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Those who know me know that I spend a ton of time online. I have a process that generally begins with checking Twitter, seeing something cool/interesting that someone has tweeted and reading about it. That article or post will give way to another that is recommended by the site and so on. When I run out of things to read on that site, I'll go back to Twitter and repeat.

This process yields many open tabs at once - and almost as many ideas that pop up. I have been trying to find an efficient way of jotting down or recording these ideas and the webpages that spurred them...but it hasn't been easy. Until now.

Enter thinkery (http://thinkery.me) - a web app that "helps you focus on the important things and lets you access tons of information in an instant." They bill it as "your extended brain on steroids" and I have to agree.

Thinkery allows you to quickly type a thought or note into your own free web-based brain space or you can use the bookmarklet to save a web page by right clicking on it with.

Organizing these items is a snap with the familiar #tag function. Want to keep a to-do list? Simply type in that thing you have to remember along with #todo and you instantly create a to-do list category. Once it's done, you can archive or delete the task.

Best of all, it's free. Give it a shot today at http://thinkery.me.

I was at South Plains Mall Saturday and, being directionally challenged as I am, got turned around several times while looking for particular stores. To make matters worse, the usually easy-to-identify, giant mall maps were nowhere to be found.

I thought aloud, "It'd be cool to have a mall GPS map." And it would be...however, due to my lack of knowledge in the realm I had no clue where to start.

Alas, there is no need as the smart folks at Point Inside have created a free iPhone and Android app that does just that. They have mapped out major malls and airports across the country, making it a useful download. On top of that, it's free.

For more details go to http://pointinside.com

One of the coolest things I've seen in a while.

1. I still drive my car.
2. I carry things - keys, cash and cards.
3. I need to get my medical reports “faxed”.
4. I age.
5. I plug my computer in.
6. I put effort into exercise.
7. I walk places.
8. I traveled to universities and work.
9. I sleep.
10. I will die.
11. I sit for 6 hours on a flight and write posts like this.
12. I think for my computer.
13. I eat bad food because it tastes better.
14. I meet people by happenstance.
15. I waste resources.
16. I contemplate my family’s safety.
17. I make investment decisions.
18. I make purchase decisions.
19. I know a foreign language.
20. I educate my child.
21. I know people with mental health problems.
22. I know people with diseases.
23. I don’t always know when people are lying.
24. I breathe polluted air, drink impure water and eat contaminated food.
25. I typed this post.

As a youth, I dreamed that at least 80% of this list would have been dealt with technologically....