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THE DAILY FEEDDavid Seah

Task Cards vs Cognitive Load vs Balance Jun 28, 2009 15:04:12 GMT

Excellent discussion on using index cards has been taking place on the recent index card post. Katrina Messenger even created a whole blog post about finding balance, with a followup article about living in balance. Katrina's articles poignantly lay out all the problems that plague creative thinkers

Habits: Waking Early Summary Jun 24, 2009 11:37:02 GMT

This is week 3 of "rebooting" a habit that helps me maintain a certain level of productivity: getting up early. This is one of a series of habits that I am planning on starting, but am doing one at a time on the advice of The Power of Less. Getting up early requires extra effort, particularly if you

Task Index Cards Revisited Jun 23, 2009 00:03:36 GMT

A few days ago I posted the latest progress on the Day Grid Balancer forms, a line of inquiry that has attracted very high-quality commentary from you all. Special kudos go to John Ballantrae for using Tarot cards as a tool for design reflection. Instead of using the cards to "read me", he used the

Habit Rebooting: Waking Early, Again Jun 18, 2009 13:20:07 GMT

Last week I wrote about restarting habits one at a time, based on the insight that my previous attempt to restart them all at once wasn't working. Thus, I outlined a sequence of habits that I believe will be conducive to greater productivity; it's a framework for maintaining a working store of time

Day Grid Balancer: Draft 2 Progress Jun 17, 2009 09:45:21 GMT

I've been redesigning the prototype Day Grid Balancer based on the excellent feedback on draft 1. The overall consensus was that while the color and grid were very playful and attractive, their use as a day-to-day tool was limited. And confusing, because my categories don't line up with other peopl

Seth's Blog

What should I do on your birthday? Jul 04, 2009 08:37:00 GMT

On July 4, birthday of the USA, we're supposed to blow off fireworks, eat hot dogs and buy a Chevrolet.On Columbus Day, birthday of an early imperialist, we're supposed to shop and march in a parade.On Martin Luther King Jr. day, marvelously, we're supposed to participate in a national day of servic

What to do with special requests Jul 03, 2009 09:20:00 GMT

The bike shop is busy in June. If you bring your bike in for a tune up, it will cost $39 and take a week.A week!What if someone says, "I have a bike trip coming up in three days, can you do it by then?"At most bike shops, the answer is a shrug, followed by, "I'm sorry, we're swamped."The problem wit

The purpose of a book cover Jul 02, 2009 10:11:00 GMT

(and I think it works for lots of products)Is the purpose of the cover to sell books, to accurately describe what's in the book, or to tee up the reader so the book has maximum impact?The third.It's the third because if the book has maximum impact, then word of mouth is created, and word of mouth is

The risk/reward confusion Jul 01, 2009 10:13:00 GMT

It's easy to to adopt the policy of avoiding risk at all costs, that whenever possible, the products you launch or the engagements you have should be flawless and without downside.Here's the problem: in most endeavors, a small increase in risk can double the reward. It's the second doubling of rewa

Malcolm is wrong Jun 30, 2009 20:37:00 GMT

I've never written those three words before, but he's never disagreed with Chris Anderson before, so there you go.Free is the name of Chris's new book, and it's going to be wildly misunderstood and widely argued about.The first argument that makes no sense is, "should we want free to be the future?"

Lifehacker

This Week's Most Popular Posts [Highlights] Jul 03, 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Fancy tie-tying, Wi-Fi password cracking, Google Voice, and Firefox 3.5 round out this week's most popular posts. Dress Up Your Ties with the "Merovingian Knot" The realm of dress tie knots is...

Celebrate the Fourth of July with a New Desktop Wallpaper [Friday Fun] Jul 03, 2009 19:00:00 GMT

If ever there were a holiday that yields colorful and flashy desktop wallpaper, it's definitely the Fourth of July. Celebrate the Fourth on your desktop with these swanky fireworks wallpapers. If...

Get Ready For Summer With Homemade Sunblock [Summer] Jul 03, 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Choosing the right sunblock is important, but let's say you're more of a DIY type, or maybe your skin is sensitive to many of the common ingredients. The solution is simple: make your own sunblock....

State of the Airline Industry Chart Compares Airline Service Fees [Saving Money] Jul 03, 2009 17:30:00 GMT

If you've ever had to change your flight, check additional luggage, or use in-flight Wi-Fi, you know that these services often come with a price. Consumer site BillShrink has created a handy fee...

June 2009's Most Popular Posts [[this Is Good]] Jul 03, 2009 17:15:00 GMT

You may already be celebrating the Fourth, but before you leave June behind for good, here's a quick look back at last month's posts you liked best, including essential Windows and Mac downloads, our...

