Since the number one post on WordPress today is called The World’s Biggest Icicle (in all caps and with three exclamation marks), how about a good old Bookmarked A Year Ago, installment three?
History of the Greek Language
An exhaustive resource by the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, with details on ancient Greek dialects such as Aeolian, Arcadian, Attic, Doric, Ionic, Mycenaean and Koine. If that’s not enough, what about an article titled Ancient Greek: the Language of the Future Space Societies?
Essentials of Music
Classical music, that is. It offers an overview of the most important eras, composers and terminology and includes 200 audio excerpts. Or, in the words of Wagner’s Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde: Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle!
The Web Gallery of Art
Truly a gem of a virtual museum. Finding good reproductions of classic art is often hard on the web, but this one has it all: high quality, zoomable pictures by more artists than you ever thought existed. For instance, try this Ascencion of Christ by Garofalo.
AutoMotoPortal
Enough about art! What about cars, more cars and supercars? Automotoportal is one of the best car blogs I’ve ever come across. It covers a lot of the pricey jobs none of us would be able to afford, but does general automotive industry news as well. Comes with a handy search tool and clearly outlined brand categories.
High Rising Terminal
This has nothing to do with airports or skyscrapers? It does have everything to do, however, with the new-fangled mode of speech that is said to be ever more ‘popular’ especially with teens? Also known as uptalk or upspeak, HRT is a feature of some accents of English where statements have a rising intonation? I think you get the idea by now?
Foldera
I had no idea what it was a year ago, and I have no idea what it is now. It claims to do email, IMs, documents, tasks, events, contacts – yes, the list goes on – teams, applications, projects and activities. It is still in beta (?) but it’s still online as well. I suppose that’s an achievement of sorts too.
Soviet Army Hurls Back Nazis
WWII news footage on Google video (that’s still around too, apparently) provided by
Ballpoint Pen Art
Incredible drawings (see image) by artist Dave Archambault, who does all his portraits in… ballpoint pen. He does commissions that are priced at around 400 US dollars apiece, but as Dave states himself: “considering the hours that go into the drawings, you win, I lose”. Check it out.
1 March 2007 at 9:03 pm
Hi Nils.
I saw your post about Foldera and thought I’d try to shed a bit of light for you about what it is. We call Foldera a next generation information organizer. Unlike virtually all of the tools we use today, Foldera sorts and organizes information in real-time as you work, keeping everything related to each activity or project you’re involved in context. That includes the e-mails, files, events, and tasks as well as the people.
It’s a really different approach to information organization and collaboration and we’ve just announced that we plan to release the first public preview of the software/service at the end of the month.
I’ve begun a series of post that provide a first look at the user interface, features, and functionality on the Foldera blog. Drop by and take a look at what we’ve been building. Your feedback will be most welcome.
3 March 2007 at 2:36 pm
Hi Nils,
Foldera is a web based service that organizes your work while you work.
Let me explain:
There’s a problem with the productivity and collaboration tools you use – such as email, contact managers, calendars, task lists, and instant messaging. Powerful and feature-laden though they may be, their very capability presents a problem. The volumes of information you produce with these separate tools must all be organized, sorted, and filed. – by you!
If, like an ever-increasing number of people, you work both at home and from an office and use multiple PCs, the organizational struggle gets even more complicated.
The work involved in managing all of this information has itself become part of the work you have to do each day – synchronizing, copying, backing up, filing and sorting. It’s not the work you do that is taking more of your precious time. It’s the work your work creates!
We have a better idea.
We think that real productivity software should make you more productive – not make more work. Real productivity software should work for you, freeing up more time for what’s really important both in your work and your life. We think that productivity software should create, not demand, more time.
When you use Foldera to organize and share your information, your work is organized automatically, in real time. There is no sorting, filing, and organizing for you to do after you’ve created new information. It’s already done. Based on current averages for people who work with information all day, that means you get back somewhere between two and four hours every week. We think that’s time you can put to much better use.
Personal productivity is only the beginning. One of the biggest challenges teams face when collaborating is keeping everything in sync – making sure that everyone has access to the same, up-to-date information at all times. Foldera real-time organization, version control, and commenting provides a secure information space that is always in sync, always up-to-date, and always accessible, regardless of where you or your teams are working or what time of day it is where you are.
Best Regards,
Richard Lusk
CEO/Founder Foldera
3 March 2007 at 7:28 pm
NOTE: I have let the above comments pass through the moderation queue because I feel I had no right to stop them, as was my initial reflex.
I read the first with some interest, but stalled on the second. Everyone has the right to comment and react, especially when they or their product are mentioned. But there is something like reason and proportion. I do not think that a two line ‘review’ warrants a 350 word advertorial and I do not endorse anything that is said in these two comments above.
Think of it as a one-off favor: cheap ad space.
4 March 2007 at 10:47 pm
I really like your link; History of the Greek Language.
How else would I discover that Lynn Sherr of ABC News was a Greek major? She gives a wonderful speech on why one would study Greek.
My father asked me constantly why I was learning Greek. I don’t think I ever gave him an answer that made sense to him since he usually responded to my explanation with, “how are you going to making a living translating Homer?”
Always thankful for the way your postings enlarge worthy conversations…and revive memories.
Keep creating,
Mike