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"I start each month with a fresh notebook, the color which would follow the last notebook of the previous month. On the inside cover of the notebook I write the information which will determine its overall position in the total collection of notebooks (the first notebook used in July of 2009 would be 7/09A), the date upon which the notebook was commenced and completed, and the information which would assist in recovery of the notebook should it be lost (address, home-office-cell numbers and email address) and, finally, an index of when the sections of notebook were completed by my having finished the “things to do” lists in that notebook."
The holiday crush is on and the clock is ticking. But what do you get the geek or coworker in your life who has (or wants) everything? How about something intangible: a web-service subscription.
Over the last few years, as I have moved more of my life into "the cloud," I have started to rely on a handful of such services. They keep me in sync, in the know and in touch. Here are three that passed my "30-day test."
I keep a massive list on my computer called "Discovery." These are products and services I am evaluating both for potential Edelman use as well as to satisfy my own personal insatiable curiosity for new technology. I thought I would use the lifestream to open this up a bit.
Here's what I am checking out this week: Google Wave Preview, Slinkset, feedly, Evernote (particularly their new sharing features), Remember the Milk, Trendr, Chartbeat and an early beta of Mindmeister for the iPhone.
I am most intrigued by Google Wave (for more, see Gina's preview). I received an invite last night. However, I don't see anyway in the sandbox to invite others. Are any of you in the the sandbox? Maybe we can connect to each other to experiment.What else is cool that I should be checking out? My "Discovery" gallery for this week follows.
Evernote yesterday gave user the ability to share any notebook. I am already keeping a notebook in Evernote of things I want to add to the daily lifestream. What if I were to make this notebook public so that you can see what's on my radar? Would it be worthwhile and what could we do with it?