Tim Bursch

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What is Glue?
They say, “Glue enables you to connect with your friends on the web around the things you visit online.”
I say, “A social tool that helps me share the web and find new stuff.”

Another tool? Yep.
Let’s say your looking at a really cool website and you want to share it on Twitter. Just hit Glue in your browser and a nifty box pops up with options. You can enter a tweet about the site and they fill in the link. Nice. Want to save the page your on? Click Glue and save to Delicious.

What’s unique?
-Saving and finding more of the things you like (aka: semantic web)
-Hearing about what other people like (books, movies, music, etc)
-Putting some of my favorite tools in one spot (tinyurl, twitter, delicious)
-Getting awesome customer service and help for what you need

What is your favorite social web tool? Be heard.

Tags: social web.

Part 3

Document Management
Do you used .docs or spreadsheets? Most work requires working with MS Office-like apps. Enter Google Documents (GD). (Does Google do everything?) GD has a similar feel to Office. The main reason I am starting to aggregate my documents is access. I can access via the web on any computer. If you collaborate in your work it is convenient to share and start Groups on Google.

A few other highlights from my command center:
-Remember the Milk Tasks (easier to use than Google tasks)
-Chat- I am using Twitter more for conversations, but sometimes Google chat is quick for working through a task with someone.

How do you manage your digital world? Let me know if I can help. Be heard.

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Part 2- Information Flow

Are you an on-line reader? Are you part of a business or organization and want to know what people are saying and writing about? Then Google Reader (GR) is your friend.

SET-UP
Go to GR here to set-up your preferences. When you find sites you like add their subscription. One easy place to find good reads is Alltop. I skim a lot of blogs and read about 20 daily. You can manage your subscriptions to your preference.

TRACKING
I like to know what is going on with certain topics, keywords and names. You can go to GR and set up to receive information by RSS or email. If your topic is really broad you might want to limit your intake to one email a week.

LISTENING
Do you care about your brands? I set up a Google Alert and Twitter Search for my personal and business brands and feed them into Google Reader. This will let you know what is being said out there.

SHARING
GR allows you to share and email articles you think friends or colleagues might be interested in. Links are at the bottom of each post in GR. If you are passive aggressive it’s a great way to just give hints. Ha, not really.

So, GR is a great way to filter incoming info. How do you handle information overload?

Tomorrow  - one last tip on setting up your Google Command Center.

Further reading:

Google Command Center Part 1

Thinking About Starting a Blog?

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Do you have email on one platform, calendar on another, and save documents in yet another app? I used to. They’re all good, just all over the place. I am on my way to managing my digital life in one place. At least for now.

Keep reading for more on creating your own Google Command Center.

PART 1 - EMAIL
I have multiple e-mail accounts and it’s not easy to get to inbox zero. I would suggest aggregating all of your email into a service like Gmail. It is easy to set up and manage. You can label, sort, file, and search through all your mail. Handy. Also, with a new feature all of your sent mail will come from the correct e-mail account.
Once you have all of your emails in one place, be sure to make a signature and also label incoming e-mails for easy searching.

More tomorrow on Information Intake in your Google Command Center.
What do you think? Be heard.

Tags: attention.

If you are wondering about how to start a blog, I suggest heading over Rajesh Setty’s lens on Squidoo.

He has a comprehensive list for starting your own blog.

What tools are you using? Any suggestions?

Tags: blog, Squidoo.

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We need more recognition of the talent in the Twin Cities.

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