Posted on November 28, 2006 - by josephnilo

Super Online Web 2.0 Solutions for Better Organization

If you use more than one computer (as I do) you might find yourself easing away from the traditional use of programs like Outlook (Entourage for Mac), iCal, etc. and leaning towards one of the new, slick Web 2.0 suites. Here's what I'm using now to keep myself in check: Google Apps Calendar, Notebook, Documents . . . can't forget Reader. Google has become sort of the go-to for solid (though not necessarily feature-rich) Web 2.0 online apps. Google Calendar is, on many accounts, slicker, faster, and more powerful than most desktop applications. Why go back to clicking around and dragging in your favorite cal app when you can one-click and type "Bikini Wax tuesday 4-5" and see it automagically appear as an appointment. Not to mention the sharing capabilities, and the further evolution of Google Apps For Your Domain - Google is (in many ways) the one to watch. Google Homepage ties it all together for me-- a one-stop viewing of the aforementioned elements AND other goodies like my Google Analytics statistics. More later on how I tie it all together with my Treo Smartphone. ActiveCollab So many hipsters out there swear by Basecamp by 37Signals. While trying it out and pondering the price, my pal and fellow freelancer Ryan told me about ActiveCollab -- a very similar collaborative online system that is free. I'll ultimately give everyone a tour of ActiveCollab on this blog (probably in video form)-- but trust me on how cool it is! It's definitely changed the way I work and has made myself, my clients, and my collaborators more efficient. Each of these online apps is free and has kept me from having to purchase online collaborative software and Microsoft Office. And the less Microsoft apps on my Mac, the better.

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