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Developing Apps for the Future of Work

The bring-your-own-apps (BYOA) trend is a shift will see increasing numbers of workers making their own choices about which applications they use. What can smartphone app developers do to ride that BYOA wave and make products that will gain traction in the workplace? Read More »

As we’re coming to rely on various web apps to an ever-greater extent in our day-to-day work lives, the impact on our productivity of these apps failing increases. Recently, I’ve been thinking about how interconnected some of the web apps we use are becoming, too. Read More »

 
 

Here’s my dream web app: the inspiration generator. Click a button and you instantly feel inspired, a dozen new ideas come falling in your lap. You suddenly know how to start your project, or solve that problem that’s been bothering you for days. Read More »

It’s yet another app to join the crowded chat and IM market, but Donut Chat can help to bring web working teams together. Group chats can take place in a Facebook page, on a personalized domain such as webworkerdaily.donutchat.com, or embedded in a web page. Read More »

While I have some doubts as to whether I need yet another research tool, the neat packaging of content I sent in from Cliqset resulted in cleaner reference material than the web clippings I usually capture during my online research. Read More »

I got a demo earlier this week of SugarSync‘s new features, then Kevin over at jkOntheRun beat me to the punch with his features announcement post (SugarSync Adds Email Attachment Uploads, 500 GB Plan). Like Kevin, I agree that these new… Read More »

Arguably, Zoho is a competitor of Google’s, since both include web-based document creation and editing tools among their product offerings. That hasn’t stopped Zoho from offering integration with Google products in the past, and today it introduces full Google Docs compatibility, a… Read More »

For some teams, the iterative design process has gotten out of control. Instead of focusing on how to make a product or service better, the process has turned into an approval monster. ZURB hopes to change that with Notable, a web-based app that… Read More »

Web forms can be complicated or they can be easy. For a while now, FormSpring has been in the business of making it easier for those of us who might not have a programming background or the patience to take on the daunting task… Read More »

In the last couple of years, we’ve seen an explosion in the number of web apps available. There are apps that can fulfill almost any business need: project management, collaboration, to-do lists, accounting, CRM, social networking, file sharing…The list goes on. With these web apps comes… Read More »

The two biggest problems for most small business owners when it comes to marketing a business are effective planning and consistency. After what seems like a lot of effort attempting to drum up new business, it’s easy to get discouraged when you aren’t seeing results, but with… Read More »

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We all know how painful it is to coordinate a meeting involving more than a couple of people. Everyone has to check their calendar of events to find a date and time that will work for everyone’s schedule. The more people involved with the meeting,… Read More »

I had two friends complain that they received Facebook invitations from me today. I don’t remember sending those people invitations, and I never invite anyone to a social network without talking to them first. My friends forwarded the invitations to me. They were dated yesterday, and the… Read More »

Recently, I attended a Barcamp for web workers, where I popped in and out of two groups discussing Getting Things Done (GTD). There was a beginners’ group, and one they called “Kung Fu GTD,” for the hardcore efficiency crowd. Despite not being a GTD… Read More »

Proposals are no fun. Well, maybe they can be a little fun if you’re part of a proposals team within a larger company, but preparing them when you’re a freelancer working on your own is definitely no barrel of laughs. You’ve probably got ongoing contract work… Read More »

Maybe you’re looking for some money. I don’t blame you. In fact, so am I. The problem isn’t so much coming up with great ideas as it is finding someone keen enough to know a real winner when they see one and throw some financial support… Read More »

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