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introducing :: sospep - a quick tour

In this issue we take a QUICK TOUR of the "sospep" web application suite by exploring one of the sospep "DAPPS" that I have created named "my-BC". I like to share this "DAPP" with my friends and family who are (or are planning) to visit my home province of British Columbia(BC), Canada. I hope that that this enables them to choose the "Locations, Events, ..." in BC that are of most interest to them during their stay here and ... I also encourage them to ... SHARE/ADD/EDIT ... their thoughts/ideas/opinons and their Locations/Events/ ... to make the "my_BC" DAPP even better.

about :: sospep ~ the app

sospep - is a suite of web based applications for Personal Information Management(PIM).

The sospep suite consists of 6 core component applications, that provide you with a foundation to build upon and is easily extensible with additional optional components to provide the specific enhanced functionality that you need.

The primary goals of sospep are TRI - FOLD. To make it incredibly easy to ...

1. ] Use the the sospep core component applications to create, gather, organize and structure "your data" in a manner that is most effective for you.
2. ] to SHARE/publish/distribute/ that data with "your people" desire in the way that works best for you (EMAIL, WEB PAGE, SMS, social, PRINT ) that best meets your needs and ...
3. ] to DOCUMENT - record, measure, assess and analyze the "things" that need to be documented, recorded, measured, assessed and analyzed.

....more details on art 1 - getting started with sospep-places

so, what's this DAPP, APP and COMPONENT stuff?

A "DAPP" (short for Data Application) is just a collection of related data. DAPPS are easy to create, publish(share) and use. You can use pre-defined DAPPS that have already been created to quickly structure your ARTICLES/ITEMS/STEPS/PEOPLE/TASKS and LOCATIONS into existing containers OR you can define and create your own DAPPS in exactly the manner that is most logical to you.

An "APP" is an additional "optional component" that "you choose" to add to "your sospep" to provide additional specific functionality. An example of an app is the "money" app. The money app enables you to track the expenses associated with the any/all of your sospep dapps. Anyone can easily add existing apps to your sospep in a few clicks, you can even create your own specific custom apps (if you know a little javasript)

A CORE COMPONENT is one of the 6 core "applications" that currently make up the sospep pims suite.Everyone has the same core components in their sospep, you can then choose or create the OPTIONAL apps and dapps that you want ... to customize "your sospep" to meet your specific Personal Information Management(PIM) requirements.

So let's get started on that tour of the "my bc" DAPP by clicking the "PLACES" app icon from the sospep home page, here you will find a collection of public ATLASES, click on the ATLAS named "Canada" and then click on the MAP named "BC".

...more details on art 2 - creating sospep places - Atlases, Maps and Sectors

PLACES - atlas, maps and sectors ...

The screenshot above is of the collection of "Atlases" contained in the sospep named "public". I choose to make this dapp/map PUBLIC so that i can share it with everyone. By default, all of your sospep data is PRIVATE to you only. You choose to share which of your data that you want to share, with which of your PEOPLE that you want to share it with.

Below is a screenshot of the collection of the "Maps" currently contained in the Atlas that I created named "my B.C." Each of the sospep core component applications work in a consistent fashion, to organize your data in a manner that is consistent with the real world counterpart. The "Places" component uses "Atlases" to contains Maps, "Maps" contain Sectors and Sectors that contain "locations".

...more details on art 3 - creating sospep places - Sectors

A SECTOR contains - YOUR LOCATIONS

So now that we've arrived at the view Locations page which displays the contents of a given Map Sector. The "view locations" toolbar offers many options to work with multiple 'locations' records in a single operation. You can MOVE, COPY, DELETE or even EDIT multipe records in one operation. You can also PRINT, EMAIL or SMS your locations. One of the options that I really like here is the COMBINE records option that enables you too select a subset of any of the current sectors Locations and work with multiple records together.

...more details on art 3 - creating sospep places - locations

sospep-PLACES - your LOCATIONS MANAGMENT APP

... uses ATLASES, MAPS and SECTORS to organize "your ..."
LOCATIONS -
in the "my BC" dapp - I have created a collecton of my favorite locations ...

... more details on art 3 - creating sospep - places - Locations

sospep - EVENTS - your TIME MANAGEMENT APP

... uses CALENDARS, PLANS and TASKGROUPS to organize your ...
TASKS - in the "my BC" dapp example - .. I used Events to create a list of some of the more popular events in the area. Once i knew when they were coming i set up a schedule ahead of time ... I even created daily Agenda's for each day of our trips

... more details on art 3 - creating sospep - places - Locations

sospep - PEOPLE - your CONTACT MANAGEMENT app

... uses COMMUNITIES, MEMBERS and MEMBERGROUPS to organize and work with your ....PEOPLE - you can Call, email, social,in the "my BC" dapp - i've created a list of the people that ...

... more details on art 3 - creating sospep - places - Locations

sospep - SYSTEMS - your PROCEDURES MANAGEMENT app

... uses SERVERS, APPS and PROCEDURES to organize and work with your ....
STEPS - in the "my BC" dapp - I've created and included some step-by-step instructions on getting around our locale, including usint the local transit system as well as ...

... more details on art 3 - getting started with sospep - systems - a quick tour

sospep - OBJECTS - your INVENTORY MANAGEMENT app

... uses WAREHOUSES, INVENTORIES and ITEMCATEGORIES to organize and work with your ....
ITEMS - buying , selling, locating,
in the "my BC" dapp - ive created a list of some of the more popular "BC" products that my visitors might like to shop for, buy and take back home with them as a souveneir.

... more details on art 3 - getting started with sospep - objects - a quick tour

sospep SUBJECTS - our KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT app

... uses LIBRARIES, BOOKS and CHAPTERS to organize and work with your ....
ARTICLES - in the "my BC" dapp - i've written a few "journal" entries for each of the places we visited, outlining our travels. I shared this with some additonal family members as well. In the time it took to write 1 "email" about our adventures, i was able to share them with anyone that I wanted.

... more details on art 3 - getting started with sospep - subjects - a quick tour

why do i need sospep - i already have an address book

of course you do - me too. As a matter of fact even more than 1 ....

... more details on creating "content articles" for your sospep places ....

In addition to the features described above sospep has many additional features that provide even more functionality. In the comings months our newsletter we will take a look at what you can do when you combine the data from one of your sospep apps (ex "sospep places") with the data from another of your apps ( "sospep people" ) application data to create a "really suite" address book that has some pretty nifty functionality

 
Stay tuned and THANK YOU for your time!

Don Sagrott
sospep.com ~ the new pims

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