Most who know me know my passion for technology in general, but I'm nothing if not THE Apple enthusiast. Yes I have my iPad 3G 64gb coming, own the iPhone, and a fully loaded 17" MacBook Pro. In fact the entire River to Shore Group uses Apple technology to create better marketing materials, maintain better communications, and have more capabilities wherever we are. 

 

If you're into social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like, TweetDeck is the best aggregator I've seen. In addition to making it incredibly easy to make posts to whatever accounts you have ownership of or administrator rights. When a post is made in a channel or column you created on the deck, it will feed that post automatically through Adobe Air which places the message into a neat, small, translucent window in any corner you prefer. Goto TweetDeck.com to download the software and try it out. It's fabulous to write and post one message that's appropriate for 5 accounts in one click, photos, and more.

 

 

 

Another natural addition to your communications palette is the Mac Mail plug-in known as "Herald" written by Erik Hinterbichler from Mountain View, CA (Where else?). It's simply an elegant solution, beautifully coded, and a must have for someone who want's to be on top of their email.

 

 

Since using it I find I can quickly delete the items I'd be deleting when I poured over a long list of unread mail, immediately respond to those items requiring it, and simply check off that I read those that I want to keep that require no response at all, or lastly simply click it off for me to deal with within Mail at a later time. 

 

It is highly customizable and there is simply nothing I can find wrong with it from either a design or function perspective. Goto: http://erikhinterbichler.com/software/herald/ for a free download. You might want to donate some $$ to the author letting him know in green what you think of his fine work. 

 

If you do use it, please post your comments here so others can read the consensus on this plug-in