Backpack

A Few Tools to Help You With Writing

Published September 8, 2008 | By admin

Pen and Paper

I don’t know. I still can’t get away from my Moleskine and a pen to carry around with me. I can write everything in it from errands I have to article ideas. I only use my phone when something I have to do has a specific date. I can write faster than I can type with two thumbs and I would rather catch the ideas as fast as they come.

Google Chrome Read more... (1060 words, 1 image, estimated 4:14 mins reading time)

Posted in Blogging, Journal, Writing | Tagged Android, backpack, dark room, Google Docs, google-gears, MindMeister, Remember the Milk, Writer, Writing, Zoho | 7 Comments

My 10 Mobile Bookmarks

Published June 15, 2008 | By admin

Mobile Web On A Budget

Virgin Mobile Kyocera Wildcard I probably spend less than an hour a month on the cell phone. Talking, that is. Plus I usually just listen and say things like
"OK" and "Uh-huh" and on long phone calls I create these sweet doodles that I can never recreate at any other time. It is a tool to keep in contact with my wife and family. For anyone else, they can wait until I am near a land line because most of the time they are in close proximity.

I don’t really speak that much at all. I am comfortable with that most of the time. Read more... (1530 words, 12 images, estimated 6:07 mins reading time)

Posted in Journal, Social Media, The Mobile Web, Web 2.0 | Tagged backpack, ff2go, flickr, friendfeed, goog411, google reader, igoogle, Jott, mobile web, mobypicture, ping.fm, plurk, Twitter, virgin mobile | 16 Comments

I Love Jott

Published May 8, 2008 | By admin

Okay, I broke my rule about always have at least two services to compare when I decide to say something is the next best thing since sliced bread. Because I have to say, why didn’t someone think of this earlier.

I spent about a half an hour this Sunday training Vista to transcribe my voice. It was actually pretty easy and relatively accurate. The last time I tried this was with Dragon Voice about 4 years ago. I gave up that time. I sort of used it like William S. Burroughs would, as a cutup machine. Speak whatever you want into it and you will never know what it types. Read more... (483 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Posted in Blogging, Software, Web 2.0, ZTD | Tagged backpack, Cell Phone, Jott, speech to text, Twitter, voice recognition | 10 Comments

Organizing for Freelancing

Published April 30, 2007 | By admin

For three years I have played with this little internet marketing business on the side. For two years it has surpassed and continues to surpass my pay at my 9 to 5 job.

Now my 9 to 5 job is doing the exact same thing. When I see the same tactics and techniques used on a whole new market work even better than they did with with ones I had worked with before, let’s me know that with a little more structure, planning and automation, thing thing can become huge. Read more... (529 words, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)