Channel Management

This is an initial attempt to think about and manage my personal Collab:Channel Overload.

First-pass taxonomy:

• Where to file
• Where to check
• Where to publish (being social)
• Priorities
  • Priority
  • Periodic
  • Ambient. Okay to miss stuff (e.g. Twitter).

Digital Channels

Email

• eekim.com
  • gmail.com (forwarded)
  • burdenslanding.org (forwarded)
  • hcs.harvard.edu (forwarded)
  • ddj.com (forwarded)
• blueoxen.com
  • blueoxen.org (need to forward)
  • blueoxen.net (need to forward)

Wikis

I follow all of my low-traffic, MediaWiki wikis via RSS (Google Reader). WiserEarth, PBWiki, Socialtext, and Wikispaces wiki have email notification.

• Blue Oxen
  • Blue Oxen corporate
  • Collab Collaboratory
  • Forge
  • Kitchen
  • Working Wikily
• Blue Oxen projects
  • LLC
  • WiserEarth
  • Smart Money Award
  • Socialtext wikis
• Personal
  • private (behind firewall running on PurpleWiki. Needs migration.)
  • eekim.com
  • burdenslanding.org
• Wikimedia
  • Wikipedia
  • strategy
  • Meta
  • West Coast Wikiconference

Filing

• Wikis (see above)
• tumblr
• Google Reader tags
• Twitter favorites
• Slideshare favorites
• Evernote
• File system
• Batchbook, Google contacts for business cards.

Photos

• F-spot for private. (Will migrate to Shotwell soon. Maybe Picasa?)
• iPhoto on MacBook Pro. Mostly migrated to F-spot, but not totally synced.
• eekim Flickr for public.
• blueoxen Flickr for Blue Oxen public.
• Evernote for whiteboard photos.
• Haven't found good private, work-related photo sharing. MediaWiki uploads. Perhaps Picasa for Google Apps?

Social Networks

• RSS feeds (Google Reader)
• Twitter
• Identi.ca
• Facebook
• Flickr

Paper Management

• ScanSnap for scanning
• Paper file cabinet
• Shoeboxes for mail, receipts, biz cards.
  • Investigating Shoeboxed.com for receipt / business card scanning.