For all you iPhone users out there, I’d like to share one of my most favorite free apps for keeping and organizing all sorts of lists. Zenbe Lists is a free and easy-to-use iPhone app designed to let you create multiple lists of items or tasks and automatically sync it to a free web based account. This feature allows you to share lists online with other users you specify. The sync feature also provides the benefit of an online back-up of any lists you create on your iPhone using the free Zenbe iPhone client. Simply search “Zenbe” in the App Store on iTunes to download.

As mentioned above, the sharing options makes Zenbe Lists great for people who need to access and edit common lists. That means anyone who has access to a particular list can edit, add or delete items and the changes are Immediately visible to all assigned users. This eliminates any confusion over who has the latest version, common problem with paper lists.

Sharing can also be done via email. A simple tap of the “share” button in the Zenbe Lists client on your iPhone creates an email message that contains a link of the list your want to share. Anyone with an iPhone with Zenbe Lists installed can then open the list by clicking on the link and save a copy of the list in their Zenbe Lists.

If you don’t need advanced task management or list creation features, Zenbe Lists provides a simple and straight forward option for managing multiple to-do lists. But it’s the iPhone app’s online syncing and sharing that is the killer feature.  The best part is that it’s free which makes it a cool tool for keeping your grocery and to-do lists synced between multiple devies and availbale on the web without dealing with all those paper scraps.

Have you ever wished you could send yourself a text message or email reminder but didn’t have access to your computer?  Jott.com is a free web based service that converts your voice into emails, text messages, reminders, lists and appointments all from your phone. You can also set-up messages by typing directly into a web based form on the Jott website. I’ve been using this service for about a month now and I must say the voice recognition is fantastic.  Below are some of the specific features of Jott: Read the rest of this entry »

How many times have you come across a particularly useful website that is full of information but you are only interested in a small specific portion that you wanted to save send to a friend or colleague?  While you can always email a link to the page, your recipient is often confused since they are required to scan the entire page when you are only trying to highlight a certain section. Read the rest of this entry »

Visual voicemail is one of the more intriguing features of Apple’s iPhone.  The only problem is you have to be an AT&T Wireless customer and have to cough up the money for the iPhone itself to enjoy the benefits and convenience of visual based voicemail.  For all the rest of us who have smart phones other than the iPhone, there’s a new free alternative available that offers visual voicemail to anyone for free.  The service is called YouMail and it offers a ton of interesting and useful features.

Visual Voicemail

Instead of listening to voice prompts and having to wade through messages you may not want to listen to, visual voicemail presents your messages in list form either on your phone or in a web browser on your computer. You can now see who called, where they called from and even their picture.  This way, you can easily pick and choose which message to listen to in a random access fashion. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, the Web 2.0 darling Twitter.com has been gaining quite a bit of traction in the micro-blogging space. With it’s simple and easy to use web based interface you can post quick text messages to a world wide audience or just your circle of friends. You can also include URL links within the 140 character limit in each text message or just post what you’re up to at any given moment. Read the rest of this entry »