to use Flickr groups, and was kind of surprised by how many steps where involved.
Honestly, I wasn’t so shocked. [...]
Diigo Follow Up Review
Published May 19th, 2007 in Personal Tech, bookmarking, review and web application.So I’ve been working with Diigo for a while now, and have already written about it on Life in Lists. My usage fell off for a while, but when I started doing a lot of research again for my day job I returned to Diigo to see if it was up to the [...]
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 [...]
I spend a lot of time each day reading about new web applications and innovations. Very seldomly do I come across anything useful. In a nice deviation from the standard routine I came across this bookmarklet a couple days ago:
From the Hall: GmailThis!
GmailThis! <– just drag this to your browser’s bookmark toolbar.
The Gmail [...]
