authorSTREAM Desktop – images & video for Powerpoint 2007

authorStream have launched a plug-in for Powerpoint 2007 that allows you to search and add images (Bing) and video (YouTube) to your Powerpoint slides. You can see how it works in the video below. authorStream does similar things to Slideshare in hosting and sharing your presentations as well as enabling you to upload them to YouTube. All handy if you use Powerpoint a lot. But does anyone? I use it for wireframes…until I decide which wireframe app to start using.

Free Agent and Javelin

FreeAgent is an online accounting solution for small business and freelancers and Javelin is an online CRM solution for businesses. And now they’re integrated. Even more reasons to run your business through your browser. Javelin are offering a 20% discount off your first year’s subscription. Just use the code FREEAGENT when you sign up.

Econsultancy article – using social media for marketing and monetisation

Excellent presentation from Econsultancy covering their use of Twitter to drive traffic and revenue.

Nice example of real world analysis and putting your website where your mouth is.

Click here to download. It’s free for members (and I think it’s well worth being a member).

CubeTree

Haven’t had a chance to look through everything CubeTree has to offer but looking at the Features page it’s a pretty impressive service. Collaboration for the enterprise (which you’ll probably need to be to afford it) but they have a free plan for individuals. They offer multiple clients, integration with services like TripIt and Google Docs and all securely in your own network (like Yammer).

AgileAgenda

We use Basecamp with BoxUK who develop and manage our clients website and it works well for collaborating on projects and development and with our design partners. But because Basecamp is part of the ‘less is more’ camp sometimes you need a separate planning tool to work up the detail of the project you’re running.

This is where AgileAgenda can help – it’s an Adobe Air based application which means it will run across Macs and PCs (and Linux although I haven’t tried it there yet). It comes in two flavours – the standard edition and the Basecamp edition, the latter of which allows you to link your Basecamp account and use the scheduling features of AgileAgenda to help build a sensible plan.

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