Zen Habits

How to Stop Acting Like Such a Big Baby Jul 04, 2009 01:18:06 GMT

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” —Dale Carnegie Article by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead; follow him on twitter. If we really want to be happy, why do we act like such babies? We can claim to be pr

5 Ways to Spend Less Time at Work Jul 02, 2009 22:52:06 GMT

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from workplace expert Alexandra Levit, a Wall Street Journal writer and published author. Follow her on Twitter. Technology is supposed to increase our productivity and reduce our work hours, yet many of us find the opposite to be true. We feel busier than e

Why Your Email Inbox Is NOT a Good To-do List Jul 01, 2009 22:54:07 GMT

Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. New York Times techonology writer David Pogue, a writer I admire, recently listed some of his best productivity tips — and it’s a good list. One thing I noted with interest is that he uses his email inbox as a to-do list, which is a f

Why You (Almost) Never See a Fat Japanese (or, How I Lost 5 lbs. in Tokyo) Jun 30, 2009 00:38:21 GMT

Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter. One of the most striking things about my trip to Japan was how thin everyone was. I kept saying to my family, “There are no fat Japanese!” That’s not entirely true, of course. Aside from sumo wrestlers, there are some Japanese peop

The Most Powerful Way to Get Unstuck Jun 27, 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Article by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead; follow him on twitter. Have you ever thought about why you get stuck? I’m sure you have. There are entire industries built around productivity. There are multitudes of books, seminars, webinars, podcasts, blog posts, desktop apps, email apps, mo

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Trends, sports & many other cool widgets for summer! Jul 02, 2009 12:12:42 GMT

News & infos - Wimbledon championships are nearly finished, but there is still the final to come! If you have missed the previous tournaments it's never too late to inform you by reading Wimbledon's latest articles! Where to go ? what to buy ? Follow the trends, read Trends update and you'll kno

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A new Netvibes user is born Jun 28, 2009 07:23:38 GMT

We're happy to welcome a new Netvibes user, Emiliano who was born last night. Warmest congrats to Annabelle, our Managing Director! And we have a special theme for the occasion: apply the theme ''It's a boy''

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Discover new widgets with our recommendations Jun 23, 2009 16:50:00 GMT

Since the beginning, we've always made sure that Netvibes.com stays an open platform. Everyone can create and distribute their widgetswith UWA and the Ecosystem. Today, you can add more than 182,000 widgets from the "Add content" panel. That's more than anyone can use, so we've been working on a rec

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Scooter Contraption Jul 03, 2009 18:03:44 GMT

Originally posted in Street Use I can't tell what this is for. Might be a portable night market stall (for food?). There's a generator on the tail and a light bulb hanging in the middle. Seems to be in Korea. That's all I know. (Thanks Dave Gray)

Protect long incubations. Jul 03, 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Originally posted in New Rules Because the network economy favors the nimble and quick, anything requiring patience and slowness is handicapped. Yet many projects, companies, and technologies grow best gradually, slowly accumulating complexity and richness. During their gestation per

The Choice of Cities Jul 03, 2009 01:22:21 GMT

Originally posted in The Technium Cities are technological artifacts, the largest technology we make. Their impact is out of proportion to the number of humans living in them. As the chart above shows, the percentage of humans living in cities averaged about one or two percent for

Futurama Death Clock Jul 01, 2009 17:40:07 GMT

Originally posted in Kevin Kelly Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons and Futurama, once told me that he was inspired by my countdown clock, and wanted to use it in Futurama. In my version I found actuarial tables to calculate my average longevity and devised a countdown clock aim

Investigative journalism by amateurs Jun 30, 2009 14:06:25 GMT

Originally posted in ct2 Will bloggers ever go to the same lengths that professional journalists do to get a good story? I mean, without a payroll? Newspapers claim it will never happen. Sometimes it will. The following is a wonderful case where very passionate fans did their own a

Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik

Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian & Telling Stories With Data Jun 29, 2009 08:40:24 GMT

It is such a cliché: Don’t just present data, tell a story. Yet it is rarely followed. We almost always present data. Actually we don’t present data, we send out reports. With data. Lots of it. With 6 size font and some pies and stacked bar graphs thrown in. Then we are frustrated that

PPC / SEM Analytics: 5 Actionable Tips To Improve ROI Jun 15, 2009 08:43:15 GMT

A very wise friend, ok Craig, once said this to me: “Paid Search is like playing chess with a Supercomputer.” At that moment I think my reaction was something like “meh!”. Of course Craig was right. Search Engine Marketing (Organic + PPC) continues to be a huge part of any c

Slay The Analytics Data Quality Dragon & Win Your HiPPO’s Love! Jun 01, 2009 08:10:26 GMT

Two truths: 1] Turns out the readers of Occam’s Razor are exceptionally gifted, they understand the challenges of web data 2] They are deeply motivated to do something about it, just not totally sure what. This is a special unplanned post just for you, to help with issue #2. My last post, Web

Web Data Quality: A 6 Step Process To Evolve Your Mental Model May 18, 2009 08:33:26 GMT

It seems absolutely dumb to argue that while the quality of data used to make decisions is important, it is actually not that important to have the highest data quality. Generations of Analysts, Data “People”, Decision Makers have grown up with the principle of GIGO. Garbage in, garbage

Dear Avinash: Web Metrics & Analytics Questions, Facebook Edition May 04, 2009 08:07:46 GMT

A few weeks back I had asked this question on Twitter: Inspire me: If there is one web analytics question you want answered what would it be? What’s your juiciest / mundane, daily, challenge? The result was this post: Top Web Analytics Questions, Twitter Edition. Those 16 questions (!) were j

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