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I gave this post a lot of thought.
After all, how many pragmatists out there believe in the strategy of visualizing one’s life goals?
Like a picture of your dream house, or an ideal vacation you want to take.
On one level, the concept of a vision board can be cast away as pseudo-psycho babble.
We learnt it as kids.
It’s only as adults we have forgotten the goal setting power that can be in an image.
So how do we do away with the scissors and glue for a digital version of a vision board?
Let’s make a run at make our own vision board with a free software calledRipt.
Ript is quite a serious tool for collecting and collating information that’s all around in our digital world.
As the homepage of the site mentions, Ript is part scrapbook, part to-do list.
That’s just the combo we need to use Ript as a visual goal setting tool.
So, that means we can screen grab everything apart from full videos.
This is how Ript looks like on our desktop.
The main interface is called theTabletop"
ThePileis the tool for capturing content.
To rip an image (also called ascrap), opt for image and drag it to the Pile.
A new text scrap can be inserted anywhere (without ripping anything) by typing the text.
Image and text scraps can be used to create as manyPagesas we want.
Pages are also viewable inThe Light Boxthat’s the area down below.
Making My Own First Vision Board
I have a dream of travelling around the world.
My first stop - Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand.
But first, let me add some information about the place by clicking on the littleInfoicon.
Ript flips the image over.
I can rename the image name and add my own descriptive notes in theNotesbox.
Ript also saves the link of the source file.
Ripping several images gives me a vision of vacationing in New Zealand to think and dream about.
Adding a few lines of text can make it a bit more descriptive.
The zoom slider can be used to blow up the pictures on the page.
That’s it"my first vision board is ready.
As originally intended, Ript is a very useful tool to gather information and arrange it like a corkboard.
The simple drag and drop style of gathering content makes it a rapid tool for lumping together information.
Ript is in beta, so there will be some desirables from users like you and me.
An addition of text formatting functions would be a notch for user control.
I sometimes also kept wishing that I could grab the screenshot of an entire page.
Or, how about a slideshow feature as the tool is built around collecting images so slickly?
The list of desirables is growing longer so here are the limitations that come with the software right now.
Ript works best with Internet Explorer.
With Firefox, problems arise while ripping frames from Flash movies.
But as Ript is in Public Beta right now, these creases should be ironed out with time.
Ript(Beta) is a 8.7MB download for Windows XP and Vista.
Image Credits:geoftheref,gak,jorgazmo
