Harnessing new technologies to get things DONE
Ed BilodeauWeb Services [email protected]
Digitization & Preservation [email protected]
Sarah Severson
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When considering new tech/tools, always start with a understanding of what you need to do
How are you currently doing this thing?
What aspects are working well?
What aspect do you want to improve?
Our philosophy
Choosing a meeting time (Doodle)
Managing multiple accounts (HootSuite)
Automate (some) of your interactions
Extend your interaction
http://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse
Multiple Google identities
Capture everything
Taking notes – iAwriter/Notepad++, Dropbox
News reader, RSS Feeds - Feedly
News reader, RSS Feeds - Feedly
Scanning social networks for news – Flipboard (iOS)
Reading - Instapaper
Reading - Instapaper
Bookmarks - Pinboard
Scanning / reading / saving / sharing
Feedly
FlipboardInstapaper
Firefox
Hootsuite
Weblog
Pinboard
Manage and share your research
Generating ideas / sense making - XMind
Easy data visualization
Screenshot + Annotation
Sharing design ideas / mood boards - Pinterest
Google sites (sites.google.com) Integrates with Google universe…
Blogger
WordPress
Tumblr
Generic web publishing
Publishing ebooks - PressBooks
Real-time, collaborative note-taking
Real-time, collaborative note-taking
Real-time, collaborative note-taking
Show off what you have
Archiving your citations – perma.cc
http://perma.cc/
Embed some metadata
Portable file distribution - LibraryBox
In conclusion…
Have you fully explored what your existing tools can do? ex: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Often easier to accomplish a given task with an existing tool rather than have one more tool/app to worry about.
Don't forget about your OS and your computer! Getting better at the basics will have an impact on everything else you do
Try to regularly learn something about your existing tools.
Don't forget about your existing tools!
How safe is your personal information/data? Private? Secure? Can be archived? Preserved?
What kind of support do you have if something goes wrong?
Collaborative tools: are other users forced to sign up?
Remember: what is ok for you might not be ok for work!
Risks of using third-party services
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