TL;DR I’ve implemented most of the GTD organizational system using just Gmail. You can too! Introduction For many years, I’ve been a devotee, if not quite an adherent, to the productivity school known as “Getting Things Done“, much more commonly referred to as GTD. GTD is based on a book… More
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January 23rd, 2012
Gmailing Things Done
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October 20th, 2011
The Click
Unlike the other men and women I work with, I have no computer languages under my belt. When semantics comes up in a meeting, I follow along based on the experience I have: most notably, French, German and some Spanish. So I’ve always been curious. Is learning a computer language… More
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September 20th, 2011
Interaction Design’s Secret Weapon: Words
Des Traynor recently published his thoughts around a talk he gave, “The Language of Interfaces.” As he writes: In “Getting Real” Jason Fried wrote that Copywriting is Interface Design, yet five years later copywriting is almost always where interfaces fall to pieces. (By the way, was “Getting Real” published 5… More
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August 26th, 2011
Reflections on an Internship
If you have ever played Call of Duty with a bunch of dudes, you’ll know that it’s no fun being the weakest player. At best, you will be politely asked to relinquish the controller. At worst, you will quickly find yourself sporting an invisible Cone of Shame—in addition to being… More
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August 10th, 2011
There’s an App for That (Part of Your Soul)
In the past ten years, technology has found its wheelhouse: connecting us socially. A perfect storm materialized: the Internet, mobile devices and our overwhelming desire to connect with one another converged to create apps and experiences that connect us with one another. From Facebook to Twitter to Instagram, we do… More
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August 2nd, 2011
The Top 10 reasons to work at Arc90
We’re hiring! We’ve got a ton of work and a great team over here at Arc90. Need more reasons to join? Here’s our top ten: 10. Sing horribly in front of your peers From happy hours to talent shows to our annual summer outing, we like spending time together. It’s… More
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May 31st, 2011
Percona Live
The Percona Live conference was held this past Wednesday in New York, and I had the chance to attend. Percona is one of the most respected and largest MySQL consulting firms in the world, whose work I’ve been following for years on their blog. They even have their own version… More
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May 9th, 2011
Five Domains, Ftrain Style
When God closes a door, he registers a domain name. I own a fairly modest 32 domains (some of them shorteners for the other domains), mostly purchased late at night during moments of fevered hope or high amusement. It’s hard to pick favorites, but here are a few:
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