please, carry a notebook
August 15th, 2007
If I’ve said it once, a lot of other people have said it a thousand times. If you want to work or even have a hobby in the creative world, you have to…let me repeat…HAVE to carry a notebook.
This has been written about time and time again online as well as in various books. In fact, a google blog search of “always carry a notebook” returned more than 20 results of recent posts on the topic. The reason why? Creativity is difficult, often impossible, to schedule.
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Google SMS
August 9th, 2007
OK, OK. So I’ve been a little…um…bad about posting regularly. Though I deserve to be flogged and to spend some time in the stocks, I humbly ask for all of your forgiveness and ask that instead, you give comments on my posts. YES, I realize that’s REWARDING me for my naughtiness, but c’mon…be naughty back. It feels good.
I just wanted to drop a quick note about something that I find incredibly useful for looking up information on the fly…Google SMS. Assuming you have an unlimited or nearly unlimited SMS plan for your phone, this is a free service (currently in beta) offered by Google. The concept is simple: you text a question to Google, and it texts you back with the answer.
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my productivity system
July 7th, 2007
Ahh, the ever uphill battle of personal productivity. Selecting from the bevy of time management or productivity systems out there alone will suck the life out of your productive time without missing a beat. Everyone’s got an opinion about what works and what doesn’t and everyone’s pretty gung-ho about why. So should dan throw his proverbial hat into the mix? Yes. Should he throw his actual hat into the mix? I’m not exactly sure how I would go about doing that…
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my take on the iphone
June 29th, 2007
OK, so this isn’t a review…I haven’t gotten my grubby little fingers on one of these bad boys yet. It’s more of an opinion piece based on the documentation and initial reviews that are available. The premise: Is the iPhone worth waiting for days on end outside of a Mac store or AT&T store?
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