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Save and share your notes with Wridea

wridea note taking onlineThis cool web-based application called Wridea has the potential to revolutionize the way you keep and share notes. With its fresh colors and niceWeb 2.0 design and ease of use you will be on the path to never forgetting your ideas again.

Signing up on Wridea is easy, and took me about one minute until I was off and writing down my notes. Some interesting features of Wridea include the ability to host brainstorming sessions with contacts, and RSS feeds of your friends ideas. How cool is that. It's easy to create ideas, and categories for some serious note taking.

PS. It's free, and has a wicked little IdeaRain feature that lets you see your ideas raining down in an interesting array of pure note taking genius.

Check out some screenshots of Wridea in use after the jump.

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Filed under: Business, Internet, Office, Web services, Google

Dabble DB: Web-based collaborative spreadsheets

dabble db online calendar spreadsheetIn this world filled recently with online spreadsheet and calendar applications, one enters the mix by making things difficult and a little complicated at first, but easier to get the hang of as time goes by.

Dabble DB is free for a 30 day trial [with prices ranging from $10 to $150 month for corporate users]. It enables users to import their spreadsheets, contacts, and databases, as well as start from a fresh sheet. Data in the spreadsheets and documents can then be shared, and collaboration can be turned on by inviting contacts to edit the information. It's a little tricky to get things started from scratch, but after a while it tends to get better. But wait, should online applications be difficult to use at first? Especially when there are tons of them on the market? No. They have to be simple, and very quick to get your information up and running. I still don't have a good handle on Dabble DB after an hour of fooling around with the tool. I will try it out for a little while longer over my one month free trial, and let you know if I change my mind.

Dabble db is cool, but I think I will stick to my Google Calendar, and Google Spreadsheet. Which are free to use, and integrate nicely with my other applications.

Look after the jump for some screenshots of Dabble DB.

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Filed under: Business, Design, Developer, Internet, Utilities, E-mail, Productivity, Web services, Social Software

Project time tracking by Tick

tick time trackerTick tracks project time. The best part? It's free! Tick is a simplistic approach to time management. The interface is extremely clean, easy to use, and straightforward which is a major plus, because who really likes spending their time fiddling with entering time? Not me.

Through Tick, you can create projects, assign the projects to a specific client, name the project, and give the specific hourly budget for the project. When this is set, you can create specific tasks for the job, and assign each task with a time limit. When items change in the project, or when time is entered in the reporting section, email notifications are sent. Reporting is laid out by client, with a breakdown of time entered for each specific client project. Filling out time for projects is simple. Choose your date, select your client and specific job you were working on, and drop your time in. Tick also generates a nice little progress bar that graphically displays how much time has been spent on the project in total, and how much time is left from your set hourly budget for the project.

All in all, Tick is a very useful time tracking application. It is a very simple and easy to use online tool used to keep track of your project time, to make sure budgets are hit. Integration through Basecamp is available through the Basecamp API's, which easily link up the two applications. Upon the launch of Tick, packages will be available from free to $79, and will be announced when it is completely launched.

[via Solutionwatch]

Filed under: Audio, Internet, Utilities, Blogging, E-mail, Web services, Social Software

Desktoptwo web desktop

desktoptwo web desktopHaving access from your computer desktop anywhere there is a connection and a computer is a dream for some, and a reality for some early beta testers of Desktoptwo.

Created by Sapotek, Desktoptwo is a free web based service that allows complete access of your desktop wherever you are. It has a web instant messenger using the Jabber platform, email, search, MP3 player, address book, WYSIWYG web editor, blog publishing platform, rss feed, layout templates, and 1 GB of free storage.

Subscribers of the tool will find out that Desktoptwo could be very valuable and useful if you're moving from computer to computer. If anyone has experience in using this tool, please let us know how it worked out for you.

[Via TechCrunch]

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