We are up to our eye balls in RSS feeds this month at Organized Manager. There is so much good stuff out there; and we are SO worried we'll miss something. Hence the reason for the beautiful poll to the right. Please take a moment and vote. I will publish the results soon.
So, are you buried in mass blog articles as well? (And yes, this is a blog article, ha!)
By the way, I made this poll free at Micropoll.
Dropbox Rocks!
Dropbox is an online storage system that offers its users 2GB of free space. Myself and many others swear to its usability. I highly recommend you checking this out; immediately. Dropbox will be releasing an iphone app very shortly and this app alone may convince me to purchase one. (finally)
So the reason for the post is the message I received from them this morning:
The Dropbox team has been hard at work these past few months and we'd like to tell you about some upcoming changes and enhancements to the Dropbox service.While this feature has been a fantastic safety net, I understand the eClutter it can create!
We're Changing Undo History
Did you know that Dropbox automatically:It's like having "undo" for all your files and folders.
- Safeguards any files you delete in case you need to undelete them
- Saves old file versions in case you need to go back to them later
Today, Dropbox keeps these deleted files and old file versions ("undo history") forever. For many people this creates clutter, and it also wastes space.
Because of this, beginning August 1st, our new policy will be to keep 30 days of undo history. If you'd like to have unlimited undo history, then you need to upgrade to one of our paid accounts.
Open Source Project Management Tool
Anyone interested in getting their eClutter (mails, calendars, tasks, etc.) must check this out. This is a "web office suite" mashed up and created by its users. The forums are fantastic and the activity is constant and current.
I have friends using this currently and are very pleased with it; especially those that call themselves developers. My major beef with it: it must be downloaded.
Using Twitter to get you organized and informed.
By now you have at least heard the somewhat awkward term "Twitter". It took me about six months to finally cave in and sign up, and that was last summer. Just in the past two months or so, have I found that it is one of the most useful tools out there. I am in love with Twitter, and it just keeps getting better. Actually Twitter is still the same, it's the third party developments that keep expanding Twitter's influence and capabilities.
I like information to be short, simple and current. So needless to say, my introduction to Twitter was not simple and left me very frustrated. My first experience with a third party "handler" of Twitter was Twitterfox. This worked well for me due to my short list of follows and therefore its sporadic pop up in my browser was not distracting. Back then I followed a mere 10 people and it was more of an open chat circle from my perspective. However, the more people I followed, the more annoying Twitterfox became. That's when my friend Peter Cook introduce me to an application called TweetDeck.
Both Twitterfox and Tweetdeck are free applications. Download them and dive in.
Here's how I use Twitter to keep me organized and informed:
1. Groups within Tweetdeck. With Groups, I have organized my follows into these categories: Facebook Statuses, News, Entertainment, Designers, Organizers, Friends and Replies. Tweetdeck is a stand alone application that can always be running in the background. Now first thing in the morning, I grab my coffee and open up Tweetdeck. Here I get to see what's up with my friends, the news (local and world), weather and what really cool famous people are up to.
Here are some follows I think you would benefit from: @cnnbrk, @TWCi (search your cities weather in "find people" search bar on your twitter page.) @heraldleader (I am in Lexington, KY), @uncluttertips, @clutterdiet, @hungrygirl, @jimmyfallon, @theofficenbc, @rainnwilson, @TheEllenShow
2. Twittercal. The first step is setting up a gmail account and from there you can begin a new calendar. Once that is set up you need to follow @gcal and allow it to follow you back. Using this you can now add appointments directly to your Google calendar. I take this one step further and sync my Google calendar to my iCal (calendar used with the MacOS), thus reducing my need to go directly my browser to see what's going on with my day/week/month. Additionally I use Google Sync with my Blackberry; bringing my appointments not only to my computer but also to my handheld device.
Here are a couple of articles that really helped wrap my brain around this tool and its "handlers".
Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/280837/add-events-to-gcal-and-why-twitter-may-boost-productivity-yet
Mashable: http://mashable.com/2007/07/16/twittercal/
A thorough how-to-guide: http://www.yourbloghelper.com/2009/01/26/how-to-use-tweetdeck/
I like information to be short, simple and current. So needless to say, my introduction to Twitter was not simple and left me very frustrated. My first experience with a third party "handler" of Twitter was Twitterfox. This worked well for me due to my short list of follows and therefore its sporadic pop up in my browser was not distracting. Back then I followed a mere 10 people and it was more of an open chat circle from my perspective. However, the more people I followed, the more annoying Twitterfox became. That's when my friend Peter Cook introduce me to an application called TweetDeck.
Both Twitterfox and Tweetdeck are free applications. Download them and dive in.
Here's how I use Twitter to keep me organized and informed:
1. Groups within Tweetdeck. With Groups, I have organized my follows into these categories: Facebook Statuses, News, Entertainment, Designers, Organizers, Friends and Replies. Tweetdeck is a stand alone application that can always be running in the background. Now first thing in the morning, I grab my coffee and open up Tweetdeck. Here I get to see what's up with my friends, the news (local and world), weather and what really cool famous people are up to.
Here are some follows I think you would benefit from: @cnnbrk, @TWCi (search your cities weather in "find people" search bar on your twitter page.) @heraldleader (I am in Lexington, KY), @uncluttertips, @clutterdiet, @hungrygirl, @jimmyfallon, @theofficenbc, @rainnwilson, @TheEllenShow
2. Twittercal. The first step is setting up a gmail account and from there you can begin a new calendar. Once that is set up you need to follow @gcal and allow it to follow you back. Using this you can now add appointments directly to your Google calendar. I take this one step further and sync my Google calendar to my iCal (calendar used with the MacOS), thus reducing my need to go directly my browser to see what's going on with my day/week/month. Additionally I use Google Sync with my Blackberry; bringing my appointments not only to my computer but also to my handheld device.
Here are a couple of articles that really helped wrap my brain around this tool and its "handlers".
Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/280837/add-events-to-gcal-and-why-twitter-may-boost-productivity-yet
Mashable: http://mashable.com/2007/07/16/twittercal/
A thorough how-to-guide: http://www.yourbloghelper.com/2009/01/26/how-to-use-tweetdeck/
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