Posts Tagged ‘FastCompany.com’

Online Privacy: Check Yourself (Before You Wreck Yourself)

May 17th, 2010


Maintaining your privacy online isn't as simple as Pirillo puts it, but his tweet made me laugh, because it's such an important point. Awareness and prudence are more critical than any piece of software or privacy setting when it comes to protecting your personal data. Over at Fast Company this week, I took a stab at the most important things you can do to protect your privacy online. It's common sense, worthy of repetition.
Online Privacy: Check Yourself (Before You Wreck Yourself) [Fast Company]

How Networks Transform Culture

May 6th, 2010

In the past three months Anil and I have been to events in six different cities talking about Expert Labs and how the White House used ThinkTank to compile feedback on the Grand Challenges initiative. At Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored event in New York City last month, Anil absolutely killed it in a 12 minute presentation that hits the nail right on the head. Press play to check it out.

Four Google Apps Marketplace Apps Worth Trying · For my latest column at Fast Company, I took a spin through the just-launched Google Apps Marketplace and found four apps worth hooking up to your domain. (One of my picks, TripIt, does a smart job of merging your existing account with your Google Apps account, too--the model for how any service that plugs into Google Apps should work.) Here's the full story. · March 11th, 2010, 2 comments

Latest Videos: Time Blocking and Google Wave for Business

March 9th, 2010

My latest two videos are up at Fast Company: one's on firewalling your attention with time blocking, and the second is on three ways to use Google Wave in your business.

The time blocking piece is actually a personal confession about my hermit tendencies. Sometimes I just shut everything off, fall off the face of the planet, and have some uninterrupted me-time. I've had co-workers say to me, "Um, where did you go today?" and the answer is usually "To my happy place, a distraction-free zone." As you'll hear in the video, at my last office job, I actually used to schedule a meeting with myself complete with a conference room to get away and focus on something for awhile. Here's the 2 minute, 37 second clip.

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Latest Videos: Singletasking and Personal Googlejuice

February 23rd, 2010

My FastCompany.com video series continues with two new installments: one on reducing multitasking, and the other on claiming your name on the web.

The singletasking bit is timely, as I've been on a mental deep dive working on ThinkTank these past few weeks, surfacing to see what I might be missing on the internet very minimally. When your brain sinks its teeth into something worthwhile, time and space cease to exist--the key is getting to that special state of flow, the zone. Singletasking is one way to help yourself get there.

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Funneling Social Media Updates and Google Buzz

February 10th, 2010

My latest FastCompany.com video segment, shot several weeks ago, is about managing your social media updates, partly by funneling them all into one place (like your email inbox).

Then Google Buzz launched.

So, here's my social media productivity two-punch: first the video, then a walk through Google Buzz's more advanced features.

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Must-Know Browser Tricks · My latest at FastCompany.com dives into your browser's options dialog and keyboard shortcuts: Five Browser Secrets of Power Web Surfers · February 8th, 2010