The document discusses various tools that can help focus work, simplify efforts, and allow for collaboration including: - Google Apps for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets, calendars, and email - Google Analytics for metrics and analytics reporting - Basecamp for project management and collaboration - Backpack for a customizable intranet - Subversion and svnX for version control and safeguarding development changes - OmniGraffle for wireframes and site maps The document emphasizes that technology should empower users and the right tools can help focus work, simplify efforts, and allow for collaboration and sharing.

1. Tools We Can All Use

2. Who I Am... Part of the team at Lucidus, an Internet Strategy & Services Firm interface designer; HTML/CSS developer QA tester Analytics and usability consultant Regional account manager The “South Florida office”

3. First, let’s put technology into perspective.

4. It won’t make you smart. you smart.

5. It won’t make you organized. you organized.

6. It won’t simplify your life. your life.

7. It might help you with all of these things. with all of these things.

8. At its best, technology should empower you . .

9. How ?

10. Applying the right technologies for you .

11. Focus, Simplify and Connect and Connect Production Project Management Communications

12. What’s Ideal? Good - Ability to get your own stuff in order Better - Ability to Share Best - Ability to Collaborate (then share team effort)

13. Google Apps Focus - Why troubleshoot email problems? Simplify - Gmail has revolutionized how we view email Connect - Share your calendar, documents and spreadsheets too. Allow for viewing or collaboration

14. Google Apps Focus - Create a draft Simplify - Collaborate with team Connect - Send to clients to view, as attachment or embedded in email

15. Google Analytics Focus - Get metrics that have meaning and depth Simplify - Review reports in detail or get the big picture, set goals Connect - Share reports with clients

16. Basecamp Project Management and Collaboration Project Management and Collaboration 30 day free trial $24-$99 / month Focus - Notifies you about changes in status, dashboard is grouped by client name and project Simplify - Can view all projects at once Connect - Share messages, lists, writeboards, files and more with people you select

17. Backpack Small-scale Customizable Intranet Small-scale Customizable Intranet Focus - One spot for all project to-dos, notes and assets. Simplify - FeatureLESS on purpose Connect - Share pages, calendars, news, writeboards and files Free trial - $24-$99 / month

18. igoogle Focus - One location, lots of information Simplify - Customizable with gadgets Connect - Share gadgets, some data Favorite Gadgets: Todoist , Google Notebook , RescueTime , Wikipedia, Google Calendar, BeTwittered, Sticky Note, Intellicast Hurricane Watch

19. Subversion (tortoiseSVN or svnX) (tortoiseSVN or svnX) Focus - browse and manage working copies and revisions in repositories Simplify - Open-source GUI for Subversion Connect - safeguards changes in development work, throughout team

20. ScribeFire Focus - Quickly return to other tasks Simplify - Open in Firefox browser, linked to URL Connect - enables quick, easy updates of your blog

21. Firebug Focus - Inspect code as rendered in the browser Simplify - Open in Firefox, highlight areas of page as needed Connect - get it done and delivered without guessing

22. Freemind Focus - See sitemap and relationships, diagram flowcharts Simplify - Reduces confusion Connect - versatile, exports in several formats

23. OmniGraffle Focus - Make wireframes and sitemaps easily Simplify - Clean, simple graphics Connect - versatile, exports in several formats $99.95 - $199.95

24. Get the Benefits Focus your work Simplify your efforts You can sleep at night Happy clients Deliver greater value

25. Thank You! Resources and Q&A Resources and Q&A Hoekman’s Design Description Documents http://rhjr.net/ddd/ Website Checklist http://www.chromaticsites.com/web-design-blog/2008-05-26/the-official-successful-website-checklist-challenge/ Google Apps http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/var_1c.html Google Analytics http://www.google.com/analytics/indexu.html Backpack http://backpackit.com Basecamp http://www.basecamphq.com Subversion http://subversion.tigris.org and svnX http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/svnx.html OmniGraffle http://store.omnigroup.com