Be Productive.
Brad J Ward
Guest Lecture - CIS 632
http://bradjward.com
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The Future of ‘Free’
Chris Anderson - Author of The Long Tail
“Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business”
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The Future of ‘Free’
“The rise of \"freeconomics\" is being driven by the
underlying technologies that power the Web. Just as Moore's
law dictates that a unit of processing power halves in price
every 18 months, the price of bandwidth and storage is
dropping even faster. Which is to say, the trend lines that
determine the cost of doing business online all point the
same way: to zero.” - Chris Anderson
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Book Suggestions
The Big Moo - The Group of 33- Seth Godin
The Long Tail - Chris Anderson
Small is the New Big - Seth Godin
Meatball Sundae - Seth Godin
Groundswell - Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
Join the Conversation - Joseph Jaffe
Here Comes Everybody - Clay Shirky
Find these links at http://linkbun.ch/hh0
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Tonight’s Discussion
Productivity Tools on the Web (http://linkbun.ch/hh2)
Productivity Tools on your Desktop (http://linkbun.ch/hh5)
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Productivity Tools on the Web
Online Collaboration Tools increase efficiency
http://bubbl.us - Online Brainstorming
http://doodle.ch - Online Meeting Scheduling
http://docs.google.com - Great collaboration tool
http://acrobat.com - More collaboration goodness
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Productivity Tools on the Web
Online Collaboration Tools increase efficiency
http://rememberthemilk.com - Online task collaboration
http://twiddla.com - Collaborate with browser layover
http://dimdim.com - Set up free web-based meetings
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Productivity Tools on the Desktop
Require an Install, but well worth it.
http://xobni.com - Regain control of your Outlook inbox
http://skype.com - Free calls to any other user in the world
http://oovoo.com - Free video conferencing w/ up to 6
people.
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Productivity Tools on the Desktop
Require an Install, but well worth it.
http://getdropbox.com - Looks like a folder, acts like a
folder... it IS a folder! Free online storage/sharing
http://launchy.net - Work quicker, get Launchy.
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Dig in.
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The tool of all tools
http://del.icio.us
Install Firefox on computers you use (http://getfirefox.com)
Get the plugin (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
addon/3615)
Use this to keep track of your work, favorite sites, resources
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Be Resourceful.
Use http://del.icio.us to find sites to match what you need to
do
Try a search for ‘web collaboration tools’ or ‘web productivity
meeting’
Tell me your problem, and I likely can find a Web 2.0/free
site to help you solve it.
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Questions? Comments?
Email: bradjward@gmail.com
Web: http://bradjward.com
Blog: http://squaredpeg.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bradjward
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/bradjward
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