Weekly Digital Exploration by Andre Woolery

Per usual, a few random sites that I have played around with this week:

Poll Everywhere – I haven’t tested it out yet but this allows for simple mobile SMS polling. It positions itself as well suited for polling in presentation but it may be an easy solution for clients. Imagine doing a simple text poll that doesn’t require dealing with vendors, shortcodes, licensing, etc. Definitely worth an exploration.
http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Instapaper – Greg Hills introduced this to me a few months back and it has quickly changed the way I consume web content. I never have time to read all the interesting articles I stumble upon throughout the day so this allows me to “read later”. I have also synced it to my Kindle and iPhone so it sends a digest of content I’ve bookmarked to read offline on these devices. Not the sexiest but highly functional.
http://www.instapaper.com/

Twitter Times – If you use Twitter as an RSS feed and have too many links to keep up with...use this to create an easily digestable digest of links streamed through your Twitter account.
http://www.twittertim.es/

Fiverr – Fun way to outsource things to be done for $5. Pretty self explanatory.
http://www.fiverr.com/

Teambox – A collaboration tool that seems much more straightforward than lets say a Google Wave and uses a Twitter-esque interface. Watch the video for a better picture.
http://www.teambox.com/tour

Enjoy your weekends.

Andre