PVC Pipeline | Distribution

This coming Monday, we’ll be releasing our third newsletter: PVC Pipeline | Distribution. As you can guess from it’s name, this one will be focused on the broad subject of alternate ways of getting your creation out into the world - from podcast production (including an insightful article from Alex Lindsay on the Pixel Corps’ experience producing podcasts for themselves as others, as well as Allan Tépper’s review of a tool he uses for his podcasts: Übercaster), to getting distribution for your independent movie (a great roundtable discussion led by the FreshDV folks, including award-winning producer/writer Jerome Courshon, and Scott Kirsner of Variety), to a tutorial by Michael Vitti on creating buttons for a custom DVD. So if you haven’t subscribed yet, do so now - it’s free, and you’ll get to enjoy these articles weeks before anyone else.

Workflow for your Business

Within this industry, there is a lot written about, misunderstood, and confusing information on workflow.  Let’s get this straight from the start, I’m not about to fix any of that.  I’m going to talk a little bit about business workflow.  You know, what actually keeps your business alive. 

In the past I’ve mentioned such tools as ReQall, Tripit, and others.  Today I’m going to offer a few more tools that are really helping me. 

First up is Jott.  You may already be using Jott, if not, sign up today.  It’s a competitor to ReQall, but with a lot more to offer.  What Jott has done, is partnered with a ton more other sites and technologies to make their service really valuable to my daily workflow. 

Here’s how it works…

Two More Cool Tools for Your Business

I find that I am using these two clever tools more and more.  Both are relatively new startups so there’s no telling how long they’ll be around, but word of mouth will hopefully keep them thriving so I can continue taking advantage of them.

First up is ReQall.  In short, I have ReQall as a speed-dial on my phone.  While going about my day, I find myself daydreaming and occasionally might get a great idea, or need to remind myself of an upcoming task.  I hit ReQall speed-dial and I am prompted with a female voice asking me if I’d like to “add” or “ReQall”.  You simply say “add” and wait momentarily for the beep.  Then leave myself a voice message.  Within 5 minutes or less, I get an email of my memo transcribed perfectly.  Then daily I get updates as to my ReQall items.  Think of this as having 24/7 access to a voice recorder and secretary.

The second tool I found myself using during this NAB is Tripit.  Sign up at tripit.com and they’ll ask for your email address or addresses that you frequently use.  Nowadays, upon making any sort of travel reservation such as hotel or airline, you usually receive an itinerary via email.  Simply forward that itinerary you received from, well the hotel, travel agent or whatever, to tripit.  It uses your email address to create an online itinerary of all of your pertinent events.  It goes further to provide directions from the airport to hotel (if necessary), and even supplies you with the local weather forecast for the days location to which you’re traveling. I found it was easier to simply click on my iPhone Tripit icon and get everything quickly and easily.

I’m always on the lookout for more tools such as these as I am inherently lazy, um, creative in finding time-saving tools.  More to come.

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