Daytum for iPhone

I love my Windows Phone, and there is not a lot of things that make me miss my iPhone, but this Daytum App is one of them (Please make a Windows Phone version!).   It feels like this app has been a long time coming.  Daytum helps you collect, categorize and communicate everyday data.  When easier to collect information, than as it happens?  

The Extraordinaries

It is easy to make excuses about not doing volunteer work, but what excuse do you have not to do a little micro-volunteering? The Extraordinaries is a group that helps everyday people do good, 35 seconds at a time. Just go to their website or download their mobile app and get access to all sorts of small activities that will help others. You can help a child out of extreme poverty by providing some worlds of encouragement, tag some photos for a local museum, or help build a database of dog shelters. Lots of the activities can be done right from your computer or phone. Most take less then a minute. You can do good on the bus, while waiting for take out, before going to bed, or in an otherwise unproductive meeting. What is your excuse now?

I couldn't be more excited about this app if I had thought of it myself.

Self Control App

Having trouble getting stuff done this week? Maybe all you need is a little self control. Or if that fails, this Self Control App for the Mac. It allows you to temporarily block those pesky, addictive websites that you just can't get enough of. You don't have to block them permanently, just long enough to get a few things done.

Barcode Plantage

German design student, Daniel A Becker, had created this great interpretation of a barcode reader. Barcode Plantage is a barcode visualizer, programmed using Processing. The program turns barcodes into coloured Bezier curves, complete with an auditory interpretation and definition of some of the number's meanings. Prints of the barcodes are available for $7 each.

Takes All Types

Takes All Types is leveraging the power of Facebook to help with blood donations. It's a Facebook application with a purpose. Users register their blood type with Takes All Types and then notifications are sent to them when blood is needed in their areas. This is one of the smartest Facebook apps I've seen. It's raising awareness and building a blood donation network by using the enormous force of a social network. If you are not a Facebook member, you can still register with Takes All Types to receive phone, text, email or fax alerts of blood shortages in your area.