» STORE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT

You can set up an multiple categories in your free account for different types of information. The following examples show you several categories that can setup in anyInput.

Category Example Attributes (Fields)
Movies Title, Genre, Staring, Purchased From, Paid (USD), Release Date, # of Discs, Features, Rating, IMDB Link
Manufacturing Assets Name, Tag, Location, Hazmat, Part, Serial, Date Last Serviced, Serviced By, Tools, Date Installed, Lead Time for Parts (days), Manual Location, Equip. to Lock, Work Instructions
Books Title, Author, Publisher, Publish Date, Review
Companies Company, Street, Phone, Fax, Notes, Website, email, City, State, Zip, Contact
Video Games Game, Console, Manual?, Box?, Approx. Value, Rarity, Notes
Lab Equipment Control #, Serial No., Description, Manufacturer, Model #, Range, Cal Duration (mos), Last Calibrated
To Do Lists Task, Completed, Due Date
Wines Wine Name, Vintage, Quantity, Bottle Size, Physical Location, Cost, Purchase source, Tasting Notes, Drink Dates

If the these template Fields don't exactly match your needs then you can customize them or create Fields from scratch without using a template.

With anyInput, storing information with characteristics that you define is easy.

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» SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE STORED

The information you enter into anyInput is shared by default and can be viewed by anyone. (Sharing can be disabled as well)

You may want to share information such as your collection for others to see. After all, you are proud of your collection since you spend a lot of time and energy in its creation.

Lastly, information sharing benefits the community since users will find your information and gain knowledge that they did not possess before.

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» DISCOVER THE INFORMATION OTHERS ARE SHARING

anyInput contains a lot of diverse user information. Finding information you are interested in is easy using the tagging system or search engine.

Use the search engine to find specific information that a user has. For example, you could search for "Alien DVD" to find out what other sci-fi horror DVDs a user owns.

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Use the tagging system if you are just browsing information and do not have a search term in mind. Start with the Popular Tags Cloud and click on a Tag that you are interested in.

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» CONNECT WITH USERS THAT STORE INFORMATION

When browsing information you may come across information that you have questions about. You may be interested in finding out more from the owner of that information.

anyInput has an internal messaging system that you can utilize to make contact with other users.

Also, anyInput users may be the subject matter experts of the information that they store. For example, a user may store items of equipment. You have similar items of equipment that you are having trouble using. This user may be an expert on using the equipment so making can contact with the user may be of interest.

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