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Dec 11, 2009

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Friday Readership - Business Motivational Quotes, eBook readers and Meetings

So Friday's coming to an end... it's almost weekend so I decided to post some of the cool articles that stuff that caught my attention this week. Let's start with the poster I found on the Signal vs Noise blog:

This is so true - and it's why everyone in my company works remotely and when we meet, we eat lunches, we hang out and talk, we don't work together "physically", we use this time to recharge our batteries, get to know each other better and have fun... and loosely talk about our business.

The End of Book Publishing As We Know It by Michael Hyatt

I'm still not sure if what Mike is writing will really be the case so quickly and if 2010 will bring so much change... however due to the fact that the content is "in the cloud" this could really start happening...

I've read my last books on my iPhone and now I also started purchasing audio-books... there will be lots of new ways of digesting content and it'll be really exciting to see what the consumers will eventually choose as their "dominant" way of "reading"... or there will be no dominant way? Just a set of really powerful alternatives?

101 Motivational Business Quotes by Neil Patel

Neil has compiled a list of really cool quotes, I'd also add additional one by Henry Ford:

"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." -- Henry Ford.

Out of the list Neil posted I really enjoyed the one about "buses" by Richard Branson and about competitors by ... Henry Ford, but there are a lot more that will definitely keep you going and keep you motivated while you think about your startup this weekend.

Do you have any inspirational quotes for me for this weekend and next week and beyond? What do you think about new era of publishing with ebook readers taking place of books?

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I'm Michael Sliwinski and I'm an entrepreneur who's also the...
.. Founder of Nozbe.com - a time and project management web application
.. Editor of Productive! Magazine - a global PDF publication on productivity
.. and a blogger as well as a producer of a weekly 2-minute Productive! show.

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white says...

Dec 11, 2009

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Are you using todo's ?

I think I am finally managed how to use todo's in the most optimal way. At least, for myself.

First of all, after trying out many different things, I've found myself using Remember The Milk all the time. I think I just understood that there is no silver bullet and no product that I'd give all my love to, until I'll build it myself. But it might not be worth it, as I can live with existing ones.

So here they are, my major points.

I don't put todo's if I don't put a due date for them. No due date - nothing to do. (This point really helped!)
If I have more than 2 things for the specific day, I prioritize it with RTM's three levels of priority. It works the best, although, I'm not really excited with the way how I see this in RTM, but... whatever.
Every night I do review the todo's for tomorrow (or the next soonest date). If you missed something, change the due date. Someone might find this addictive, but probably because of my psychotype, I find that the need to reschedule something gives me more pressure than missed due date.
Don't plan strategy, plan actions. If you can't do this in one or two steps, it's not one todo, but two or more. I think the GTD principle shares the same approach.
I didn't manage to handle dependencies very effectively, but I keep myself pretty much organized with due date & priority combo.
Probably todo's are not the right thing for repetitive actions, but I'd probably play more with that.
Todo's are not your day schedule. And I found myself unable to keep a decent schedule (although sometimes it's pretty tempting to).

Have fun!

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Bev says...

Dec 11, 2009

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TeuxDeux

Yes, yet another GTD web app for me to try - and I really do think this is the one for me (just like I did with the previous 738).

TeuxDeux is a simple, designy, browser-based to-do app and the first collaboration between studio-mates swissmiss and Fictive Kin .

The idea was to build a bare-bones, but visually compelling and highly usable to-do app based on Tina’s personal ideal work-flow.
Features include:

* - week overview
* - check off done tasks
* - delete tasks
* - move tasks
* - someday bucket

via teuxdeux.com

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Dec 11, 2009

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What deux yeux have teux deux teuxday? via @danielgavilan

VISITA: teuxdeux.com

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Mi amigo @danielgavilan nos recomienda TeuxDeux y nos describe la aplicación como:
"Excelente herramienta para organizar las cosas que tenemos que hacer durante el día. Buen diseño, aplicación web #gtd http://teuxdeux.com/"

Nos vemos, @metrapach

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Dec 11, 2009

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I'd buy that book

Make lists. Not too much. Mostly do.

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Dec 11, 2009

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Google Chrome: Auto Pin Tab

One of the Firefox extension that I really like is FaviconizeTab, it allows you to shrink any tab down to only a web site's favicon to save precious tab bar real estate. You can also set certain URLs to automatically launched in Faviconize state every time you launch Firefox.

In Google Chrome, this can be done without any extensions. 'Pin Tab' feature is already built into Google Chrome. To enable this feature, all you need to do is, right click on the tab and select “Pin Tab” from the bottom. However, to make Google Chrome open with permanently Pinned Tabs, you will need to add some commands to the shortcut.

Locate the shortcut for Google Chrome depending on where you usually launch Google Chrome. (Start menu or Task Bar)
Hold 'Shift' and right click on shortcut for Google Chrome. Select 'Properties'
In the address area for 'Target:' you will need to add the following command to the end of the target path. Leave a single space in between the final quote mark and the "pinned tab count command". Enter the number of permanent pinned tabs that you would like to have in place of the "x".
--pinned-tab-count=3
Then, you will need to add the URL for each website that you would like to have as a permanently pinned tab after the "pinned tab count command". Leave a single space in between each URL and the "pinned tab count command" as shown below.
"C:\Users\Bobby Leong\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --pinned-tab-count=3 https://mail.google.com https://www.google.com/calendar http://www.facebook.com
Once you have that finished, click "Apply", then "OK".

Once you start Chrome (and each time thereafter) you will have a very nice set of permanently pinned tabs ready to go.

