Productivity
How I made my presentations a little better
Monday, August 18th, 2008An excellent primer from 43 Folders: How I made my presentations a little better | 43 Folders
LogFrame: Basic matrix
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008I spotetd this on Ari Rusila’s blog and it reminded me of the One Page Project Manager:
In my post before I mentioned Logical Framework Approach (LogFrame) as a model to improve the use of donation money for regional development. LogFrame is not perfect but even with its weaknesses it is in my opinion the basic [...]
Windows Applications that keep me from completing “the switch”
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008About 18 months ago started using my MacBook Pro for all professional work, ditching my Toshiba and making “the switch”.
Despite really loving my Mac, various professional conventions and some much loved software keep me running a stripped down copy of Windows XP in Parallels nearly full time. Apart from being just another computer I have [...]
Scott Berkun Lecture: The Myths of Innovation
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008This goes well with his recent essay “Lessons from 4 independent years”
In 2003 I quit my management job at Microsoft to try to live by writing books, teaching and public speaking. It was the scariest decision I’d made in my life and here on the other side, about 4 years later, is what I’ve learned. [...]
6 sound email tips from Tim Sanders
Thursday, June 15th, 2006Tim Sanders lists 5 e-mail practices to avoid if you wish to remain popular at work:
Don’t use email to give bad news. At Yahoo!, I always told my folks, “Email is for saying yes and for exchanging information. If you want to say no, criticize or get into an emotionally charged issue, pick [...]