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Archive for February 2007

February 28th, 2007

So many toys (and a request)

This is a totally bifurcated post. Part one describes a few recent distractions. Part two is a call for help.
Part one:
I’ve been messing with new toys. Twitter, for one (this is me). You can post from IM, or TXT or via the web. Also, I’m kind of eyeballing Jaiku but haven’t set up an account. […]

By Bren -- 5 comments

February 25th, 2007

Another chance at MindMeister

If you missed out on getting one of my MindMeister invitations the other day, here’s a second chance. Over at Behind The Glasses, Grigor is giving away 20 more MindMeister invites AND he’s offering interested bloggers a chance to participate in a shared mindmap about the future of blogging. Go forth and mindmap!
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By Bren -- 3 comments

February 23rd, 2007

Fantastic entrepreneur panel

Here’s a really great video (just about an hour long, so get comfortable) of Guy Kawasaki moderating a panel of unusual entrepreneurs. Panelists include the founders of Suicide Girls, HotOrNot and Fark. It’s a fantastic way to spend an hour–hilarious and informative!
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February 23rd, 2007

MindMeister is great for mindmapping

This morning I read on Mashable that there’s a new mindmap web app in private beta called MindMeister. I was lucky enough to get an invite and I’ve been messing around with it.
So far I really, really like it. The controls for creating new nodes are very intuitive (tab to create a new child, enter […]

By Bren -- 25 comments

February 22nd, 2007

Corporate video blogs

Remember when blogs were so controversial in big companies? Now there are tons of execs blogging and hardly anyone blinks. I think there’s also been a shift in the way people view blogs, particularly those written by corporate types. Personal blogs still feel personal, but corporate blogs….uh….don’t.
I was visiting friends in San Diego last weekend […]

By Bren -- 1 comment

February 19th, 2007

GTD Masters

Just a quick pointer to The Cranking Widgets Blog where Brett has a really cool series of posts (two up so far) called GTD Masters where he interviews some well known GTD bloggers. Great idea and great reading!
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February 17th, 2007

TechJive is live

My buddy Jason is unleashing his latest web creation upon the world: TechJive. It’s a little bit lifehacker-ish, but with a decidedly technological focus. Jason rocks Mac and PC, so he knows his shizz. The site is new and still growing content–definitely one to watch if you have a technical bent.
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By Bren -- 3 comments

February 14th, 2007

Begin, again. Again.

I have this stupid love/hate relationship with goal setting. On one hand I get all jazzed about a new goal and I get energized by the thinking and strategizing that goes into developing plans for world domination meeting the goal. On the other hand, in some ways I look down upon the whole process as […]

By Bren -- 2 comments

February 6th, 2007

Lean and agile

Fellow Portland biz blogger, Skip Angel, has started a new blog: Leaning towards agility. Which is, as I understand it, a blog about how to apply Lean and Agile concepts to more than software development. Should be fun to read. Skip previously blogged at Random Thoughts from a CTO.
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February 5th, 2007

SuperBowl commercials

I don’t know anything about football–I didn’t even know that the Super Bowl was last weekend until someone told me last Friday. But I always like checking out the commercials. Which is kinda weird since I don’t really watch TV much. But whatever. Here’s an embedded player that has 30 of last weekend’s commercials in […]

By Bren -- 0 comments

February 4th, 2007

LinkedIn Answers (everything?)

I’ve spent the better part of the last couple of hours browsing LinkedIn Answers and asking myself, “How could I have overlooked this?!” It is simply awesome. The deal is that you submit a question to your network, wait for the answers to roll in, then “close” the thread by awarding a respondent a green […]

By Bren -- 2 comments

February 1st, 2007

Two quick updates

I’m still suffering in Las Vegas without much time to blog, but I figured I’d throw up a couple of notes here. First, I recently mentioned Laurence Haughton’s seminar that he did and I said I’d provide the link to the archive when it was finished. Here’s the link. You gotta jump through a couple […]

By Bren -- 1 comment