Archive for April, 2007
June 16: Email Detox Day!
I stumbled across some really interesting posts by Tim Ferris about how blackberry addiction and, by extension, email addiction is wasting far more time than it’s saving.
Tim’s idea is to declare Father’s Day “Email Detox Day” where we’ll all go for 24 hours without checking email even one time. I’m in.
Spread the word!
Worst Corporate Video Ever
Tip of the hat to Hugh Macleod for pointing me to Johnny Moore for one of the scariest videos I’ve ever seen. Not ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ scary, but creepy scary. It’s so bad it has to be a spoof, but the production values are really good. How can this happen?
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They’re at it again
New feature for Highrise. Concept to launch in 48 hours, along with rationale for the change published to all their customers and the public at large.
Simply amazing. How can companies afford to be closed with this going on?
On Making Better Connections
Just finished Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi. I picked it up because I struggle whenever I’m at ‘networking’ type events. I’m not exactly shy, although that’s part of the struggle, but I do have a tough time engaging in conversations.
The author takes his “connecting” activities to an extreme; although he warns against [...]
37Signals.com; cool software, great marketing, amazing product development
I’ve been blown away by a new (for me) discovery of a software company called 37signals. They offer project management, contact management and other software all ‘as a service’ — you sign up online and start using it automatically, without any downloads or client software to install. Their latest offering is a contact [...]