Reading Time: < 1 min I talk a good bit about various digital tools on here, like my recent post about Pipedrive. At times I probably play with tools more than I should (testing tools instead of doing work), but in a lot of cases it can really pay off. For example, I posted 12 years ago about Gmail’s “Send […]
Technology
Back to Pipedrive
Reading Time: 3 min When it comes to business, having a proper CRM and pipeline is crucial. Knowing who your current leads are, what stage they’re in, and when to respond is vitally important. Many people track that kind of info in something like an Excel spreadsheet, and that’s really not bad. Simply having a place for that data […]
Are you in an idea cult?
Reading Time: < 1 min You can see idea cults in big ways, such as politics or sports, but I often see it manifested in smaller ways like “iPhone vs Android”. Using that as an example, I’ve always found it silly when people say things like “I will never switch to iPhone” or “I’ll never drive a Chevy”. You may […]
The new Kindle Paperwhite is worth the upgrade
Reading Time: 2 min My wife and I have been Kindle readers for quite a few years now. I picked up my first Kindle in 2010, and my wife got her first one a bit before that, and then we both upgraded to the Kindle Paperwhite some years later. It was a great reader! When the new Kindle Paperwhite […]
The difficulty of trying to moderate content is hard to comprehend
Reading Time: 2 min Moderating content on social media is incredibly difficult. People love to complain about it, and it’s indeed imperfect, but it’s a tough system. I shared the story of Chole before, but I recently came across a great article from Techdirt that gives some amazing statistics. In a recent a talk from Evelyn Douek, a Lecturer […]
Put your digital stuff in the right places
Reading Time: 2 min Just like the key to a clean house is making sure that all of your stuff has a proper place to go, the same is true for your digital life. Once you’ve trained yourself to put your various digital items in their respective places, keeping things organized becomes much easier. I would argue that this […]
A brilliant “paper” calendar on a digital device
Reading Time: 2 min Over the years I’ve tried various ways to handle my daily scheduling. While my official calendar lives in Google Calendar (and that’s not likely to change anytime soon), I’ve tried various ways of really processing and following my schedule throughout the day. A few years ago I picked up the Full Focus Planner, and it […]
Do you need Powerpoint?
Reading Time: 2 min While slide decks can be a useful tool in some presentations, Steve Jobs was famously against them. When having staff present him with their arguments for or against certainly decisions, he famously believed that: People who know what they’re talking about don’t need Powerpoint If you need to make an argument about an upcoming direction, […]
Folders are slowly going away
Reading Time: 2 min Over the past decade or so, and more noticeably in the past few years, younger users are ignoring the concepts of “files” and “folders” when it comes to saving their work on a computer. A recent article in The Verge dug into this, and an early example in the article sums it up well. When […]
Al Gore and the internet
Reading Time: 2 min As we all know, Al Gore invented the internet. Or maybe he didn’t invent it, but he said he did. Or maybe that’s not even true… I still see this come up fairly regularly, and I kind of feel bad for Gore about it. He indeed did great work to help the internet grow, and […]