Use a Probationary Tag to Firewall New Apps
Posted by Michael | Filed under Site
In the process of developing some management structure for all of my
technology tools, I’ve found it quite useful to keep a GMark tag (via
the Google Bookmarks extension in Firefox) named Probationary with
which I tag all of the new web apps and misc. stuff that I’m
evaluating, learning about, and generally not yet sure about how they
may fit into my personal and work productivity habits. Up until now,
I’ve tried to stay organized by tagging apps (most recently Mahalo)
along with every other similar app. After a while though, I had tags
with a dozen or so apps, most of which I’d forgotten about and never
used beyond the initial gee-whiz excitement.
With this new Probationary tagging system I have a firewall of sorts
to protect the tags for only those apps that I grant “access” past the
firewall. This also fits nicely with my previous post about the 3-Week
Tech Trial. All new apps will remain in this folder for 3-weeks until
such a decision can be made on the app’s viability. As a bonus, GMarks
keeps track of the Most Used bookmarks, so I can monitor this tag to
help make decisions on what to keep and what to delete. - Michael
