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Making The Admin Better…

Posted by Eric on April 6, 2008  |   No Comments »

I really love working with WordPress. I’ve been using it for quite a while now for clients. I think it gives one of the easiest, cleanest interfaces for Content Management.

But, I’ve always thought that the admin interface was kind of boring.

Now, I’ve found a list of admin interfaces that jazz up the boring old interface quite a bit.

Here’s the link (with 9 different admin plug-ins):

http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/12/28/9-wordpress-admin-themes/

My personal favorite is the NiceAdmin (http://www.douglaskarr.com/projects/niceadmin/).

This new admin coupled with the Admin Drop Down (http://planetozh.com/blog/2008/04/admin-drop-down-menu-202/), make a great interface.

I think the admin drop down is almost a must have – it creates exactly what it says – admin drop down menus. So you have to do half as much clicking.

I want Sandy…

Posted by Eric on February 24, 2008  |   No Comments »

I just signed up for a new service that I find really, really interesting. It’s at iwantsandy.com.

Basically, it’s a personal e-mail assistant. I can e-mail things that I need to keep track of, reminders, to-do’s, etc. and Sandy will remind me of them.

It’s great for things that don’t really fit into the calendar time slots or the normal to do sort of things. For things that you want to remember, but you don’t want to fill up your calendar or to do with, I Want Sandy is the perfect solution.

I’ve just started using it – sort of testing it out.

All I do is send an e-mail to a special address set up for me. The e-mail may say something like this: “Print Flight Confirmation tomorrow”. Then Sandy will send me an e-mail reminder tomorrow – at 5:00 AM (the time I picked to send me information that does not have a time tagged to it). Or, I can e-mail “Print Flight Confirmation Tomorrow at 5:00 PM”. Sandy the will send me an e-mail reminder at 4:45 PM to remind me to print out the confirmation.

It can also do reminders via text message if that is more to your liking.

Finally, in another awesome integration – it has two more features I haven’t explored yet.

1. It can integrate with Jott.com – another service I use. This means I can use my cell phone to call in reminders, then Sandy will grab the info and e-mail it at the appropriate time. Very cool!

2. It can also provide an iCalendar feed that you can subscribe to via Apple’s iCal or Outlook.

http://iwantsandy.com

Working From The Beach

Posted by Eric on February 6, 2008  |   No Comments »

I think this is probably everybody’s dream. I think it might even be why some people become comptuer – work – at – home kind of people. Just think about it. I can really work from the beach????

Danny Outlaw posted a interesting article about how he plans to really do this – to work form the beaches in Costa Rica.

Check it out here:
http://outlawdesignblog.com/2008/online-tools-for-working-abroad/

Jott?

Posted by Eric on November 12, 2007  |   1 Comment »

One of my favorite new web apps – sites is Jott.com.

I signed up for an account a couple of weeks ago and, unlike a lot of other “cool” things I sign up for, I actually find myself using this one.

Here’s the deal. You sign up for an account – verify your e-mail and at least one phone number. Then you can call Jott, say you want to leave a jott for me (or other people that you put in your address book) and then leave a message for yourself. The message is automatically transcribed and delivered to your e-mail within 10 or so minutes.

So, say you are on the road and have a really great idea, or want to remind yourself about some detail from a meeting you just left. Rather than having to scrounge around for a scrap of paper, now you just call Jott, leave a message for yourself, and it shows up in your inbox, completely transcribed.

Of course, should you need to, you can click on a link to hear the message as well, just in case the transcription got something wrong.

I was at a friend’s house the other night. He wanted us and another friend to get together for a cup of coffee the next day. I didn’t have my calendar with me, so I used Jott. The next morning, when I check my e-mail – there was the jott, waiting for me as a reminder.

It really is cool. You’ll have to check it out.

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