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bobbyleong says...

Dec 09, 2009

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Google Chrome: Extensions now available!

Finally, after a year of waiting, extensions are currently available on Google Chrome Beta for Windows and Linux, and on the Dev channel build for Mac. The extensions gallery includes 371 extensions. Most of the extensions are lightweight, simple and minimalistic interface and few of them are customizable. There's a Gmail extension that displays the number of unread messages from your inbox, an extension that lets you subscribe to feeds, a Google Reader notifier, a Google News button, an ad-blocker, a Google Tasks button, Twitter and Facebook. So far there is no complex extensions such as, toolbars, download managers and etc.

Here's a list of Chrome extensions that I'm current using:

Xmarks for Chrome Beta
I use Xmarks to synchronize all my bookmarks on my desktop, laptop and the cloud. It's also able to synchronize between Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and across multiple profiles, if needed.
Send from Gmail (by Google)
This extension will open a Compose window in Gmail when you click any email address on a webpage. It also provides a button that will create a Gmail message when clicked, using the page title as the subject and selected page text and link address as the message. It makes forwarding a link or contents to your friends as easy as 1-2-3.
Aviary Screen Capture
Aviary Quick Screen Capture addon will perform a screen capture of the visible portion of any webpage and then open the capture INSTANTLY in a basic image editor where you can do markup (draw arrows and rectangles), edit (crop, rotate and resize) and get the exact pixel colors of the image. Must have avid bloggers and designers alike!

Some Firefox extensions that I miss:

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rinkjustice says...

Dec 09, 2009

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Fitness, Fast and Free: "The Hundreds" Workout

There's a line spoken in the 1977 epic Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope that I will never forget. The words seemed profound then, as a snotty-faced seven year old boy, and it continues to be profoundly truthful to this day.

Princess Lea, reponding to the severe looking Governor Tarkin who had boasted the Emperor's power, said:

"The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

Whoa. Doesn't this nugget of wisdom seem ever relevant today? We use personal productivity systems and mobile devices and rush hither and thither (it's an actual word, look it up) and yet the more we try to control our time, the more time slips through our fingers and we are left empty-handed.

That's what my personal exercise regime "The Hundreds" tries to address. Even if you're time-starved and cash strapped, you can still get in decent shape doing this dirt simple system. You can be exercised and back to ruling the galaxy with an iron fist within 15 minutes.

Here's What You Need:

Weights. Any kind. Even milk jugs will work

A way of keeping count. You'll be doing 100 reps of any given exercise, and you may find it hard to keep track of how many reps you've done if your sets are in small increments. Pennies, wall tacks, a scratch pad, whatever

Now Here Are The "Rules" of "The Hundreds" Workout:

You must do 100 reps of one, and only one exercise. If you are doing push-ups, do 100 push-ups. Don't mix up different exercises to get to 100 reps. You want to work the same muscles, and doing only 20 reps on a muscle group isn't going to be enough

You must do the 100 reps within 1 hour. The reps cannot be spread out over the day

Extra reps cannot be carried over into the next day

Keep good form throughout. Stop when your form gets sloppy

That's all you need to know. If you do 100 reps of any reasonably challenging exercise everday, I believe you will be much better off. You can do these reps anywhere, anytime. You don't need a gym membership or equipment, only the will to dedicate 15 minutes to improving your fitness.

P.S. If you're interested in more cool bodyhacks, have a peek at my book / e-book Get Stronger, Faster, Smarter - Zero to Superhero. It's a bit dated now, but most of the information within is still quite "underground".

P.S.S. Now I know there is another "The Hundreds", as popularized by the brilliant 'Buying In: What We Buy and Who We Are' by Rob Walker - but it has nothing to do with that.

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MichaelNozbe says...

Dec 08, 2009

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New uncluttered space is a place for creative thinking

As I've already mentioned on my blog, we've moved to a new apartment where I'll finally have a dedicated room for a home office. I'm working currently on the whole IT-office-setup for my home office and for our house. It's a constant work in progress - but the main "theme" is to have the least clutter possible....

If you've been following my blog for a while know, you might know my cool clutter-free cabinet.

It's a thing I've been really proud of - takes the least amount of space and manages to pack my laptop, external monitor and another laptop (that acts as my home server)

Less space is cool, but there is no room to breathe

Now that I have a dedicated room to work, I have a big desk where I can fit all of my stuff and have lots of space to feel better... and I must tell you - having a big desk with just a few things on it and lots of "unused" space feels really fantastic... and gives you more "creative room" to breathe and think.

It's a work-in-progress but it's almost done now

I'll post next week about the results of "pimping my new desk" and you'll see the steps it took to make it really perfect.

One important hint - don't put anything on the desk unless you need it there.

The desk I have is really big... so started "littering" it with stuff... because I could :-) ... and I made it really quickly an impossible place to work... I had to get rid of everything from my desk and only put the stuff I really need there - my laptop, my other laptop and hardly anything more... and I could work again.

If you can - get a big desk and make it clean and uncluttered

Having lots of clean, uncluttered space on the desk makes you feel great.. and creative... gives you space to breathe and if you have to sit by this desk 10-12 hours a day to get stuff done, this makes a big difference.

What's your working space? What's your productive desk? Link them up! Let me know!

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I'm Michael Sliwinski and I'm an entrepreneur who's also the...
.. Founder of Nozbe.com - a time and project management web application
.. Editor of Productive! Magazine - a global PDF publication on productivity
.. and a blogger as well as a producer of a weekly 2-minute Productive! show.

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Piotr says...

Dec 08, 2009