Stuff I have bookmarked for August 21st:
- Screencasting: How To Start, Tools and Guidelines – Great guide on screencasting
- 10 Downing Street Website on More4 News – Spot from More4 News going through some of the criticisms of the Number 10 website.
An online notebook
Stuff I have bookmarked for August 21st:
This rather mega post from Paul Stamatiou made me think about what I’m going to be using from September to manage myself and my business. Most of these I have been using for a while, or have just started to get set up.
I use Gmail for my email, set up to work with the DavePress.net domain through Google Apps. It works wonderfully, including being able to access it on my iPhone.
Calendar
I use iCal on my Mac, which syncs with the iPhone through MobileMe. Some people have had trouble with this service, but it works fine for me. MobileMe also means I have a web based version of the calendar should I need to give others access.
Documents
I have two types of documents, those that I am working on with others, and those which are pretty much just for me. The former I put on Google Docs, the latter I edit with Office 2008 on the Mac and save on my iDisk, which thanks to MobileMe is accessible from anywhere. All Docs I regularly back up on my hard drive.
I’m currently experimenting with how to plan work and time, with spreadsheets and calendars. Am sure I will figure it out soon.
Contacts
I have contacts in my phone, synced to the Mac and online with MobileMe. I’m also starting to fill out Zoho CRM, which is an online customer relationship management platform, running in the browser, which is free for up to three users. It’s a very comprehensive system, far too big for my purposes, really, but I am trying to find the bits of functionality I need and how I can make them work for me.
The Zoho suite of online apps is truly amazing, though I have to admit to never having got into them properly because there is simply too much of it!
Notes
Mixture of old and new media here. First port of call is my notebook; but second I go for Evernote which syncs between web, iPhone and Mac desktop application, including text, images and audio.
What’s important
So what I seem to need in the apps I use is mobility. I need to be able access as much of my stuff as I can in different locations, whether I have my own laptop with me or not – and even when I only have my phone with me.
Stuff I have bookmarked for August 20th:
Following up on the Scripting Enabled event, coming up in September, here’s a presentation setting out some of the background. Well worth clicking through!
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Thanks to Dom for the pointer.
Stuff I have bookmarked for August 18th: