I haven't been sleeping lately. It's not uncommon for me to stay up all the way through the night. Over the past two or three weeks, I've seen the sun come up 4 or 5 times. I've tried Ambien, reading, noisemakers, hypnotic sleep podcasts, a glass of wine (or three), everything… Or nearly everything.
In perfect […]
Filed under: Productivity, ThoughtProvoking on October 2nd, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The above picture is my current workspace. I can hear the constant roar of 440 and West End. There is a fire station less than a mile away and within a 2 mile radius of my apartment, there are 2 hospitals. This is not a quiet place. Amazingly, I'm pretty productive and I actually get […]
Filed under: Productivity on September 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The past two months I have gone over my cellular calling plan by 200+ minutes. Multiply those minutes by the $0.40 charge they nail you with and you're staring a $200 phone bill in the face. Screw that…
I took matters into my own hands and registered an additional number with Voip.ms and got a new […]
Filed under: Productivity on September 12th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last night, I was looking for coupon codes to save money on my weekend rental car from Hertz when I ran across this amazing site. You can even download a Firefox plugin so it lets you know what sites RMN.com has codes for.
This is the Web 2.0 equivalent to your mom sitting at the kitchen […]
Filed under: Productivity on December 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
If you've written apps with Ruby on Rails, or have kept up-to-date with any Web 2.0 happenings; then you have no doubt heard of the design company, 37signals.
In this video, founder and president, Jason Fried talks about 37signals approach to productively working with teams and personnel. Well worth the 6 minute watch.
Filed under: Productivity on August 30th, 2007 | 4 Comments »