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Archive for April 2007

April 29th, 2007

All-Ett is still a killer wallet

Just a quick pointer over to Kevin Kelly’s venerable Cool Tools page where the All-Ett wallet gets a favorable review. This isn’t the same wallet that I reviewed a while ago, but it’s made by the same folks. The one I (still) use is the smaller “junior” version. I still dig it and if it […]

By Bren -- 2 comments

April 25th, 2007

Putting friends on your IM leash

I’m not much of an IM guy, but lately I’ve been kinda digging it. Twitter has helped, but I’ve been finding IM to be really handy for quick check-ins and questions that aren’t too bothersome. Also, I will admit that it can turn into a bit of a timesink if you let it.
I learned a […]

By Bren -- 5 comments

April 20th, 2007

Strategic incompetence

Fascinating article popped up today regarding strategic incompetence. That’s basically the idea that from time to time it may behoove you to demonstrate an inability to learn to do something. I am convinced that this behavior pops up in two specific places: one process-oriented and one position-oriented.
From a process perspective, when folks get overloaded then […]

By Bren -- 2 comments

April 18th, 2007

GTD prowl

I’m totally on the GTD prowl right now. I hath fully fallen from the vaunted GTD wagon in recent days and it is taking a toll on me. Unread emails: 146 from as far back as three weeks ago; an unknown number of dropped commitments given verbally; projects that have stalled or never started; a […]

By Bren -- 14 comments

April 11th, 2007

Breakthrough

My friend Lisa Haneberg has a new book out (haven’t read it yet, but look for the review soon). To help promote the book she’s riding her motorcycle, Purple Haze, across the country and back. What a great trip that’ll be! You can check out her tour dates here. Lisa also made this neat […]

By Bren -- 1 comment

April 2nd, 2007

Simple tools

I will freely admit to you right here, right now, that I’ve been very relaxed…inconsistent, even…about reading my pile of RSS feeds. I think I have too many of them and I get frightened when I fire up Google Reader and see “100+” next to every category folder. Ugh. So the result is that I […]

By Bren -- 2 comments

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