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When servers blow up
Several years ago, at the height of the Internet craze, a company called NetPliance released a product called the I-Opener. The I-Opener was a computer based on a razor/razor blade model. Sell the hardware (which was worth about 300 bucks) … Continue reading
Optimize your life #6 – The daily commute and audio books
In my last article, I talked about what kind of tasks we can successfully combine together to save time. This article discusses one specific way to multitask that I find useful, which is listening to audio books while driving to … Continue reading
Optimize your life #5 – Successful multitasking
As I’ve mentioned before, it’s difficult for us, as mere human beings, to maintain our effectiveness when we try to switch rapidly between multiple tasks. It’s nothing to be ashamed of…it’s just how the species is wired. We’re not computers, … Continue reading
A short follow up to "Movies and the wisdom of crowds"
FYI, I’m working on the fifth installment of Optimize your life. Look for that this week. The latest results for the Da Vinci Code show it handily beating expectations…estimates now show it tracking at 77 million, when estimates had been … Continue reading
Movies, the wisdom of crowds, and successful products
I visit both Box Office Mojo and Box Office Guru pretty regularly to see what kind of business new movies are doing. I’ve noticed something interesting about the movies that have been released over the past month that I thought … Continue reading
Book mini review – In Search of Excellence
Yes, I read books. I read a lot of them. As so frequently happens with books I read, I end up forgetting the specific details of the book rather quickly. What does end up happening is that, while I’m reading … Continue reading
Summer movies
Decided to map out what the summer movie schedule is going to look like yesterday: Summer 2006 movie release dates April 28th – Stick it! (because my friend wants to see it)May 5th – Mission Impossible III (tom cruise backlash … Continue reading
Optimize your life #4 – how to manage e-mail (2/2)
This post is the second post in a series on how to manage your e-mail. The first post is here. Tip #3 – Use a “Getting Things Done” workflow for managing e-mail. I’m a huge fan of the “Getting Things … Continue reading
Got lucky with the domain name
According to this article on domain names by Dennis Forbes (I believe he’s a frequent Joel on Software poster), about eighty percent of four letter domain names are taken. Guess I lucked out with rkuo.com, huh? Yeah, I was pretty … Continue reading
Optimize your life #3 – how to manage e-mail effectively (1/2)
A few months ago, I did a “Getting Things Done” presentation for the team here at SnapStream. As I’ve mentioned before, GTD is a system developed by David Allen for organizing and dealing with your tactical commitments. The presentation focused … Continue reading
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