Category Archives: Productivity

Tools, planners, tricks, and insights about what “being productive” actually means to me.

Oblique Searching Strategies

Posted Mon Jul.25.2005 under Productivity tagged ,

I’m surfing instead of working, so to win back some productivity, I’ll describe my basic searching strategy! When Google doesn’t find what you want, it’s because you are probably using an overly-general search query, or one that has been polluted … Continue reading →

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Get Published on Amazon

Posted Sun Feb.27.2005 under Productivity tagged

Kevin Kelly posted an article on how to get published on Amazon. It doesn’t take a whole lot of cash outlay (around 150 bucks plus two copies of your work), though you get only 45% of the listed price. Kelly … Continue reading →

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On Forming a User Group

Posted Sat Feb.26.2005 under Productivity

A few weeks ago, tired of lacking contact with fellow designers, I formed an “interactive design” group by making a couple of posts to regional mailing list, targeting southern New Hampshire and northern Massachussetts. I’ve never tried to form a … Continue reading →

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Ad Hoc Knowledge Systems

Posted Fri Jan.28.2005 under Productivity tagged

I caught an episode of NPR’s Day to Day regarding the creation of expertise-sharing websites at the company commander level. At companycommand.com, military commanders at the company level (a company being from 100-200 troops) exchange practical tips on how to … Continue reading →

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Sketching Review Tool

Posted Fri Dec.10.2004 under Productivity

The creative review process as I’ve experienced it tends to be somewhat chaotic, encumbered as it is with myriad notes, emails, and documents scattered across half a dozen people and computers. When describing a complex change or nuance, sometimes it’s … Continue reading →

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