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Harold Jarche

Harold is an independent consultant based in Atlantic Canada. His work is centered on improving organisational performance.  Harold blogs at jarche.com

Harold's Top 10 Tools as at 6 March 2008 and 27 July 2007

  1. Thunderbird - This is a simple e-mail client that focuses on e-mail, though you can use it as a desktop RSS feed reader as well. Virtually virus-free and easy on memory. Like FireFox you can easily change the look.

  2. OpenOffice - 've been using the free and open source OpenOffice for so long that I don't remember the other office suites. It saves in multiple formats, including MS .doc, .xls and .ppt, and exports to Flash or PDF with a single click

  3. Google Docs & Spreadsheets - As much as I like OpenOffice, Google's collaborative documents and spreadsheets are excellent for group work. With Google's simple interface, it's not difficult to get new users to join in.

  4. GIMP - Another free and open source tool that lets me edit photos.

  5. Gliffy - This free online diagramming tool is getting better every day, with more templates and the ability to collaborate

  6. MindMeister - Similar to Gliffy, but focused on mind maps. These two free tools have replaced my desktop applications like Visio or SmartDraw.

  7. WordPress - Without my blog, I would not have been asked for a top ten tool list. WordPress is easy to use and has kept hundreds of thousands of spam from my website.

  8. del.icio.us - I have played with several social bookmark tools and have settled on del.icio.us for my online, searchable database that forms part of my Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system

  9. Bloglines - I've been using Bloglines as my web RSS feed reader for several years and I still like it, in spite of the dozens of other options. It's simple and easy to view the +/- 150 feeds that I read.

  10. Commentful - This is another tool from Blogflux that allows you to monitor the comments made on other blogs and notifies you of new comments. It integrates well with the Firefoxbrowser.

What are your Top 10 tools -  for your own personal working and learning
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