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  • PHX-1 Design Tool Kit

    November 3, 2011

    I just got a notice that a couple designers are putting together yet another nifty Hi-Tec-C pen holder, with a different take on the design than cw&t’s Pen Type A. This one comes with a bamboo case with a ruler doubling as its lid, and the pen itself accepts Hi-Tec-C cartridges. It also features an XACTO hobby blade, with screw-on cover! Sounds pretty nifty…I’ve already blown my pen budget for the year, so it’s up to you to check out the PHX-1 Design Tool Kit on Kickstarter :)

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    DSri Seah
  • A Text Area Interlude, Part I

    November 3, 2011

    One of the upcoming challenges for the task management app will be data entry. I don’t know about you, but the prospect of spending hours pecking text into text boxes and clicking “OK” buttons fills me with dread. So I’m going to implement an idea I had about dual-channel rapid input as an experiment. (more…)

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    DSri Seah
  • Collecting Effort like Rainwater

    November 2, 2011

    SUMMARY: Although I didn’t know it when I started, the addition of sub-blogs to collect my thoughts into topical areas has helped me define a content generation system that is helping me bootstrap my way into other challenges. The big insight is this: for me, capturing many small changes is more effective than trying to plot giant changes.

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    DSri Seah
  • New “Letters” Section

    November 2, 2011

    I’ve added a new “letters” sub-blog to my growing list of process-related journals. When I have the time to reply to a question, the resulting email is often of broader interest. I have a few other letters from conversations-past that I’ll put up as I come across them. Check the new section out at https://davidseah.com/letters.

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    DSri Seah
  • How To Get Started Advertising Freelance Services Online?

    November 2, 2011

    This letter from Will asks me how to get started advertising freelance services, which is something that I, to my own surprise, have never really thought about. So I describe how I have stumbled into it…

    I have permission from the writer to post this letter; I’ve removed specific references to names and places in case these are sensitive. If Will is fine with such details, he can contact me and I’ll stick them back in.

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    DSri Seah