Sorry about the lack of posts lately. I've been busy with a couple side projects, and this trip out to San Jose, CA to check out the Larta Venture Forum. Highlights included:
1) Cleantech panel discussion: The Cleantech Imperative: Promise or Pandora's Box?
2) A cool solar concentrator product by Practical Instruments called the [...]
Archive for June, 2006
Part 1 here
2) Having a minimal impact on your workflow
Not only do these CRM systems not have a minimal impact on your workflow, they totally and utterly recreate it and force you to completely change your workflow. Before ever using a CRM system I was creatively using an excel spreadsheet that I [...]
1) Always fully trusting your system
First, it’s an issue of trust. A good GTD system is one that you always know where a piece of data should go. That’s why tagging has been such a big hit for me, if I don’t already have a specific category, I can just add one (though [...]
This is just a simple outline of the workflow I'm building in order to find an apartment. Having it outlined will help me see each step and where I can make efficiency gains.
Find prospects through internet services (craigstlist , housing maps , etc)
Use RSS feed filters to do some of the work [...]
I agree with Mike's points in "Why I Blog " on his blog at www.amountaintop.com . I just started blogging, and I’m liking the stats a bit too much. I need to stick to my guns, and not install any other kind of metrics till I get the hang of things and [...]
Upon starting a new job in a new city and receiving a new laptop, I was faced with a very important decision. How to carry my laptop.
I went to New York's dearest Tekserve in order to scour the bags for the perfect one. I had a few important criteria that went into [...]
Followup: Using @%#!(*&) to fight alphabetitus
Published June 15th, 2006 in howto, tips, tricks and workflow.I mentioned this briefly in my post about keysuite and contact tagging , but I wanted to emphasize this trick/practice on its own .
Someone somewhere in the world of user interface design decided that all lists should be in alphabetical order. This goes for folders windows, folders in outlook, categories in [...]
Upon starting a new job in a new city and receiving a new laptop, I was faced with a very important decision. How to carry my laptop.
I went to New York's dearest Tekserve in order to scour the bags for the perfect one. I had a few important criteria that went into [...]
After moving to the city a few months ago and going through a mad dash to find only a 3 month sublet (that would hold me over till I found a more permanent place), I decided before I repeat the process I need to have an efficient workflow in place.
To start, lets outline the previous [...]
I've found my self in several situations over the last 6 months where I needed a clean workflow to collaboratively gather and store links and articles with several different people on a specific project. Most often these projects where ideas for startup companies, and the people involved wanted to start researching a specific field [...]
