I don’t know if Evernote is indispensable as I don’t remember working without it. It’s installed on each of my computers and every reinstall of Windows since 2005… Evernote3 has only made life easier, simpler, with syncing in the cloud. It’s the goodness of never having to chose between storing stuff on this computer, that …
Capturing information has to be as low-key, as easy as it can be. Smooth, is the word I’m looking for, I think. My favorite capture tool since 2005-ish has been Evernote. Highlight, CTRL + C, CTRL + ALT + V to create a new pasted note from anywhere within Windows. But back then Evernote was …
“We haven’t been a nation of small towns for nearly a century. […] She embodies the most basic American myth — Jefferson’s yeoman farmer, the fantasia of rural righteousness […] […] the patina of cultural homogeneity that camouflaged 1950s suburbia has vanished. We have become more obviously multiracial. There are lifestyle choices that were nearly …
If you feel it’s all just too much information and you don’t experience the stream of information available to you as something great and laid back then you might be suffering from Intention Deficit. Intention Drives Actions Normally we intent to do something with something at a specific time and place. Thus we find ourselves …
Adopting a “first in, maybe never out” approach to RSS feeds assures you have tons and tons of content from sources you know you like. It’s there, ready to go when you want to enjoy it. This Saturday morning, for example, I passed in bed with some heavenly espresso (Italian stovetop method, yes) and tons …
My main reaction to the idea of information overload is one of disbelief. David Allen does a wonderful job giving words to that disbelief: "If information overload was the issue you’d walk into a library and die. The first time you surf the web, you blow up." Now as we don’t have people dying or …
Gmail works great as a personal nerve center. An efficient way to get data into the system, apart from typing it or using the Send To button or GmailThis bookmarklet, is a combination of Google Reader and FeedBurner. Whenever I come across something in Google Reader that I might want to use as reference material …
In karate there is an image that’s used to define the position of perfect readiness: “mind like water”. — David Allen, Getting Things Done I find web applications, scripts, fascinating. Like water their natural state is stateless. And like water they have no memory at all. Every time you interact with a web application is …
Nothing beats the authentic smell of fresh home-made bread and coffee in the early morning. Bread and coffee both have those authentic smells you just can’t fake. For years I’ve been kneading my own dough and baking my own bread. And even though the time that I have available has been considerably reduced as I …
To strive towards the highest and even most noble code of conduct is not only a matter of personal conviction but also makes for sound business sense.