Learning how to say no can be hard, but it’s something that I feel can really help you be more productive, reduce stress and do a better job with the things you do say “yes” to. I’ve always been pretty good at saying no (hopefully at the right moments) and I’ve found that saying [...]
I’ve never been a big user of chat, but I know many people who are and recently I was cajoled into trying to make myself more available to others via iChat. For the most part I find chat applications to be very useful and I see them as potential time savers if used in [...]
Resource: Successful Blog
I’ve had so much great feedback on my “Be a more productive blogger” post that I’ve decided to dedicate a Web site (and blog) to the concept. Way back I did a series of posts over at Asterisk on how to design, build and maintain a successful blog. Those posts were [...]
Resource: wikiHow: A how-to wiki
Via Wired comes news of a great resource for DIYers: wikiHow.
What you’ll find on wikiHow are all sorts of how-tos. Everything from making martinis to how to construct a septic system. How-tos are submitted by users and are fairly detailed in the main. The search feature [...]
A week or so ago I was laying in bed working on my Powerbook. My fiancee, Staci, leaned over to me and asked, in her cutest 5-year old girl voice, “Are you going to snuggle-buggle with your ‘puter-wuter all night?”
I chuckled and replied, “Yeeeah. What of it?”
She went back to her book, good-naturedly [...]
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If you’re like me you work with technology for a good part of your day every day you work. Then you go home and work, or chat, or play video games or watch TV. I know on most days I check my e-mail about 5 times a night after work. I use the excuse [...]
Over the last few months I’ve taken some serious steps toward getting my e-mail under control. There are a few things that have worked very well for me and I’d like to share them with you.
* Keep your inbox empty. You may already do this, and if so, you now how hard [...]