In the depths of email overload desperation last week, I wished email messages had an 140-character limit like Twitter updates do. In response, two people recommended doing what Kevin Rose d... Read more
Got to put on my personal finance hat over at Lifehacker this morning in my feature on how to squeeze every last dollar out of your income tax return. Six years of being a freelancer and tax... Read more
This succinct set of workday guidelines is a nice blueprint for getting productive on the important stuff and ruthless about cutting the crap. Written on a unknown “major corp” w... Read more
Smarterware.org has been live for two weeks now; it’s still positively fetal! Still, it’s been so much fun starting something brand new with free software and a cheap hosting pla... Read more
Had a fun week flitting about various online outlets, and I wanted to share the carnage I left behind. Over at Harvard Business, I get all Stephen Covey on your ass and published a post on h... Read more
Leaving your full-time job in the midst of a recession is either a really stupid or really smart decision. Since I just made the move myself, I’m going to make the case for smart. If y... Read more
Anyone who makes things for a living should watch author Elizabeth Gilbert’s 20 minute talk at the TED conference this month (full video below). Gilbert published the mega-Oprah-bestse... Read more
Because I’m a total sucker for life lesson self-help crap, I love the idea of Read more
60 Minutes interviews Coldplay’s front man Chris Martin about how he writes hit songs. Being “openly neurotic,” Martin makes sure he captures song ideas the moment they str... Read more
Programmer Jeff Atwood says that using “new and shiny” technology isn’t what counts; it’s about using tools that work. His rant is programming language-specific, but... Read more
Doctors and airplane pilots use safety checklists in the operating room and in the cockpit. Even if lives don’t depend on how you do your job, a simple checklist for complicated but re... Read more
Ultramarathoner and Ironman triathlete Graham Cooper is a 38-year-old father of two who lives in the Bay Area and holds down a full-time job 500 miles away in San Diego. His athletic accompl... Read more
Actress Felicia Day writes, stars in, and produces the hit web series The Guild, which is one of my favorite things happening online right now. In a recent blog entry, she describes what mad... Read more
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