When I posted to Twitter asking for ideas for how to use AskSunday (look for a post soon of my experiences thus far), Ben Grossman came up with the idea that I should use them to setup a meeting with him. Immediately, I knew this was going to be a good time. We ended up meeting today at Andala Coffee House...one of my "offices" around town. After about 15 minutes ...
Last week, I watched Robert Scoble interview Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek. One of the topics, as expected, was about improving productivity. Tim mentions a utility called RescueTime, which runs as an application on your computer and records what applications you're using, and for how long. It also goes so far as to look at the URLs of the pages you're viewing in your web browser, so ...
A friend of mine, Sara Lingafelter (@theclimbergirl) (check out her rock climbing blog for great insights into what it's like to be addicted to climbing), recently pointed me toward a loose, conversational podcast called ConfabShow. Out of curiosity, I listened to the show that she participated in, Confab #10. Coincidentally, one of the hosts (once I get the person's name, I'll update this post) summed up the fundamental idea of ...
Click here for the article: Elance Buyers Share Outsourcing Tips Just a quick entry since this came in my inbox, and is highly relevant to today's earlier post about outsourcing. Four main parts to the article: Communication is Key Evaluate Providers Like a Pro Proactively Manage Your Projects Additional Tips
If I were to be honest about my experience with outsourcing, some form of the word "dabble" might be able to be used with some form of accuracy. Last Fall, I hired GetFriday, a virtual assistant company for about $9/hr. My experience was less than satisfactory, especially considering the level of my requests. Later, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out the fundamental breakdown in my ...
Today was spent mostly tying up loose ends and getting settled in work-wise. I spent a good part of the day in Harvard Square. After realizing that all of the coffee shops were probably completely packed, I settled on a Starbucks since I've got tmobile account. This led to overhearing "ketamine, DXM and PCP" in a conversation between a guy and a girl who appeared to be of college age. ...
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