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GTD Podcast Wrapup
Some final cool tidbits from the 43folders podcast with David Allen: -On committing to your organization process: either your head is your organization system, or it’s not. David obviously recommends against using your head, but if you’re going to start getting things out of your head, you’ve got to get everything out. As soon as [...]
More on Procrastination
Another gem. Merlin just referred to one Amy Lamonte, who says “you need to give yourself permission to write a shitty first draft.” Something good will come of it, even if it had nothing to do with the original draft.
On Procrastination
My airplane listening (hey, it was a long flight!) was a series of podcasts by Merlin Mann at 43folders with David Allen, the personal productivity guru and one of my heros. I stumbled across David’s email newsletter back in 2001, and printed/saved them until his best seller Getting Things Done came out in print. Heck, [...]
The Problem of Anonymity
My airplane reading this for this trip is a book I’ve wanted to read for a few months now: Small is the New Big by Seth Godin. It’s a collection of ‘the best’ of his blog posts over the past 3-4 years. While I spend a lot of time reading online I still appreciate holding [...]
Business Travel Essentials
I arrived in San Diego late Sunday afternoon and have checked in at the lovely La Avenida Inn on Coronado Island. It’s a very comfortable (and affordable) little motel which is the perfect place for my psyche. They have friendly staff, clean and spacious rooms and a top notch cable TV selection. I’ve never really [...]
Heading South
I’ve acquired a slight head cold so that can mean only one thing — I’m heading off on an airplane! Yep, I leave Sunday for the Stellent Crescendo conference. I’ll be meeting with some of our hosting customers, the Stellent sales / partner crew and hopefully learn some more about content management too. The only [...]
Have you heard of this iPhone thingy?
Not sure if it made the local paper but those kooky funsters at Apple have announced a new cellphony/music player/web surfer thingy. It got a little bit of press on cable. Honestly, I was worried that I would end up as the only blogger who didn’t post about the iPhone announcement. But then I couldn’t [...]
Inspiration in Dog Walking
I’ve been having trouble thinking of topics to write about this week. Well, ‘Personal Blog’ stuff anyway. I spent some time pulling together a quick ‘Business Blog‘ to show some colleagues at work. If there’s some interest I might get one started at work. But it’s been tough finding things worth writing about once I [...]
Motivated to Innovate
I’ve been reading a lot of Seth Godin’s stuff these days. LOTS — books, e-books, blog posts and anything else I can find. He’s not only a breath of fresh air but he’s helped me look at the work I’ve been doing in a new way. How’s that? Well, in Free Prize Inside he talks [...]