DailyFeats – A special website with an innovative approach to goal realization, DailyFeats is here to “guide you in doing small actions — or “feats” — that reflect your values and your life’s goals. Along the way, you’ll earn points, meet a helpful community, and save money on real-life expenses, motivating you to go do good — every day.”
The spectrum of the ‘Feats’ you can aim for is huge. Choose a goal related to your health, your sense of responsibility, your family, your knowledge and many other factors of your life. Once a goal category has been chosen, you are asked to pick what you’ve done to reach that goal, and depending on your answer, you earn points for the effort. Sign in via Facebook or register to receive the much needed support for reaching successful Feats, and to help others do the same. Want some inspiration? Check out the epic feats page. Here’s a recent one on that list:
A Google a Day – Google has done it again with this brilliant trivia game. To help its vast community of users in learning how to search better and faster, Google came up with A Google a Day, a daily trivia question for which the answer lies in the proper search, via Google search, naturally.
Each day a new question will be waiting for you, and it’s your job to go ahead and find the answer. Clciking “Answer” won’t give you the bottom line answer, but will rather give you clues of what to look for, and by the end of that process you will discover the answer yourself. Since this trivia game is both fun and didactic, it gets an A plus from me. Why don’t you challenge your friends to a Google duel? Should be fun and interesting!
Here’s an example of a question and the answer of Google a Day’s question from April 16.
Join.me – In the golden age of online sharing, now computer screens are added into the mix, and for free. Join.me lets you share your screen with others, and see other people’s screens. No registration is required, which is a huge plus in my book. Instant online meetings are a breeze, as the Join.me team explains: “just click share to download and run the app and share your screen, instantly. No need for a plane, train, or sandwich platter. Just gather at join.me.”
Want more goodies? Join.me offers free mobile viewers for iPhone, iPad and Android, and the screen sharing system comes with free chat and file sharing as a default. This is a most valuable service to use, whether for professional or personal reasons – it’s simply a must!
Proust – For those of you unfamiliar with Marcel Proust, the man after which this website is called, here’s the gist: This 19-century French novelist is most famous for his work In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927), where the main character, while having a pleasant visit at a relative’s house, is taken aback by a powerful moment of involuntary memory -his childhood- and goes through a strong emotional experience, all as a result of the Madeleine cookie’s taste in his mouth. Proust the website plays on the same family moments theme and offers an easy platform to create, document and share family memories.
Sign up to Proust.com and start creating your story. The system will ask you a few questions to get you started, and from then on you can share these, send questions to family members and see where the story takes you and your family. Here’s Tom’s story as an example. To learn more about Proust.com watch the video below.
QVIVO – Hoping to revolutionize the way we consume and share media content, QVIVO offers an impressive bundle of user actions and experiences, all focused on your favorite music, videos, films, and social network friends. Once installed, QVIVO will automatically create a mega library with cover art, trailers, actors, artists and more from the files on your computer. QVIVO has taken care of the format issue to allow you to play all files, regardless of where you purchased or imported them from.
All the great perks I’ve mentioned above are nice and dandy, but where QVIVO really shines is in the social sphere. When your friends are also connected and using this app, you can see what they’re watching at that very instant, see if they like it, post your own status, comment on and interact with them.
InToNow – This cool iPhone app is all about fun friendly interactions centered around your favorite TV shows. Show your friends what show you’re currently watching using InToNow’s smart instant recognition system (it will even show your friends what episode your’re watching), and see what your friends have to say. As with most social apps, InToNow also offers sharing your real-time show viewing info with friends on Twitter and Facebook. InToNow is available on iTunes’ App Store. So what are you watching now? Here’s what the app looks like on the iPhone.
Fitango – Although the name suggests fitness support and inspiration, Fitango is here to help you reach your goals, whether in health and fitness, self development, finance, even your love life. Once you’ve signed up (use Facebook connect if possible – saves you the time of registering), go the the Plan store – the program collection neatly listed by categories. There you will find tens of action plans, many of which are free (paid plans range between $1.99 to $7.99).
Once an Actionplan has been selected, the Fitango site and expert team will guide you through the different steps toward your goal. In addition, the Fitango system allows you to connect with other Fitango community members and designate motivators to help you stick to your path. I decided to get in shape and explore the 8-Week 5K Training Plan for Beginners. What’s your goal? Try Fitango and you’ll find how easy it is to pursue it.
Weekly App: Everyday for iPhone – This cool photo app for the iPhone is all about creating a personal visual timeline based on the pictures you took. Take your pic on a daily basis (you can use the app’s reminders to make sure you get into the habit), share these on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or Flickr and create a video time lapse of all your photos. Everyday is a cool App that makes taking photos and processing them a fun and creative experience. Available on the iTunes App store. To learn more, see the video below.
Utopic.me – If you want to know what’s going on right now in terms of new movies, cool music, viral videos and events in your area, who to better consult than your friends? Utopic is a new innovative platform that allows you to discover the important and inspiring things your friends are into, right now. Simply connect via Facebook or Twitter, and see immediately what’s buzzing around your social circle. I logged in with Facebook connect, and here’s what’s hot in movies, according to my best pals (to see your own sign up first):
Using Utopic is super easy and fun, and each category page is loaded with photos plus brief description of each entry. Give it a try and see what’s in store, thanks to your friends!
What’s App – This cash saving mobile application lets you send and receive messages for free as long as there is an Internet or Wi-Fi connection available. The What’s App Messenger service works on and between various mobile devices including the iPhone, Blackberry, Android and Nokia. This means you and your friends don’t need to have the same device to use this service as is the case with many other free SMS apps; it’s a cross-platform tool that gives you lots of freedom and productivity. Another cool option What’s App offers is sending images and videos as part of the chat/SMS platform (available only to iPhone, Android and Blackberry users). In short, if you haven’t downloaded this super cool app, you should. Right now.
Flow – Using ‘cloud’ technology, Flow is a productivity app that makes task and and team management a no-brainer. This app prides itself in offering super-organized tools to make sure you stay on top of all your projects and to-do lists, and in offering a work from everywhere approach. Since the cloud plays a central part in Flow, that means different people can access the same content in different locations using different devices, while still being able to collaborate with each other in real-time.
If you feel Flow is just the push your team or work environment needs to reach higher and better goals, I encourage you to give Flow a try; they currently offer a free 14-day trial, no credit card necessary. Sign up here.
GoPollGo – Everyone loves posts. Even when I’m not voting for or against the relevant issue, it’s always interesting to see what’s the trend among voters. Now there’s an easy and fun way to create, vote on and share polls of your choosing, thanks to GoPollGo. You can use this platform to find an honest reponse to a question you may have, or to stir a healthy discussion in the community. My personal favorite popular poll is When you have a question, where do you look first? GoPollGo is particulalry useful to researchers both novice and experienced, as much of the research in social studies is based on anonymous polls.
Creating your own poll is easy as voting. Simply sign in with either Twitter or Facebook connect and hit Create New Poll. Here’s how simple it is to get your poll on its way: