Tuesday, April 30, 2013

What's your list life like?

How many lists do you have?

I am a list man, but I am not a LIST man.

I don't do lists for lists sake.  I do however have a  list of things to do. If I do something that is not on the list, I put in on the list and then cross it off.  That makes be a list man, I am sure.

However,  I keep my lists to minimum.  At least that is what I thought until I started counting them the other day.


  1. -- The to do list.  I have a written one and I have been experimenting with online organizers -- haven't found the perfect one yet.
  2. Bookmarks list in Google Chrome -- it is getting big, but is
    not yet unwieldy.  And, it is classified so I can find what I need quickly.
  3. Passwordslist.  Need this, since I am access the internet though three devices these days.
  4. The history list of sites I have visited -- on all three devices and three different browsers.
  5. My start page list in my Chrome browser -- it does the work for me by listing bookmarks, history and websites I use frequently.
  6. My email in box -- well not so much the inbox but the several dozen folders I stuff things in-- to keep track of projects, things I want to refer to again, and ideas I am developing.
  7. My email client also has several of my contact lists -- one I imported, another is a list of contact emails from saved emails sent to me, and several for different projects.  I haven't imported my big email list into that yet, but I will get around to it soon.
  8. My email client also has a list of sorts in the calendar -- birthdays, events and other important dates.
  9. I have list in Preceden.com where I track my technology life. I have it divided by my Business timeline and by my private timeline.
  10. I have a list on Pearltrees.com that is quite extensive. Its about several technology areas that I like to keep up with -- the good thing about it is that this is a shared list -- others that follow these topics add to the list -- I get the benefit of their finds.
  11. I use OneTab -- when my browser tabs get too cluttered, I push the OneTab icon and it closes all the tabs, but keeps a list of them on the one tab it keeps open.  That way I can get back to any of them quickly.
  12. I use SpringPad to keep a record of special things I want to refer back to.
  13. I also use Archify -- I know, this is redundant, but I like having things taken care of for me such as my web footprints.
  14. And I use GetPocket -- mainly for things I don't have time to read now.
  15. I am experimenting with Clipboard and NoteBoard and others.
  16. I use BufferApp.com to keep up with my tweets and their stats.
  17. I use StatCounter to keep up with stats on my web sites-- 8 different lists.
  18. On Twitter, I have lists of my 287 followers and 491 whom I follow.
     I am following and 787 tweets I have sent out.
  19. I also make good use of the Twitter lists -- I have 20 lists -- most of them public but some private ones to. The public ones include News, Texas News, Southeast Texas Tweeters and more.
  20. I also use Linkedin -- where I have a list of 387 connections and 18 groups I follow.
  21. I could add a few more. ( Heck who am I kidding, I could add a couple dozen more -- Facebook, Google+,Youtube, Google Docs, iGoogle ( I read a lot of RSS feeds so I am converting over to Feedly ), and don't get me started on all the lists on Google Dashboard and my web site hosting spaceWhat I am looking for in #21 is a way to depublicate these lists, bring it all together and give me the extra power that the Internet promised.
What's your list life like?