The Future of Powerpoint? Maybe its Prezi.com

August 26, 2010

Here is both a Prezi and a video on making Prezis.  It's a very cool technology that takes a different twist on the Microsoft Powerpoint concept.  They're great to watch, but harder to make than I thought...
 

Power of storytelling on Prezi


The explanatory video 


Posted by Gregory Robin. Posted In : Productivity 

 

Zero Inbox -- Great Email Mgmt Concept from Merlin Mann

August 26, 2010
Here are some items from Merlin Mann to help you manage your email box in my favorite minimalist way.

 
Inbox Zero: Action-Based Email
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Posted by Gregory Robin. Posted In : GTD 

 

Top 10 Free Web Apps that I can't do without!!!

August 26, 2010
Here's a list of the web-based software apps that I suggest all small, medium and large companies checkout for running your business... (all are free except QuickBase)

http://www.evernote.com is a great sync'd note taking solution (many platforms, all get sync'd)
http://www.google.com/voice is the Google Voice and call forwarding app
http://www.google.com/wave is their collaboration app which allows a team to easily collaborate instead of back & forth with email
http://www.rememberthemilk.com tas...
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Posted by Gregory Robin. Posted In : SaaS 

 

Series Seed (Legal service help for start-ups)

July 21, 2010

It seems Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz are pushing a system that is supposed to help start-ups work out the terms of their initial financing without running up big legal bills.  I checked out the docs and it's a very sound and cost effective way to get your start-up business going.  Good legal minds behind it too...

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Posted by Gregory Robin. Posted In : Start-ups 

 

Our favorite back-up utility (oh, and it's free)... [By DAVID POGUE]

July 21, 2010

Microsoft's Free Sync Service (...this used to be the FolderShare service and is now part of Microsoft's sync.live.com)


Last week, I (David Pogue) wrote about an underpublicized gem in Microsoft's Windows Live suite of free online and offline

services and programs: SkyDrive. It's a free, 25-gigabyte virtual hard drive on the Internet, accessible from any computer.  My readers gently pointed out that I managed to miss an equally spectacular feature: Windows Live Sync. It's

another very good, very...


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Posted by Gregory Robin. Posted In : Productivity 

 

Fundraising advice from Guy Kawasaki...

July 21, 2010

--Don't outsmart yourself. Keep your corporate structure simple and use service pros (lawyers, accountants, bankers) who always do high-tech startup work. Uncle Joe, the divorce lawyer, might be cheaper, but you'll regret using him.

--Don't be paranoid. If you're concerned about a competing investment, explain the basics of your company and ask potential investors if there is going to be any overlap. Corollary: Take money from people you like. You're going to be working together for a long tim...
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Posted by Gregory Robin. Posted In : Start-ups 

 

Getting things done (GTD)

June 28, 2010
How many ways are there to manage your task list? Almost as many as there are people with tasks to do. Here are 20 different ways of tracking your to dos, with examples of each.
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Posted by Gregory Robin. Posted In : GTD 

 

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