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Welcome Ian Smith to Download Squad

Download SquadSue Polinsky isn't the only great new blogger we brought on this month. The other newest member of our team is Ian Smith, who brings with him his love of productivity and knowledge of "life hacks." You might already be familiar with Ian as the "Joe" behind Joe's Goals, a cool Web 2.0 goal-tracking app that I'm a huge fan of. Welcome to the team, Ian!

Filed under: Productivity, Web services

A Joe's Goal badge for your web site

Joe's Goals badgeI think I've mentioned about a dozen times how much I like Joe's Goals, and I can't help waving my arms every time its creator, Ian Smith, drops in another great new feature. Today that feature is a brand new badge that embeds a chart of your recent goal activity in any web page, like your blog or MySpace page. To create a badge, just sign into Joe's Goals, click on Preferences in the upper right, and then scroll down to the Preferences page. There you can select which layout, horizontal or vertical, you want for your badge, and configure its width and height to your liking. The badge was actually created by Joel Seligstein, a student and enthusiastic Joe's Goals fan. Now you can show off how well you're keeping to your goals, which you may regret if you start to lag behind.

Filed under: Office, Productivity, Web services

Joe's Logbook: Take goals to the next level

Joe's Logbook
Awhile back I wrote about Joe's Goals, a super-streamlined site for keeping track of your daily goals. I've been meaning to post about it again, because though I liked the site immediately, it wasn't until about a month later that I started really using it and discovering how incredibly useful it is. Now Ian Smith, the "Joe" of Joe's Goals, has launched Joe's Logbook, a companion site that's integrated with Joe's Goals and lets you track your life's ups and (if you please) downs with a little more specificity. Its interface looks very much like the Joe's Goals grid, except that instead of just clicking to add checkmarks, you can enter specific information that you want to log, like what exercises you did today or what you ate. Other uses suggested by the site are dream log, writing journal, or travelogue. Of course, like Joe's Goals, Joe's Logbook's utility lies not in its robustness but its simplicity, which is perfect if you want a web app that will let you take quick notes while staying out of your way, but perhaps less so if you're looking to write your memoirs. By the way, if you already have a Joe's Goals account, you don't need a new account for Joe's Logbook. Just log into Joe's Goals as usual and click on "Add Logbook" at the top of the grid.

P.S. I'm happy to report that Ian/Joe finally has a blog.

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