21st Century Tools

There are a plethora of tools available that enable you to accomplish more with less effort. These tools are free (as in free beer) and offer you the freedom to work from anywhere and have complete control over the streams of data swirling about your life.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Tools What does it look like?
Self-actualization
  • iGoogle
  • networks
Do you have one dashboard that enables you to see all of your goals, tasks, notes, communications and collaborative documents? Do you have one place to manage everything?
Esteem
  • WordPress
  • Google Docs
Are you empowered to share/publish your perspective and receive feedback?Do you easily collaborate on documents with others?
Love/belonging
  • Gmail/Zimbra
  • Skype
  • Facebook
Are you easily able to communicate with family, friends and colleagues whether near or far?
Safety
  • Gmail/Zimbra
  • Thunderbird
  • Dropbox
Do you have secure primary and secondary email passwords?Do you archive backups of your email in case of server failure?Do you have automatic file backups?
Physiological
  • linux
Secure Powered computer with connection to the Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs

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