[Pauldotcom] Email Management

[Karl Schuttler]

Robin,

That feature is in RockBox, known as a bookmark. Not exactly a desktop
app, but I thought it fits the criteria of 'open source media player'.

Karl

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com> wrote:
> Something I'd love to see for mp3s is the ability for them to hold a
> bookmark. I hate getting partially into a podcast on my pc then coming
> back to it the next day and having to remember where I left off. If I
> could bookmark where I was in the track I could come back whenever I
> wanted and be straight back to where I was. It has to be possible to
> use a tag to record the current position when a track is stopped then
> restore to there when starting again.
>
> I bumped into a top boss from the ipod team after my first shmoocon -
> amazing how you get talking to in restraunts - and suggested it to
> him. He mustn't have liked it as it hasn't made it in as a feature
> yet.
>
> Any open source media player developers reading this and fancy a challenge?
>
> Robin
>
> 2009/1/5 Raffi Jamgotchian <raffi at flossyourmind.com>:
>> wtih emails I check right away and delete or move anything.  I started
>> working with filters to autotag stuff, but very early on. I also have
>> too many email accounts.  work (consulting), soccer (I'm the town
>> commissioner), blogging site/social networking, and personal.  I plan
>> on combining some so that will help the number of boxes I need to check.
>>
>> As for podcasts, I too have a long commute and while I'm on a job site
>> and not interacting with clients I have my headphones in.  For Blogs,
>> I use NewsGator and NetNewswire which also syncs with my iphone. I'll
>> browse through blogs at random times, but lately I've fallen behind.
>> I started eliminating blogs and combining others using Yahoo pipes.  I
>> allow certain blogs to come through unfiltered like the security
>> related ones.
>>
>> Anyway. You have to find a way that works with your schedule and work
>> habits. Don't use an ISP email address. Get your own domain and/or use
>> one of the internet services like gmail and yahoo.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 5, 2009, at 11:43 AM, John H. Sawyer wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Brian,
>>>
>>> Congrats on your recent graduation.
>>>
>>>> So do you have any tips to get the information out while still
>>>> having time to do your job?
>>>
>>> E-mail: I try to stick to the Inbox Zero method but it is easy to get
>>> bogged down. http://www.43folders.com/izero  I also do a lot of
>>> server-
>>> side filtering so the e-mails go into the proper buckets that I can
>>> review based on their importance.
>>>
>>>> As a follow up, how do you manage your time to keep up with news and
>>>> podcasts?
>>>
>>> News: I subscribe to all the blogs/news that I read in Google Reader.
>>> From there, I sync my Google account with Byline on my iPod Touch
>>> that caches everything for me to read offline when I'm doing
>>> everything from riding the bus to feeding one of my infant twins. I
>>> can star the items that I want to review further and do that on my
>>> laptop later on.
>>>
>>> Podcasts: iPod Touch comes into play here, again. I sync up and listen
>>> when I'm cooking, riding the bus, walking around campus, waiting for a
>>> meeting, etc.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps. Good luck,
>>>
>>> -jhs
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