I've been using I-Google for awhile now,after trying out another site.I like the idea of an all-in-one site that has my favorite features.I handpick my own news feeds,quote of the day,youtube widget,etc.I think these things will evolve to make the a person's home page customizable in endless detail and across other platforms, like phones.I know that's what I would like to see.
The calendar I have just started using,and again it's a nice tool because I don't have to carry my notepad around.
On that similar note,I signed up with Remember the Milk,which would be great for me to organize the things I need to do in a week.The ability to have reminders texted or emailed to you is great,although I guess you have to pay a fee.If I were to do that someday, I would probably go with Remember the Milk, as it is much cheaper than BackPack.
This ability to track what you need to do and edit that info from different computers and I assume,smartphones is fascinating.I'm not on the I-phone bandwagon yet,but I can definitely see myself using one someday.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thing 12
I started using Delicious a few weeks ago,and I like it a lot.I'm using it for school related bookmarks,tutorials and things of interest related to my field of study.The ability to tag and classify your different bookmarks into categories helps a great deal.I will eventually abandon my browser based bookmarks.
I took a brief look at Diigo, which used to be Furl.It looks ok,but I'll come back to it later as I'm just getting used to Delicious.It's a bit much to keep track of all these websites that are supposed to make things easier!
I took a brief look at Diigo, which used to be Furl.It looks ok,but I'll come back to it later as I'm just getting used to Delicious.It's a bit much to keep track of all these websites that are supposed to make things easier!
Thing 11
I'm having problems uploading my Powerpoint presentation to Zoho, so I'm using SlideShare instead.SlideShare is very simple,although I was hoping to use Zohoshare because of what Zoho offers in general.
These tools I'm discovering for online collaboration are exciting.Especially the idea that you can share or work on a project from anywhere you want. You don't need to be tied to your work/school/home computer.
Here is the slideshow I made for this Thing:
http://www.slideshare.net/Fatdragon/who-is-sammo-hung
These tools I'm discovering for online collaboration are exciting.Especially the idea that you can share or work on a project from anywhere you want. You don't need to be tied to your work/school/home computer.
Here is the slideshow I made for this Thing:
http://www.slideshare.net/Fatdragon/who-is-sammo-hung
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Thing 10
This is kind of fun,a nice way to spice up what would otherwise be dull text.If one used the source code and their own pictures for the application above,that would be a great way to advertise your products/services and your creativity.
I've always liked the make your own poster/magazine applications,these can be fun and one thing that is critical to a lot of the internet apps and trends seems to be the ability to customize things to reflect the individual or group using it.
Thing 9
Photo by Jonisey http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/3154722172_2b6a98d353.jpg
Skipping ahead to Thing 9 after sending edit requests for the Wiki.
Flickr is definitely something I will be exploring and hopefully showing my own work someday.
Again, it's a good way to get exposure if you're a photographer or any other type of artist.It's good exposure in general because people can explore the world through these pictures,and find things that perhaps they didn't even know they were interested in.
One of the minor challenges with this and information gathering in general is trying to find the right tags or sequence of words to get exactly what you are searching for.
As a very private person myself,I'm wary of putting too much personal information on the web.I see a lot of people are more at ease with sharing their lives in photos/videos/blogs etc.
Thing 7
Even though I've just looked at the beginner's section of Google Docs and Zoho, I'm liking Zoho a little more than Google at the moment.Zoho looks like Microsoft Word and I see there is a plug-in that allows you to save your Word Documents to Zoho.The chat tool looks great,I wish this was available when I was in high school.Hopefully I will have projects in the future where I can begin working with these tools.
As for the Founding Fathers...that might have been a nice tool for them to have.But such an important document would certainly need live discussion and critique I think.
As for the Founding Fathers...that might have been a nice tool for them to have.But such an important document would certainly need live discussion and critique I think.
Thing 6
Looking at the Digg and Reddit etc, sites they do seem to have some use. If you can convince people to "digg" your story or website then you could get some nice publicity.I haven't ventured very deep into this yet.I think it is a good inidicator of what people using the service are interested in,but I wouldn't use it strictly for hard research purposes.Just because a story is at the top,what does that mean,that it's the most entertaining?Perhaps but that may not mean it's the most detailed or factual story.I think Digg and the other sites are good to find out what type of stories interest people and it can certainly be a boon to people/companies seeking publicity.And who isn't
seeking publicity in this internet age?
seeking publicity in this internet age?
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