Seesmic Desktop Good But Ugly…

Been using Seesmic Desktop for a little while now and it does everything I need a Twitter to do…but boy it sure is ugly.

Today, Seesmic, the developers of one of the most popular Twitter clients, unveiled a web-based version of Seesmic, as well as a new version of the Seesmic desktop. The web-based version of Seesmic basically recreates most of the features that are currently available in the desktop application. A few features like groups and support for multiple accounts are currently missing (though they will be added soon), but the web app also includes a number of features the desktop client doesn’t currently have, including a specialized view for direct messages and syncing persistent searches with a user’s Twitter profile. Among other things, the new version of the desktop app now sports a Twhirl-like single-column view, the ability to hide the sidebar, and it uses less memory and CPU power.

link: Seesmic Launches Web-Based Twitter Client & New Version of Seesmic Desktop

Flutter, Less Is More…Right?

Productivity Power Links 03-25-09

His Daveness says that Facebook and Twitter can make you more productive at work…

Someone noticed that I was now on Twitter and said: "How can you be productive on Twitter?" My simple answer: "If I want to have Twittered, then it’s productive!" I wasn’t trying to be facetious. The truth is, if you’re taking a vacation to relax and you don’t relax, then it’s an unproductive vacation.

via businessweek

Oh these productivity bloggers and their groovy catch phrases…

Productive capacity is different than what you’re actually producing. The way I think about it is that it’s the amount of productivity that you’re capable of in a given amount of time. Of course, many different things affect you’re ability to be productive, so there’s often time a bit of difference between productive capacity and productivity.

via productive flourishing

Hey the government is giving away free money!

If you live in the US and haven’t owned a house in the last 3 years, the government will give you up to $8,000 if you buy one in 2009. The money is a refundable tax credit, which means you get it even if you owe no taxes in 2009. This shouldn’t be your only reason to buy, but it is worth keeping in mind.

via productivity 501

More free stuff!

For the paper lovers out there, here’s a nice resource for gridded paper. Free downloads abound.

via the weekly review

The Four Hour Work Week has been sitting on my bookshelf for over a year…unread. Which may be more of a commentary about me than the author.

The four hour work week is a myth and a lie. Not only is it highly implausible, but if you ever do achieve a four hour work week, you’ll probably want to get rid of it.

via illuminated mind

Yet another GTD app for Windows…

Tudumo is pretty flexible as a to-do list manager: it doesn’t constrain you to the GTD model. Indeed, in the documentation you’ll see that Tudumo’s goal “is not to exhaustively represent all areas of GTD, but rather to create an enjoyable and effective day-to-day experience that includes some GTD concepts.” This suits me perfectly as my own system is based around GTD, but doesn’t follow it too religiously.

via web worker daily

Gina slobbers over Google Voice…

I’ve been a GrandCentral user for well over a year now, but Google Voice adds two key components that complete the must-have feature puzzle: voicemail transcription and SMS. Now that I can read (read!!) my voicemail and you can text message my Google Voice number, I’m making it my primary phone number. Alongside its awesome filters, Google Voice is essentially the Gmail of voicemail and phonecalls.

via smarterware

Related articles by Zemanta

• GrandCentral Becomes Google Voice! (voyagerfan5761.blogspot.com)
• Can You Find Employees Through Social Media? (deanhunt.com)
• 7 Productivity Tips, Plus Tools for Freelancers and Web Workers (mashable.com)

Using Twitter To Increase Your Productivity?

Interesting concept…using shame to get your work done.

TrackDailyGoals is a site that hooks into Twitter to allow users to track their daily goals. The theory behind the service is rooted in accountability, that “publicly” committing to complete your tasks will be incentive enough to complete them in time.

(via web worker daily)

Related articles by Zemanta:

• Welcome Simon Mackie, New Editor of WebWorkerDaily
• Set Up and Make CalliFlower Conference Calls from Your iPhone
• How college media uses Twitter
• Reality check: doing the right thing (TED Talk)

The Words Twitter And Efficiency Used Together?

To me Twitter is most effective when used in very small focused doses. So on a average day I allow myself to waste only a few minutes on it.

I keep the time sucking to a minimum by using this method of operation:log on to Twitter, update folks about the status of me and my hundred cats and then log out of Twitter. Keeping all interaction with Twitter short and very focused may help reduce the negative side effects.

Please be advised that under no circumstances should you keep the dreaded Twitter client open on your desktop while “working”.

I’m a bit brutal about my following policy. I can’t follow all of the people that I find interesting and keep my sanity. I only follow people who provide real value for me; whether that value is humor, information, or some other intangible. This threshold is going to be different for each person. Some people spend more time on Twitter and can follow more people. I’ve also found that I can follow more people now that I use groups in TweetDeck to manage how I read tweets. I usually follow people until it starts getting overwhelming, and then I pare back and unfollow the people who are providing the least value for me.
(via web worker daily)

Also I find Tweedeck a supercool manager of the Twitter flow of internet drivel. I use it to screen out the dullards and stay focused on the content I really want to pay attention to.

Twitter The Ultimate Time Suck?

More jaw jacking about Twitter…to me it’s okay in very very very small doses.

There are two schools of thought to the Twitter
value debate. For the uninitiated – or those who tried Twitter once or
twice and just didn’t “get it” – Twitter is a nonsensical waste of
time. For the Twitter converts, and dare I say “addicts,” Twitter is an
essential part of their daily communications and work process, a
can’t-work-without tool.
(via web worker daily)

The Cost Of Your Time Sucking Behavior?

Found this via the ultimate time suck Twitter…

Now Basex has created a a free, Web-based "information overload calculator" so that anyone can now can estimate the dollar impact of the Attention Crash on their own business. There’s also a free report, "Information Overload: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us."

Simply visit the web site, identify your industry and the percentage of your employees who are highly skilled, skilled, single skilled or unskilled and it will give you a number. I am not sure how they are doing this though without asking for revenues. Still, it’s a fun – yet scary – tool.

(via micro persuasion)