Ryan Holmes Tools Quotations

For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity.

We've all been inundated with so many ingenious, must-have, time-saving apps and tools that we really don't have a second left to spare.

One of the ironies of a conference dedicated to all things digital and virtual is that the best ways to connect with people are surprisingly old-school. Social media tools can improve the odds of a serendipitous encounter at SXSW, but old-fashioned hustle, palm-pressing and - above all - creativity go a long way.

A swarm of new business tools coming to phones and desktops near you promise to boost efficiency and streamline collaboration by borrowing social features from the likes of Facebook and Twitter.

Social media listening tools make it easy to track brand references and mentions, and these functions can still be handled ably by a small, dedicated team.