January 11th, 2008 |
by Henrik |
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I use this smart online application for to do’s and reminders. It has an outstandingly easy and fast interface. RTM also has a very useful mobile version that you access with your mobile’s web browser (no plugins necessary).
For example, I make notes about things to buy when I am in the city. Then I can access these notes on my mobile when I am shopping. Very convenient.
RTM is free to use and comes in many different languages, including Swedish!
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
There is also a very handy plug-in for RTM in Gmail
September 28th, 2007 |
by Henrik |
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Blog, Conferences | Comments (1)
Next week I am attending an interesting conference in London: FOWA The Future of Web Apps.
For me, web apps have quickly become a standard tool for most of my work the last two years, and I strongly believe that this is only the beginning.
After having used Google Docs, (I started with Writely long before they were acquired by Google), Remember the Milk (superior to-do list manager), Netvibes, and now lately Stixy (promising Swedish start-up, bulletin board online) I can no longer imagine going back to using local apps and local files.
Why?
- No more application updates
- No viruses in the files
- No backup problems
- No shuffling files with USB sticks
- No wondering “Is this the latest version of this file, or has my colleague changed anything?
- No more agony about having accidentally erased an important part of a document
and, most important:
- totally awesome for group work since several users can edit a document simultaneously
- easy to add or remove users with access to my documents
So I am surprised that not more people have realized this and started to use for example Google Docs. Today the also added presentations, so now you can do word processing, spreadsheets and slide presentations in the same web app, and export the files to Word, Excel or PowerPoint if you need.
But my hope is that The Future of Web Apps will be about the next step, there are many big opportunities in this area!
June 20th, 2005 |
by Henrik |
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Development, Tips Galore | Comments (0)
Jag har glatt mig åt att interaktiviteten och användarnas aktiva medverkan ökar på Internet, och funderar på vilka möjligheter och hot detta skapar för företagen.
Business Week har publicerat en intressant artikel om detta, “The Power of Us” där man tar upp intressanta exempel på hur både nya och gamla företag utnyttjar dubbelriktad dialog via Internet till att skapa mervärde för kunderna och få in utvecklingsidéer mm.
Några citat ur artikeln:
“For the first time in human history, mass cooperation across time and space is suddenly economical.”
“We are seeing the emergence of an economy of the people, by the people, for the people.”
“If companies can open themselves up to contributions from enthusiastic customers and partners, that should help them create products and services faster, with fewer duds — and at far lower cost, with far less risk.”
Det sista citatet sammanfattar det jag predikar; att man med fördel kan och bör involvera kunderna i utvecklingsarbetet om man har smarta system som gör det enkelt för alla och som ger lämpliga incitatment. Exempel på effektiva verktyg för detta är t ex bloggar och förslagsforum på webben, jag är involverad i utvecklingen av ett nytt system som låter kunder helt enkelt ringa in synpunkter och automatiskt få återkoppling och belöning.
I artikeln nämns också att en grupp av människor är under rätt omständigheter ofta smartare än den smartaste gruppmedlemmen. Detta förklaras på ett bra sätt i boken “The Wisdom of Crowds” av James Surowiecki. Rekommenderad läsning som kan leda till nya bättre sätt att organisera företag.
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