I’ve made a change…
I’ve changed my NewsReader from NewsFire to NetNewsWire. Again – using a newsreader has changed me from an instant-gratification girl to one that enjoys the anticipation.
What I love:
– using just the space bar, I can fly through my (137 at last count) feeds
– I can “clip” articles I want to save
– I can post to this blog or my del.icio.us account(w/my Pukka account)
From the website:
– New! Desktop integration – Spotlight, Address Book, iCal, iPhoto, Growl, Twitterific and more.
– New! Great new look – improved combined view, feed “cover art”, full-screen mode, and tabs with thumbnails and animations.
– New! Performance enhancements – all new article storage system, memory optimization, and more.
– New! Synchronized clippings – read your saved articles from the web or another NewsGator reader.
– New! Microformat detection for contacts and calendar events.
– New! Automatic checking for newer versions of the software.
– Automatic download of podcasts and transfer to iTunes.
– Smart lists to aggregate news from your feeds based on criteria.
It automatically downloads my new OmniFocus builds and my podcasts. The Online component (NewsGator), let’s me access my feeds and clippings from any computer.
NetNewsWire has a Support section, Forums and Resource feeds. It’s been a terric pleasure working with this app for the last couple of weeks. Maybe it’ll inspire me to edit my feeds (not likely!)…
Also – read the blog!
Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense
Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense: ”
WIRED MAGAZINE: ISSUE 15.07
TECH BIZ : MEDIA
Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense
Clive Thompson 06.26.07 | 2:00 AM
Illustration by W. B. Jones
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Twitter is the app that everyone loves to hate. Odds are you’ve noticed people — probably much younger than you — manically using Twitter, a tool that lets you post brief updates about your everyday thoughts and activities to the Web via browser, cell phone, or IM. The messages are limited to 140 characters, so they lean toward pithy, haiku-like utterances. When I dropped by the main Twitter page, people had posted notes like ‘Doing lunch and picking up father-in-law from senior center.’ Or ‘Checking out Ghost Whisperer’ or simply ‘Thinking I’m old.’ (Most users are between 18 and 27.)
It might seem like blogging taken to a supremely banal extreme. Productivity guru Tim Ferriss calls Twitter ‘pointless email on steroids.’ One Si”
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All Things :: Twitter & Taking Info Overload Seriously :: June :: 2007
All Things :: Twitter & Taking Info Overload Seriously :: June :: 2007: “”
Twitter & Taking Info Overload Seriously. New tools like Twitter & GTD apps needed to cope.
(Via All Things and Gordon Vaughan)
If You’re in or Around SF…
From the OmniFocus “Message of the Day”
“Anyone attending WWDC or is in(around) San Francisco is invited to join Ethan Schoonover, Merlin Mann, and the OmniFocus development team for an informal gathering on Wednesday evening. We’ll be meeting from 6:15pm-7:15pm in the “Commonwealth Room” at the Westin Hotel, one block from Moscone.
Please RSVP to omnifocus-wwdc@omnigroup.com so we can let you know if details change again (or if we need to find a bigger space), and we look forward to seeing some of you there!”
I’m stuck in NY and completely jealous. It would be amazing to see Merlin Mann and Ethan Schoonover walk through OmniFocus and how it fits into their own workflows. Hopefully (please!) some of the attendees will share as it doesn’t look like their will be any video/audio.
Share, people!
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The Twitterization of Blogs
The Twitterization of Blogs: “”
“The success of messaging service Twitter, which allows bloggers to use their cell phones to post quick updates, is inspiring similar services from rivals including startup Six Apart…”
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37signals Product Blog: Twitter, Campfire, and the power of persistent real-time chat amoung groups
Great post from 37signals on Twitter (and their own product, Campfire)’s stengths.
37signals Product Blog: Twitter, Campfire, and the power of persistent real-time chat amoung groups: “”
(Via 37signals product blog.)
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What I love about the OmniGroup
I beta test a lot of software and services. Most just assume that people know how to write up a bug or crash report. People don’t. Yesterday, the OmniGroup’s blog (The OmniMouth), posted exact directions, in light of the first beta build of OmniFocus, a detailed how-to.
It got me going – I couldn’t wait to participate. Oh well. So far, no crashes, no bugs. I’m backing up my database each day, with no need (so far – but I live in hope!).
What I’ve done so far – put in all of my projects and set my contexts. I’ve dumped everything in my Inbox, processed, assigned tasks and published to iCal. I’ve used the “Quick Entry” box, but haven’t tried the Quicksilver action yet. I’m also getting used to the keyboard shortcuts.
I have to say – I’m loving this app. It’s intuitive and simple. Great first few days.
What’s next is figuring out how to work with my email.
OmniFocus – First Thoughts
My first impressions about OmniFocus, after a limited time, is that it lives up to the promise (hype!).
Without looking at either of Ethan Schoonover’s movies (here and here) I was able to quickly set up some projects, contexts and assign tasks to each.
In lieu of looking at the videos (which I plan to do this weekend), I followed the “micro-manual” that was included with this beta download. It’s a visual guide that walks users quickly through the basics of OmniFocus.
Again – I didn’t have a lot of time to dig into this application in more than a surface way. But it has been pretty impressive so far.
Screenshots tomorrow.
More Twittering about Twitter
My collegue Allison sent me the following aricle, which in turn sent me to another article (I love that!) talking about how people are adapting Twitter for professional use.
The first, from iMedia Connection, is a 5-section article talking about the all-encompassing Twitter experience. The second, http://www.901am.com/2007/the-top-5-ways-smart-people-use-twitter.html, from the media-centric 9:01am Blog, focuses on the ways people are using Twitter for business communications.
Great articles both.
OmniFocus
Last night I was one of the lucky few sent my username and password for the initial look at OmniFocus. I had a quick email exchange with Ken Case (CEO of the OmniGroup), who said he doesn’t mind me blogging about my experience as long as I strongly reiterate that this is a WORK IN PROGRESS!!!
So, in the coming days (and weeks), I’ll be putting my experiences and impressions (screenshots, etc) here. I’m really starting to dig into this app, so I expect a bit of adaption time. And will it really cause me to leave Actiontastic completely (which I intend to still use during this beta period).
I’ll post initial thoughts this evening.
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Setting Contexts 
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