I was browsing the Download Squad Web site today and they mentioned a nifty outline application called LooseStitch.
LooseStitch is a Web-based application that lets you easily create outlines and share them or allow others to work on the outlines with you. You don’t really have to sign up — just create an outline name and provide your email address and LooseStitch will give you the URL for your outline.
Once you’ve created your outline, it is easy to start adding items. You can set due dates for items, mark items as completed and easily shift the order of your outline items. I really like the feature that allows you to invite other people to work on the outline. This seems like it would work great for collaborating with my co-workers.
LooseStitch also gives you a link that you can embed in your own Web site or blog. Your outline will appear and each time you update your outline on LooseStitch, those changes will automatically show up on your Web site or blog. One thing I did notice is that when the outline is embedded in your Web site, the items that you have “completed” do not appear crossed off as they do on the LooseStitch page.
It seems to me that there are lots of great uses for LooseStitch — working on your novel or term paper, planning your grandmother’s 90th birthday party, or collaborating with your colleagues on a project. If you want to pay a bit of money ($24.95/year) you can get a pro account. The pro account lets you manage all of your outlines from a single window. You can also attach images, pdf files, audio and video — up to 100MB.
To see LooseStitch in action, watch the screencast below (best viewed in HD in full screen):
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P.S. Please ignore the ugly little window in the bottom right during part of the screencast. My mistake after a long day of work.
