Comments on: What are your most useful online tools? (Something for the Weekend #12)

By: Nelson

Nelson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:56:46 +0000

Here is some advice on how to better filter your online survey results http://snurl.com/zoomerangfilters

Many Thanks

By: Steve Hill

Steve Hill — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:09:28 +0000

Definitely Zenbe.com.

Email, Facebook, Twitter and Calendar in one.

It’s a bit buggy, but its still in Beta so you have to put up with a little hassle.

By: paulb

paulb — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:11:23 +0000

Alison, thanks for those – particularly like Ask500people and curious how to make Dipity work well.
Mark, Zamzar looks hugely useful, thanks.

By: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Friday squibs

Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Friday squibs — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:52:59 +0000

[...] What are your most useful online tools? I truly believe it is not possible to keep up with online tools and the innovative uses to which they are being put. Paul Bradshaw, though, is attempting to find out what his readers are using and how. [...]

By: Mark Luckie

Mark Luckie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:06:23 +0000

I’m a big fan of Google Docs, Zamzar and FMAtlas

More here: http://www.10000words.net/2008/07/tools-i-actually-use.html

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:44:59 +0000

Not a tool in the same sense as some of the other mentioned here but I find http://skitch.com/ really useful.

It’s a screengrab utility but it lets you post to annotate, archive and post to a blog or your own user area on Skitch. Easy to use and not too feature bloated.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:41:03 +0000

Laterloop looks very handy. Thanks for posting that.

Along a similar line to Intense Debate is Disqus, which I used briefly on my site. I didn’t like the fact that you couldn’t take your comments with you, as you can with ID. You can’t import using Disqus either.

One thing I did like, is the ability to reply to comment notification emails to reply to the comment itself. Very handy when mobile.

I use Newsgator and NetNewsWire on my iPhone. Anything I want to remember for later, I add to my “clippings” which is a similar concept to Google Reader’s shared links. Because everything syncs up, I can keep on top of feed reading when mobile, add to clippings, and then potentially write something up later.

By: Alison Gow

Alison Gow — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:39:27 +0000

Google Reader, Flickr, Mento and/or Delicious, IM, Plurk & Twitter – great for information sharing and finding links.
I’ve also just started using True Knowledge, Dipity and Ask500people, which seem to have some exciting possibilities in terms of information gathering or storytelling. (And I’m off to have a look at Intense Debate after reading the top comment.)

By: paulbradshaw

paulbradshaw — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:16:38 +0000

Thanks Nick – looks very useful. I do something similar with starring items on Google Reader on my mobile phone, then following up when I get into work.

By: nick lockey

nick lockey — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:11:15 +0000

Laterloop is a godsend!

One-click bookmarking for all the stuff you want to sift through later but can’t be arsed to tag on delicious (ideal for website recommendations that come through on twitter).

Also has a nifty feature that lets you easy download batches of bookmarked webpages to view offline- handy for train journeys to London.

http://www.laterloop.com