Living in Your Calendar

To-Do Lists Don’t Work – Daniel Markovitz – Harvard Business Review:

The alternative to the feckless to-do list is what I call “living in your calendar.” That means taking your tasks off the to-do list, estimating how much time each of them will consume, and transferring them to your calendar. (Don’t forget to leave time to process your email. And leave some empty space — one to two hours — each day to deal with the inevitable crises that will crop up.) In essence, you’re making a production plan for your work.

 

(Via Shawn Blanc)

The Brilliant “Don’t Be Evil” Bookmarklet

The Brilliant “Don’t Be Evil” Bookmarklet:

The Brilliant “Don’t Be Evil” Bookmarklet:

Kudos to Facebook (with some help from Twitter and MySpace) for having the balls to do this. It’s a bookmarklet that replaces Google’s new “People and Pages” area, the hardcoded social search area, and the search completion drop-down, with organic results.

 

(Via parislemon)

What is your negative space?

Grant Blakeman : The Blog / My talk at TEDx Boulder:

(Via Shawn Blanc)

GW NeXT Computer Collection

GW NeXT Computer Collection – a set on Flickr:

Awesome collection of NeXT hardware, etc.

(Via www.flickr.com)

None. None Circumstances.

Ask an average person “Your phone has a switch which is described in the documentation as ‘Ringer/Silent’. You’ve set it to ‘Silent.’ Under what circumstances would you expect it to still make noise?” and the most common answer will be “None. None circumstances.”

via Andy Ihnatko.

Redefining Action Hero: Bill Gates is Better Than Batman (Infographic) | Frugal Dad

Redefining Action Hero: Bill Gates is Better Than Batman (Infographic) | Frugal Dad:

I have a lot of respect for Bill Gates. Not just because he’s been wildly successful, but because as far as I can understand, he’s kept a steady head about him in spite of his success. As one of the wealthiest men in the world, he’s also making a name for himself as one of the most philanthropic.

(Via frugaldad.com)

Don’t Be Evil*

Don’t Be Evil*:

The basics: Google, by way of their Getting Kenyan Business Online initiative, stole customers (and data) from rival Mocality.

(Via parislemon)

Put This On • Twenty-Five Pieces of Basic Sartorial Knowledge So You Don’t Look Dumb

Below are twenty-five pieces of vital information that every man over 14 in the Western world should know. Every man. No excuses. Seriously. Seriously.

via Put This On • Twenty-Five Pieces of Basic Sartorial Knowledge So You Don’t Look Dumb.

The Evolution of Stupidity: File Systems

This time I ask, why do we continue to believe that the current evolutionary file system path will meet our needs today and in the future and cost nothing? Let’s go back and review a bit of history for free and non-free systems file systems.

via The Evolution of Stupidity: File Systems – EnterpriseStorageForum.com.

Atomic Clock

Testing iphone posterous app..

Tangled Helix

My theory is that when you write for a site with a commenting system, everything you write is tainted by the expectation that there will be a response, and that the response will be attached. Like letting random strangers add footnotes to your thoughts. As I write these words, I feel a certain level of freedom, not caring what anybody might say or think about it. Sure, people can email me. There’s a slight possibility that someone will write a response on another site. But what I write here will stand as published, its message not driven in other directions by outside forces

via Tangled Helix.

Just testing Posterous

WebSphere historyInfo Command

historyInfo gives better report information than the versionInfo, providing dates that patches were installed, etc. Handy tip.

Example:

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IBM WebSphere Application Server History Report
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Report at date and time: 2004-12-26 01:47:19-0500

Installation
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Product Directory: /opt/WebSphere/AppServer
Version Directory: /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version
DTD Directory: /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory: /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/logs/update
Backup Directory: /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/update/backup
TMP Directory: /tmp
History Directory /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/history
History File /opt/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/event.history

Installation Event
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maintenance Package ID: was60_fp1_linux
Action: install
Package Filename: was60_fp1_linux.pak
Log File Name:
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/logs/update/was60_fp1_linux.install/updatelog.txt
Backup File Name:
/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/backup/was60_fp1_linux.pak
Timestamp: 2004-12-14 06:15:14-0500
Result: success

Component Installation Event
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maintenance Package ID: was60_fp1_linux
Component Name: activity
Action: install
Update Action: replace
Timestamp: 2004-12-14 06:15:14-0500
Result: success

WAS Infocenter Link.

A Politically Correct and Non-Legally Binding Holiday Greeting

From me (“the wishor”) to you (“the wishee”):

Please accept without obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, politically correct, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I wish you a financially successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but with due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures or sects, and having regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting you are bound by these terms that:-

This greeting is subject to further clarification or withdrawal.

This greeting is freely transferable provided that no alteration shall be made to the original greeting and that the proprietary rights of the wishor are acknowledged.

This greeting implies no promise by the wishor to actually implement any of the wishes.

This greeting may not be enforceable in certain jurisdictions and/or the restrictions herein may not be binding upon certain wishees in certain jurisdictions and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wishor.

This greeting is warranted to perform as reasonably may be expected within the usual application of good tidings, for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first.

The wishor warrants this greeting only for the limited replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wishor.

Any references in this greeting to “the Lord”, “Father Christmas”, “Our Saviour”, “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer” or any other festive figures, whether actual or fictitious, dead or alive, shall not imply any endorsement by or from them in respect of this greeting, and all proprietary rights in any referenced third party names and images are hereby acknowledged.

(original author unknown)

For MythBusters Fans

via reddit

Think hard drives are expensive now?


Think hard disk storage is expensive now? Check out this ad from the 80′s.

AT&T to Launch Trade-In Program This June?


So, say you bought the iPhone 3G sometime in the last year and a new one comes out this June or July, technically you should not be eligible for the subsidy price. What does AT&T do about this? They introduce their new “Phone Trade-In” program of course. This may be one way AT&T will try to calm the angry hordes of people who feel they are owed the lower price. Keep in mind this is not without strings attached.

via The iPhone Blog.

Woopra – Website Tracking and Analytics


Woopra apparently lets you view live traffic to your site. Looks pretty nifty, I think I’m gonna try it out.

Woopra – Website Tracking and Analytics.

WPTouch WordPress Plugin Rocks

I can’t say enough about how impressed I am with the WPTouch WordPress Plugin. It runs on this blog, and my photoblog and makes reading posts on an iPhone or iPod Touch so seamless. TJ installed it on his blog today too. If you’ve got an iPhone or iPod Touch, check it out.

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