Category: Links of Interest
The Time to Create Something Meaningful
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From Jerzy Gregorek in Tribe of Mentors Nothing truly meaningful has ever been created in a short period of time. If you learn the story behind any great success, you realize how many years went by and how many hard choices were made to achieve it. That does raise the question: Does your quest for
The Sweet Setup on the BookArc
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Yup it looks cool but this stood out to me: At this point, I’m not sure if I’m more productive using only one display while working at home, but I’m certainly not less productive. Josh uses multiple monitors at work and a single at home citing its so easy to “just check” stuff with all
On the Benefits of Touch for Adults and Kids
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I knew about the baby stuff, but not the benefits for adults. An initial small study, published in the journal Pediatrics in 1986, showed that just 10 days of “body stroking and passive movements of the limbs” for less than an hour led babies to grow 47 percent faster. They averaged fewer days in the
Bullet Journal Goals and Sprints
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I feel like I need to review this section of The Bullet Journal Method again, luckily it’s on my shelf. The biggest issue I’ve had with a notebook first (sometimes only) method is tracking bigger projects. I feel like I want to step back and really see everything that’s going on in a week. Not
Digitally Minimal Android Phone
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Cool post on Android and how you can use a different app launcher to make it a minimal phone. This is something you can’t do in the Apple ecosystem and while we used to say that Android was some terrible Wild West of security holes, that’s not really true at all. I said recently that
LinkedIn for List Growth and Clients
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https://vimeo.com/329702142/969fedc017 My friend Philip Morgan did this excellent video on using LinkedIn for getting leads. Not just email leads, but Tom is getting highly qualified leads on LinkedIn. If you’ve been looking for a way to leverage LinkedIn, this is one that’s working.
Why Do we Hate Networking Events?
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I follow Ali on YouTube, but haven’t tried out the podcast until today. I particularly enjoyed their thoughts on having friends over from different backgrounds so that you mix up who people know. The idea of social optionality is also interesting.
Ethical App Design Video
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I’m writing a piece for a client on ethical app design and came across this video on the topic. The last few seconds made me laugh.
On Journalling
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Haven’t read the article yet, but it comes from Rafal so I count that as a solid recommendation. It’s in my Instapaper queue for Friday afternoon reading.
Famous Female Inventors
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I’ve been reading a bunch about innovation and didn’t realize that there were few female inventors being cited. So I went looking for some examples and came across this site of famous female inventors. I’m sure there are more, but this was the first thing I found that matched what I was looking for.