I recently received some Emergent Task Planner Pad returns from Amazon; whoever returned them just didn’t like them after opening the package, and they were still good. I’d forgotten how luxuriously thick the paper is, almost decadently so, and I’ve been using them instead of hand-drawing them every morning. I have been thinking it’s a [...]
Reader Eugene Meidinger left a comment on yesterday’s post Optimizing Later, where I pondered some of the difficulties I felt in starting tasks that I knew were useful yet unexciting. He mentioned the book Succeed: How Can We Reach Our Goals by psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D, as being an amazing book. Although the title [...]
Years ago, my friend Ashish introduced me to Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art, which opened my eyes to the common struggle that creative overthinkers like myself face every frickin’ day. I keep a spare copy on my bookshelf for times of creative crisis, when doubt is bombarding our position from all sides, like an [...]
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I just posted a book review of Andy Kessler’s Eat People, a business book about the kind of entrepreneurship that leads to wealth generation on a massive scale. Kessler identifies 12 rules (I think of them more as themes) that he’s observed in his work as an engineer, investment analyst, and tech journalist. While at [...]
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I’ve just finished my review of Josh Kaufman’s The Personal MBA, which joins my short list of foundational awesome books. I’d received an advance copy back in 2010, and had intended to review it earlier, but got swept up in the holidays. You can read my review in the new “information wing” of the blog; [...]
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I recently bought a couple of glass water bottles, and took some pictures of it with the new camera rig. Rather than post the review as a blog post, I’m putting it in a new section on the website for documenting techniques, reviews, and how-tos in an easy-to-browse format. The navigational structure isn’t yet there, [...]
SUMMARY: A few months ago, I got an email from a product rep at Sumo Bean Bag Chairs asking if I’d like to review one of their newest products: the Sumo Sway Couple. I’d had a favorable encounter with their first product, the omni bean bag chair a few years ago, so I said, “Sure!”
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Dani said
on May 23, 2013 Notebook Update: Getting Ready to Ship Please David! I'm from Canada and bought the download able version and it would cost me over $100... -
Michael Madsen said
on May 21, 2013 Production Prototypes: Emergent Task Planner Mini Notebook Coming Soon Hi Great - when will they be available on amazon.co.uk kind regards -
Frank Magnotti said
on May 21, 2013 A Day Grid Balancer Customization by Frank Magnotti You're all welcome. Here's a newer version - the only change is that the PDF is now vertical: ht... -
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on May 21, 2013 Shades of Structure Nancy: Just checked out GQueues, and it looks pretty slick! I am tempted to give it a try because...
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