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What Does Productive Mean to you?
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On a recent members podcast Shawn talked about the type Z personality, from a post by Sarah Bray. The short version of her post is that she only works for 90 minutes a day. She divides that 90 minutes in to 15 minute blocks and devotes the first 4 to 4 items that are time…
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Why Do You Want to Build a Product?
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I am working on a product, a product that I not only want to use but one that I hope enough others will want to use that I can drastically pull away from client work. You’ve most likely read [Clients From Hell][cfh] and I’m sure that any consultant (again not freelancer) can put client names…
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Silence is Not a Bad Thing
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I just came across Take Five which is an app designed so that you don’t sit in silence while working. It’s happened to all of us, we are working then get distracted for a second and stop our music so that we can attend to the other item. Once we get back to work we…
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On The Topic of Tech Serving You – What Does it Say About You?
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After recently talking about your Tech Getting in the Way here is another post about your ‘dock’ showing what is a priority with the usage of your phone (obviously only phones with docks). The Dock. That little area on your iPhone or iPad that contains a handful of apps which are available on every screen.…
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Kinesis Freestyle Solo Review
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I’ve been looking for the right keyboard for a while, most recently reviewing the Microsoft Arc. The Arc was a decent keyboard but left my wrists a bit sore still and the keys on the outer edges were lacking. My latest keyboard is the Kinesis Freestyle Solo for Mac. Update August 7, 2014: This review…
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Do You Let Your Tech Get in the Way?
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I recently [shared some images taken on the bike][bikeimage], and while I enjoy taking pictures of the stuff I get to see, I’m out there to really experience it too. Even the morning that post went up I was riding and watched the sun rise over the local mountains and I thought about taking a…
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The Usefulness of Blog Archives?
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I’m working on a rebuild of this site because it’s needed it for at least 2 years, and it’s a pretty dang terrible design. One of the main things I’m thinking about is the utility of the tags and categories on the site. Looking through Google Analytics, few people look around either the categories or…
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Creative Cloud, I’m not Buying
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I may be a bit late to the party, but Adobe has announced [Creative Cloud][adobecloud] pricing. If you didn’t know already, I’m [not][adobe1] a [big fan][adobe2] of Adobe. I want a proper competitor to come along and dethrone the beast with bloated software, and Creative Cloud does nothing to change my opinion. As I say…
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What I Want in a Cycling Jersey
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Riding this weekend I dropped my wallet. I was lucky and a kind stranger tracked me down online and returned it with everything intact, but it got me to thinking about some things I miss with my cycling jersey. ### A ‘Safe’ Pocket I think that jersey’s for most riders should have a smallish pocket…
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