6th May 2008

A group TO DO list webapp?

posted in organization, web 2.0 | 13 Comments

I’ve been using the website 43actions to keep track of my personal to-do lists for a few weeks now. Today I visited with two friends who are using reQall and Toodledo for their personal to-do lists, and both like the tools a great deal. None of these tools (as far as I know) are configured to be used by groups, however, just individuals. Short of utilizing full-blown project management software, does anyone know of a website offering group “to-do list” functionality? I’m thinking of something which would permit tasks to be defined, assigned to individuals, and tracked per specified deadlines. This sounds like a great application for Google Labs to tackle! Does anyone know of group “to-do list” webapps which are available today? (And preferably free!)

sunanda on deadline

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6th May 2008

links for 2008-05-06

posted in edtech | 4 Comments

6th May 2008

Taking notes on effective electoral video marketing

posted in creativity, digitalstorytelling, history, politics | 2 Comments

U.S. Presidential elections inevitably lead to interesting and thought provoking advertisements, but I am not sure previous elections generated as many opportunities to learn from effective electoral marketing ads as the 2008 campaign. The primary reason for this is user-created content: It continues to explode, and the variety as well as quantity of video content being created that relates to the election this year is amazing. The contest Obama in 30 Seconds is a case in point. Fifteen finalist videos have been selected from hundreds of submissions. My personal favorites are:

Imagine… (a very creative stop-motion video)

and

They Said He was Unprepared… (A surprising historical comparison)

The first video is a great example of applying reverse engineering techniques to stopmotion moviemaking I think: The final claymation objects were created and videotaped first, and then slowly smashed so that process could be shown in reverse as “growth” videos.

I like the second video because of the juxtaposition of historical parallels. Gets you thinking. All in 30 seconds! :-)

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