Sunday, 16 December 2012

Apps I wanna try

Now I'm getting the hang of what's available, I'm starting to see a load of apps I like the look of. So I've decided to use this post to capture the apps I want to try.  I can use this as my reference point moving forward (and even link to any posts later on that are related!).

  • Infographics courtesy of Visual.ly
  • BusyFlow (currently being tested by moi)
  • If This Then That (currently under trial by moi, also) https://ifttt.com/
  • https://www.primadesk.com/ Primadesk to pull together all my different cloud storage - I've got DropBox, SkyDrive, Box.net and GDrive. I've probably got a few more kicking around and it would be ace to be able to pull them all together and access them from one app.
  • Guess I ought to try SugarSync https://www.sugarsync.com/ as it's another cloud storage solution.
  • Swydo is being trialled by me at the moment. http://www.swydo.com/ It's an app to help with SEO and PPC marketing results tracking.
  • My sister and I are considering going into selling unique digital goods and I want to give AmberCart a try, as it appears to have a zero-risk starting point. That is, for 0-50 dollars, there's no charge and a sliding scale after that.  Sounds like a no-brainer in terms of kicking off a micro-business in ecommerce. http://www.ambercart.com/. Will also consider http://sellboxhq.com/ that links with DropBox.
  • Trello is under test https://trello.com/
  • MojoHelpdesk - tried it 2.5 years ago, but think it's worth a revisit. http://www.mojohelpdesk.com/
  • Bringing all this cloud into one silo? Loks Like CloudWork has it covered. https://cloudwork.com/plans
  • Not that I'm much of a coder, but could be useful https://codeanywhere.net/pricing-and-plans
  • JumpChart for planning websites. https://www.jumpchart.com/
  • Mockflow for designing wireframes collaboratively. http://www.mockflow.com/
  • Aviary http://www.aviary.com/
  • http://aremysitesup.com/
  • http://sescout.com/
  • http://openid.net/
  • http://www.wufoo.com/
  • https://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/rating?time=30
  • http://goldenratiocalculator.com/
  • http://compareninja.com/

So why am I interested in bringing all this cloud together?  I need to find an entry-level suite of apps that can run a rapidly growing business - one that I can scale to the number of staff I have on board at the time.  I want to keep away from desktop apps in favour of keeping everything integrated in the cloud.

Although I'm favouring free apps at this time, it's because I want to get them working together and once we have the need for higher-level plans, this can be built into the business model and price plan.

 I could go on adding to this list, but I've started getting lazy with the links and app titles, so I'm going to leave it for now and come back when I'm re-inspired, or when I have something new to say on one of the above - or maybe some other - apps.

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