Comments on: For What It’s Worth: Netvibes

By: Britt

Britt — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:39:15 +0000

There’s too much information without having so sort of filter to balance things out. I’m still using Netvibes…mostly for Twitter and tracking emails in multiple accounts.

By: penny

penny — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:11:07 +0000

Or how about google’s ig? I use it more for those reference sites that I keep returning to, than as a as a real start page. (I think. It’s hard to describe.)

Britt, thank you for your great review of how we may use what’s out there slightly differently than what it might be marketed for but in a way that totally makes our lives easier.

I find that a start page of sorts (or a web dashboard [thanks!]) works much better for me than the built in dash on my macs as I bounce around various machines and places.

I’ll have to check out netvibes and see. You’ve given me reasons to try it. Thank you.

Question: (as I slowly catch up on your posts) Are you still using it a month later?

By: Britt

Britt — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:48:43 +0000

Yep. I can see big picture info without having to refocus every single time. A dashboard is an excellent visual for this.

By: chrisbrogan

chrisbrogan — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:24:20 +0000

Interesting. So if I broke this into the twitterbite, would I say that Netvibes is a web dashboard? You can see more with it?

By: Britt

Britt — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:40:25 +0000

I’ve seen that mentioned more frequently of late. I’ll have to look into it. Thanks for the tip, Russ.

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:32:43 +0000

Another possible “for what it’s worth” candidate: http://www.jott.com

It’s a great, free voice to email dictation service. I typically use it several times a day for reminder, “notes to self” from a meeting, etc.