COTA: Resolution-boosting apps help New Year self-help prospects
The good news: We’re living in a world where there are amazing tools available to help guide your way. Here are a few of my favorites:
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COTA: Leaving tracks—and erasing them—on the info superhighway
If you visit Amazon.com and put a few items in your cart, those items will be there waiting for you when you come back. Convenient? Yes. Expected? Yes. But it goes beyond that.
COTA: Thanks to the latest technology from Nike and others, you can get fit bit by bit
Those odd bracelets aren’t avant garde jewelry. They are the latest in wearable tech designed to track your every move. And that’s a good thing.
COTA: Website helps with difficult but important conversation
The Conversation Project sparks discussion of end-of-life issues.
COTA: Learn-to-play website taps into instinctive desire to learn guitar
Instinct aims to make playing music as natural as singing it, because “playing music is one of the most natural things a human can do.”
COTA: Online Smartz helpful in keeping kids cyber safe
If your privacy settings aren’t carefully controlled, you’re not only potentially exposing yourself, but also your friends.
COTA: Scouting the Web for kids’ badge-based DIY projects
Yes, the virtual world can inspire kids to get their hands dirty with actual physical projects
COTA: Website lets you opt out of an overstuffed holiday mailbox
Catalog Choice claims to have saved 800,000 trees.
COTA: Evernote aims to be Google for your brain
Evernote stores meeting and class notes, voice memos, web pages, photos, receipts and more.
WEB REVIEW: The clickable, trackable, lovable nature of e-mail marketing
E-mail boasts so many traits that marketers need and want that it should be the No. 1 crush for all of them.
WEB REVIEW: E-mail sorting service brings sanity to your cluttered inbox
This morning, I opened my e-mail account to find 10 e-mails. Until about a week ago, I would have seen about 100.
WEB REVIEW: Goodreads helps readers find their next favorite novel
Goodreads compiles the ratings and reviews from users everywhere and has a powerful “recommendation engine.”
WEB REVIEW: Super Bowl adds momentum to charity effort
Basket of Hope has opportunities for involvement long after the Super Bowl has moved on to the next destination.
WEB REVIEW: Stamping your approval around the Internet
Got a favorite restaurant? Stamp it.
WEB REVIEW: Project creators get a kick out of Kickstarter
Having surpassed 1 million users and $100 million pledged, Kickstarter is working to change the way we think about funding.
WEB REVIEW: Lessons all leaders should learn from Steve Jobs
The announcement from Apple CEO Steve Jobs that he’ll step down from his post is not altogether unexpected, but it does mark the end of an era.
WEB REVIEW: Music site tries to crack U.S. with alleged exclusivity
Taking advantage of our basic desire to be part of the insider crowd, Spotify has launched here on an “invitation-only” basis.
WEB REVIEW: Searching, for free, for the next great song
NoiseTrade helps you discover, download and keep songs…in exchange for your e-mail address and ZIP code.
WEB REVIEW: Micro-managing your loans online
Recently, the concept of microlending has undergone a bit of a transformation.