Weekend Reader

Email addiction again — Yes, we know that Blackberry addicts got the shakes when they had to go without their beloved email for a few hours. If you’re addicted to email addiction talk, Michael Agger’s article in Slate continues the conversation. For those suffering from an unhealthy use of email, check out our alternatives to email bankruptcy. One of them might help with withdrawal symptoms if you decrease your usage abruptly. [Slate]

Eliminate paper clutter (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) — What’s the solution to dealing with paper clutter? Buy a scanner, some new desktop software, and a fancy filing system. I’m game. I always like buying new stuff to deal with the stuff I already have. [Unclutterer]

Taking refuge from the home office — Not so hip as coworking, full service offices-for-rent like More-Than-An-Office in Boxborough, Massachusetts offer a professional office setting for soloists and small businesses in a congenial atmosphere. If you need to get out of the house, maybe you should check if there’s something similar in your area. [The Boston Globe]

Self-service scheduling — Amazon Web Services evangelist keeps pushing towards a post-email era, now with his editable meeting scheduling wiki for his trip to London on May 12th. Want to have coffee with him, have him speak to your workgroup, grab a lunch? Sign up, and wait for his confirmation by… er… e-mail. [JeffBarrLondonMay2007]

Picupine logoNo sign up temporary photo sharing — Picupine offers a super lightweight way to share images with colleagues or friends. Browse your hard drive for photos or other graphics, give them each a description, name the page that will be created and hit submit. No sign up required. The link you get has security by obscurity (only those you give it to will know about it) and stays active for just a week. Small is the new big, but is this too small? [Picupine]

Web-based collaborative document reviews — Simply sharing photos isn’t collaborative enough for you? ReReview Basics logoview Basics provides an online workspace for small groups to comment on each other’s documents, videos, and photos. This Flash-based tool offers boxes, arrows, a highlighter, call outs and even emoticons for marking up everything from MS Word to PDF to .FLV videos. [Webware]

Got some spare cycles? — Explore the joys of menial labor. I’m looking forward to the Freakonomics authors’ NY Times column tomorrow on how middle-aged Americans are spending so much time on knitting, gardening, cooking, and other physical activities. I imagine one reason is because they’re tired of their Blackberries and laptops and need some stress relief. [The Long Tail]

Building blocks of the social web — What web workers need to collaborate: identity, presence, relationships, conversations, groups, reputation, and sharing. What web tools do you use for these different functions? [nForm]

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