between what is certain

Stop interrupting yourself

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:16:39 -0400

All day long I place all kinds of distractions in my way. Here’s what you can do to cut down on the noise:

1. Unsubscribe from just about every email list you are a part of

2. Don’t have the news emailed to you - you’ll live

3. Keep your email inbox clean, as in empty.

4. Use filters (gmail) or rules (outlook) to push your other email straight to folders so they don’t show in your inbox. Then look at those folders once a day or once a week (or somewhere in between).

5. Change your browser home page to blank. I often hop on the computer with great intentions of getting something specific done, but it is interrupted by some articles on CNN.com that grab my interest.

6. Open my feed reader once a week, not every 15 min

Re: Thinking About Groups

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:21:31 -0400

Re: Thinking About Groups: Perhaps.

But it could be as simple as Google creating an API for Google Groups.

Re: Thinking About Groups

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:23:51 -0400

Re: Thinking About Groups: What’s missing from the net in terms of groups is something much more fundamental. We need an infrastructure-like groups service. I create the group on that service then can use that group around the…

Don't use LegalZoom to get a tax number (EIN)!

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:20:00 -0400

I thought I’d use LegalZoom to quickly process the creation of an LLC. Surely since it is a web app with low variable costs - it wouldn’t be too expensive.

Turns out I was wrong. They wanted to charge $80 to get a new tax number from the IRS. Yea, the same thing that is free and very easy to get here:

https://sa1.www4.irs.gov/modiein/individual/index.jsp

"Memory is an interesting thing too: allowing us the opportunity to see how important the opening and..."

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:10:13 -0400

““Memory is an interesting thing too: allowing us the opportunity to see how important the opening and closing of those doors is.””

- Kristin

"In March, Americans drove 11 billion fewer miles on public roads than in the same month the previous..."

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:27:04 -0400

“In March, Americans drove 11 billion fewer miles on public roads than in the same month the previous year, a 4.3 percent decrease — the sharpest one-month drop since the Federal Highway Administration began keeping records in 1942.”

- NY Times - Fuel Prices Shift Math for Life in Far Suburbs

Re: Tracking Time? Try Chronosx

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:30:48 -0400

Re: Tracking Time? Try Chronosx: What about RescueTime? www.rescuetime.com A bit scary on the privacy side, but once you get past that….

Bobulate » Announcing New MFA in Interaction Design

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:23:52 -0400

Bobulate » Announcing New MFA in Interaction Design

RepairPal

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:09:45 -0400

RepairPal: For cars

Re: Managing "Unproductive" Meetings

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:18:36 -0400

Re: Managing "Unproductive" Meetings: Good point.

But would you respond to me had I emailed you? (probably apples/oranges, since in a way you wrote me first)

Re: Managing "Unproductive" Meetings

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:18:36 -0400

Re: Managing "Unproductive" Meetings: This is kinda funny. I post a comment to your blog. You often respond personally (and quickly) and yet I don’t know that I would feel comfortable writing you an email.

Strange world this internet.

Re: Managing "Unproductive" Meetings

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:18:36 -0400

Re: Managing "Unproductive" Meetings: Fred,
“Try to do it right in the meeting if you can.” Have you ever made a phone call or sent an email in one of those meetings that you regretted later? In the moment you thought that this kid has…

A model village grows up gracefully - Telegraph

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:55:53 -0400

A model village grows up gracefully - Telegraph

Quotes

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:10:23 -0400

These “” things are very funny. I use them a lot (probably too much). Today I realized that I use them in two very different ways.

1. To show the literal. If I’m referencing something someone said or from a webpage, I’ll throw quotes around it. (“all options on the table”)

2. To show the opposite. As in, implied meaning or even sarcasm. (I “tried” to get up this morning to go running.)

Strange.

Long Bets - The Arena for Accountable Predictions

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:50:21 -0400

Long Bets - The Arena for Accountable Predictions

Apple and the Procrastinators' Dilemma | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:54:34 -0400

Apple and the Procrastinators' Dilemma | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog):

The article states that the reason HP, Sony, Dell, and others are losing market share to Apple is not due to the hardware, but because of the OS. There’s no way to differentiate between themselves because they all sell Windows.

ASUS is developing EeePC and the author argues others will follow. Frankly it is the only way someone can challege Apple.

AND, this becomes much more doable because of three things:

1. Internet (desktop apps aren’t as important)

2. File standards

3. Unix (take a flavor of unix and modify it, just like Apple did with OSX)

Re: The Weird Economics of Information

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:41:15 -0400

Re: The Weird Economics of Information: I agree on openness, but what about patents and other IP that VCs supposedly love?

You could argue that you don’t have to give away the family recipe to get the benefit of sharing, but aren’t you…

"I’d like to have him code in the war zone and not in a sandbox."

Fri, 30 May 2008 12:33:51 -0400

“I’d like to have him code in the war zone and not in a sandbox.”

- Corey

Re: Web Discussions: Leaving The Instigator Out

Thu, 29 May 2008 11:10:23 -0400

Re: Web Discussions: Leaving The Instigator Out: I can see why you would want it all in one place, but I can also see the benefit of having separate conversations (maybe because of privacy or specific interest [music vs. investing] or to include…

Re: Apple TV vs Roku Netflix

Wed, 21 May 2008 18:30:09 -0400

Re: Apple TV vs Roku Netflix: it’s about the content. Netflix (dvd) wins overall on the content side because of the variety. Apple TV wins in the device category because it has access to better movies (some might debate that).

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