I started out thinking that the online list keeping tools like "Workflowy" or "Remember the Milk" would be the perfect thing for me because I'm a big list maker. So, I created an acount in "Workflowy" and started typing away, but the more I typed the more annoyed I got. I kept thinking to myself, "Are you really going to log on and use this list or are you going to flip to where you've kept a 'to do' list for the last umpteen years and then realize what you did with it and then get frustrated because it's one more thing that's online?!" I guess I'm too tactile. I want to hold my 'to do' list in my hand and feel that sense of accomplishment you get by crossing things off -- in pen -- not with a cursor. So, while I think "Workflowy" is very easy to use, it just wasn't for me.
I switched tactics then and decided to try "Instapaper" and was much happier with that choice. I am forever finding articles online that I think are interesting but I don't always have time to read them. So, I created a free account and added a few test articles. Easy peasy. I now have a "Read Later" button on my toolbar so that whenever I find something of interest I can click and save for rainy day reading.
On a side note, I am a big fan of delicious. I use it in conjunction with our evening Book Discussion Group. I store webpages on my delicious account that have interesting information about the author of our discussion book. Then, during Book Group, I can logon to delicous using whatever laptop is in our program room that night and retrieve all of the webpages I found earlier. Pretty nifty.
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