Tools: The Best of 2007 - How Can We Use Them for Activism?

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Tools: The Best of 2007 - How Can We Use Them for Activism?

Written by Mary on December 25, 2007 – 2:11 am -

Here is lifehack’s list of the best web apps of 2007. They haven’t been used for activism yet, but use your imagination and see if you can be inspired.

bubbl.us allows you to brain-storm by creating visual idea maps. Take a look at this video to get a better idea of how it works. This might be a good way to for activists to work through ideas collaboratively.
Buzzword is an online word processor. Here is a video that explains how it works. This might be a good way for activists to collaboratively create documents online. It appears to still be in alpha.
Empressr allows users to create and share slideshows using text, images, videos. Presentations can be shared on the Empressr site and can also be embedded in users� own pages. Here’s a video that shows how it works. This might be a good way for activists to share presentations.
Highrise is a contact manager and customer relations manager. There’s a video explaining how it works on the Highrise homepage. It might be a great way for for activists to keep track of campaign supporters.
Jott is a combination of speech recognition and live workers backs this �note to self� service. You call the Jott phone number and say your message and then Jott transcribes it and connects up with various web services allowing you to post to blogs, add appointments to your online calendar, tweet with twitter, and add to-dos to your to-do list. I’m not sure how activists will use it. Live-blogging from protests?

Mint is an online money management system. It could be a great way for activist campaigns to organize donations.
Nozbe is a “get things done” (GTD) app that includes to-do lists, a task manager, and project management. There are several videos on YouTube that explain how it works. Could help activists be more efficient.
Sandy is a virtual assistant centered on your email. You email Sandy with (almost) natural language statements, like �Remind me to call John Smith at 8am tomorrow�, and Sandy emails you a reminder at 8am tomorrow to call John Smith. Once again, a way to be more efficient in working for social justice.
Scrybe is an online calendar. It also uses a natural-language parser (fancy!) similar to Sandy�s, allowing new entries to be created quickly and easily. The developers say they�re hard at work on integrating Scrybe with Outlook, which would make Scrybe a hard one to beat. There is a how-to video on the main site. Wow, activists are going to be really incredibly well-organized now.
Todoist is a fancy to-do list site that format lists, search for multiple criteria, manage your lists from Gmail, and integrate with external services like Launchy and QuickSilver. Ever more efficient activists!
Vitalist is another “get things done” site like Nozbe, but with slightly different features.