For the past couple of days the world has been abuzz about a new iPad app called Flipboard. Ok, maybe not the world, but enough people that it became the #1 free iPad app overnight (and it might not even have taken that long).
What is Flipboard and why is it so cool?
It is being billed as a “social magazine”. It is “The stuff you care about, all in one place.” read more…
Quality Commute
My office is just about a mile from our new house. The funny thing is that the fastest way there involves the interstate. I don’t have to take the interstate, but it is usually a little faster.
I have a better idea though. read more…
How I Use It
With the rate of change taking place in online communication and productivity, it is absurdly easy to quickly fall behind the times. Each week there are new tools and services that promise to help us communicate better, be more productive, stay informed, etc.
The problem is that it is hard to figure out how to integrate all of this stuff into our lives. This morning I was reading Jason Moore’s comments on the difference in Having and Using. It made me realize that there are a bunch of us who sign up for all of these great services and tools and don’t have the time to really use them.
Sometimes I will have an aha moment with a service / tool and I will post about it here. That is because there is some value in sharing how I do it and often times I will get tips back on how other people are using it.
Do you have an Evernote account? Do you really use it? If so, could you tell me because I haven’t really integrated it into my workflow. Do you use gmail for email? Do you use it well? If not, don’t you wish you could read some real-life pointers from people like you?
There is a great site that I have used over the years for finding great new software. http://iusethis.com is a place for people to share the software that they use and the ratings give some indication of popularity. But how do you use it well? I want a site focused on sharing HOW to use software.
Not an instruction manual – a use case.
Coincidentally, http://HowIUse.it was available. So I bought it. This site could be awesome.
Does anyone know some open source software that would be a good tool for allowing people to post how they use software and allow other people to rate those postings and comment on them? Should I use wordpress? Try to get a Stack Exchange site? Use a Hot Or Not clone?
Ideally people could post text and images, link to screen casts and videos, etc. Software developers and service providers could post how they intend for their tool / service to be used.
Would you post on a site like that? Would you read it? Should it be moderated / curated or not? So many questions.
