Here’s just a total brain dump of various “do it easier/faster” tips that I’ve collected recently:
Check movie listings on Google by typing: movies: your-movie-name. If Google already knows where you are, the first clickable result will be all your local listings. If Google doesn’t know where you are, you’ll get a place to input your […]
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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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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’m enroute to Vegas today and will be there all week. Probably not much time for blogging. I thought I’d put this cool new SplashCast player here and just dump more media into it throughout the week. SplashCast is at DEMO today, showing this thing off. I was lucky enough to get an early account.
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Really great YouTube clip of Tony Buzan holding forth on the features and benefits of mindmapping. Fascinating stuff from the master himself….
Relatedly, for utter information overload, check out this list of mindmapping tools. Or, check out this relatively recent list of narrowed down options. That second list turned me onto Gliffy, which is best described […]
I wrote earlier about this book, and the MarketingProfs book group discussion about it. The discussion starts here, if you’re a MarketingProfs member.
When I wrote the first post about this book, I was really taken with it. I still am, but my enthusiasm is a little bit tempered now. I wasn’t exactly sure what […]
Jeffrey Phillips tagged me on this meme, so I’ll be a good sport and participate. I guess I’m supposed to list five things that aren’t generally known about me:
I wear a bone conducting hearing aid
I’d rather be surfing
I taught English in South Korea
I’ve bungee jumped (3 times!) off a bridge in Washington State
I’ve climbed Monkey […]
Just to keep the creative juices flowing, I’m firing up another little web project. Nothing earth shaking, but I think it’ll be fun. It’s Yamhill.TV. This is an “internet TV channel” for Yamhill County, Oregon (where I live). I’ll interview interesting local people, check out some events in the area, etc. I just released the […]
I’ve been thinking lately about what overarching ideas guide folks like us (you know, smart people who want to do good work, but only when it’s good work we want to do). I’ve examined my own ways and I think I’ve isolated 15 16 (how convenient!) principles that I tend to follow. I’ll list them […]
UPDATE: Here’s mine!
Though I’ve been remiss about pointing it out, hopefully you haven’t missed it. In case you have, here’s your chance to catch up with the rest of us. Rajesh Setty, an entrepreneurial powerhouse who blogs at Life Beyond Code, has taken the bull by the horns and has asked a TON of people […]
My interactions with physical pens usually consist of a few seconds of scrawling my signature on some letter. I rarely write much text longhand these days. Except this time of year, and other special occasions, when I write personalized notes to folks. My ink-stained fingers are evidence of the labor of the last four hours. […]
I have a really hard time buying presents for other people. This makes it tough at work, when I’ve got to buy either 10 gifts that are similar in value, but personalized to each person (signaling how much I like them, care about them and think deeply about them) OR 10 gifts that are identical, […]
