2007 Shareware Awards: Writers Take Note
The winners of the 2007 Shareware Awards [the awards program was established in 1992] were announced just last Saturday. The awards website lists the nominees, indicates the winners and provides easy links to each software’s homepage and a direct download link.
Among the nominees and winners were a handful of programs of direct interest to writers:
ClipMate – This powerful program won the Best Application category. It puts countless “clips” at your fingertips, available for pasting into your documents. The full power of the program, which costs $34.95, is described at the website.
Microsoft Office 2007 – What? This is shareware? Well, anyway, Microsoft continues its dominance, walking off the the Best Business Application award.
MyLife Organized – One of three nominees [Google Earth won], this program looks awesome. On the surface, it appears simple and straight-forward, organizing one’s task list in the familiar tree-hierarchy structure. However, through a couple of additional steps of ranking priority and time, the program extracts a Next Actions list, which really helps to clarify what one should be doing to accomplish long-range goals. The program ties in neatly with the well-known Getting Things Done methodology. The website itself is one of the most informative software sites I’ve ever seen, especially if one follows the links — if nothing else, explore the site and learn a lot about setting and accomplishing goals. Follow the link to the 43 Folders articles about To Do Lists — and from there listen to the podcast series. I’ve just downloaded the evaluation version of the program — I’ll probably report back after some weeks with a full review. NOTE: This program complements and does not replace scheduling programs such as EssentialPIM.
RECOMMENDATION: Click the link to the 2006 awards as well. You’ll find interesting programs there, including some of the top text editors
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