Monday, May 26, 2008
Thing#32 Online file storage with Box.net
Mostly was fairly easy. A bit of toing and froing initially, but reckon on a 2nd go would be fairly easy to manage. Not sure that it would be good for work use - lose control of the files and trusting a 3rd party with the information. Useful for personal use if moving around a bit I guess. Have used Zoho before and found it a good product.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thing 31: Get Organized with Plaxo
Plaxo seems to offer a great many features and ways to share data and connections with friends, family and colleagues. The mind boggles.
It's easy to use, with the ability to import your address and contact information from a number of sources including Gmail, Yahoo etc, and if any of your contacts are registered with Plaxo, you are automatically updated with their contact details, whenever they are updated - so handy when people change jobs, email addresses etc. Of course this requires them to update themselves which is never guaranteed. You can personalise the information that they have supplied in your own contacts area, which is quite nifty (especially if you know more than one person by the same first name and need to differentiate them).
I do wonder about viruses, given that it's importing contacts from an email list.
It's easy to use, with the ability to import your address and contact information from a number of sources including Gmail, Yahoo etc, and if any of your contacts are registered with Plaxo, you are automatically updated with their contact details, whenever they are updated - so handy when people change jobs, email addresses etc. Of course this requires them to update themselves which is never guaranteed. You can personalise the information that they have supplied in your own contacts area, which is quite nifty (especially if you know more than one person by the same first name and need to differentiate them).
I do wonder about viruses, given that it's importing contacts from an email list.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Thing #29: Scrapblog - I'm in Love
Useful for those crafty types out there (scrapbooking seems a phenomenal trend that shows no signs of abatement). Could be useful front page to highlight a new acquisition eg Budget papers with pictures of Swan and Rudd, ALP logo, money etc or as a front page before you get into a wiki entry (though you'd have to make sure that it looked professional to entice people in).
Friday, May 2, 2008
Thing#27 Photobucket
Created own account and shoved a heap of photos and videos there and even tagged some. I probably wouldn't use the account though to view them yet again.
If I want to look at the photos/videos, I'd just look at them on photobucket site itself - wouldn't have a need to save them to look at again in future unless especially fantastic (and there's always more out there to view). Some of it in exceptionally poor taste - obviously the younguns have taken to it somewhat.
All up, some good photos to look at (amongst heaps of extremely boring/poor taste), but don't see a use for it, other than spending heaps of time looking.
Creating an avatar wanted a new version of flash installed - I didn't bother.
If I want to look at the photos/videos, I'd just look at them on photobucket site itself - wouldn't have a need to save them to look at again in future unless especially fantastic (and there's always more out there to view). Some of it in exceptionally poor taste - obviously the younguns have taken to it somewhat.
All up, some good photos to look at (amongst heaps of extremely boring/poor taste), but don't see a use for it, other than spending heaps of time looking.
Creating an avatar wanted a new version of flash installed - I didn't bother.
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