I need a little help from my friends to get the job done. How do I stay on top of stuff and remain creative? Here are some frequent tools I use to help me do that.Personal Assistant and GTD (Get Things Done) Helps
- Smartphone: Treo 680 (it's smarter than I am, not free)
- Remember the Milk (online task management, free)
- Jott (call it in, it send people your transcribed emails, and it's free)
Online Tools
- Worship Planning Center Online (great planning interface for worship, songs, PDF uploads, timing)
- CCLI and Song Select (subscription, able to cover all the legal copyright so my musician friends can eat)
- iMacro (Firefox browser interface that can automate online actions)
- Google Reader (RSS feeds to catch up on the websites I follow)
- Blogger (hosts this blog)
- Firefox Browser (faster, secure, and more customizable Explorer or Safari)
Spiritual Growth Tools
- The Message Remix MP3 Audio Bible (listen in my car on the way to the office)
- crosswalk.com Bible resource (online word study with NASB and NIV)
- You Version Bible (helps with journaling)
Music Gear
- Line 6 Variax Electric Guitar (models 20+ guitars)
- Line 6 PODxt Live Floor Board (connected with CAT5 to guitar)
Computer Stuff
- MacBook Laptop Computer
- Quicksilver (great interface on the Mac, keyboard based instead of mouse, once you get used to it, it's much faster, I'm a keyboard shortcut FREAK)
- Garageband (record scratch tracks, drum loops, and vocal rehearsal tracks)
- Western Digital External Harddrive (use with Mac's Time Machine backup for all computer files)
- Dreamweaver (helps me code HTML/CSS for weekly email I send to 200+ worship family)
- Photoshop (for graphic design stuff, now on online version)
- Cyberduck (upload files to web via this free FTP software)
- Toshiba copier (scans music to PDF...fast)
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