Clark is the Executive Director of Quinnovation, an
eLearning consultancy in the US. He has a PhD in applied cognitive
science , lots of experience playing with computers and
networks since the late 70's, a passion for learning/
performance technology, and a history of being at the
leading edge. More at
quinnovation.com
Clark's Top 10 Tools as at 20 August 2008
OmniGraffle
- brilliant for diagramming. I'm
visual/conceptual and it works the way I want and makes
my output look good (I went back and recreated old
diagrams just because it was so fun; when's the last
time you said that about productivity software?)
WordPress
- blogging. Customizable to the way I want (er,
mostly), and reliable
Firefox - my Web tool for searching, browsing, surfing: with
the new engine, it's fast, and has great plugins
Google- their search engine, their
maps, their website
tracking,...
Word- outlining and writing. I write by outlines, and
I've used Word since I bought a Mac II to write my PhD
thesis on (now, if Pages had outlining...)
iTunes - how I connect my iPhone to my Mac, download
mobile apps, and more.
Mail - part of my move to centralize on Mac apps (iCal,
Address Book) to accommodate iPhone; I use email a lot (e.g.
RSS feeds from Feedblitz), but Mail's missing some things I
liked in Entourage
Powerpoint- presentations. I give lots of talks, so I
need a standard tool (though I'll begin exploring Keynote)
Skype- international calls and IM. Reach out and touch
someone (I also use Adium and iChat, but I'm not supposed to
sneak them in).
Clark's Top 10 Tools as at 11 January 2008
OmniGraffle - brilliant for
diagramming. I'm visual/conceptual and it works the way I
want and makes my output look good (I went back and
recreated old diagrams just because it was so fun; when's
the last time you said that about productivity software?)
WordPress - blogging.
Customizable to the way I want, and reliable
Google - search. The home page
for my browser; still the best.
Wikipedia - reference. The link from my searches I'm most
likely to select when I want a definitive answer
Google Maps - navigation. Directions, finding nearby
locations, particularly when mobile
Word- outlining and writing. I write by outlines, and
I've used Word since I bought a Mac II to write my PhD
thesis on (now, if Pages had outlining...)
PalmOS - my mobile environment. Syncs with my desktop,
and supports productivity: ToDos, contacts, notes, calendar,
photos, passwords, email, web browsing, whatever I need I
can find an app for. If I make a promise to do something
and it doesn't get into my system, we never had the
conversation (but if it does, it happens
Feedblitz - RSS feeds. Rather than a reader, I want the
blogs I track to come in email.
Powerpoint - presentations. I give lots of talks, so I
need a standard tool (though I'll begin exploring Keynote)
Skype - international calls and IM. Reach out and touch
someone (I also use Adium and iChat, but I'm not supposed to
sneak them in).
Palm Desktopand
The Missing Sync - calendar, ToDos, Memos, Contacts
and more between laptop and Treo (which may soon go
to Mail, Address Book, Calendar to sync with the
iPhone ;)
