lifehacking is so seductive because it’s simply easier than asking some bigger, harder, more important questions about where your time and attention go.
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Confessions of a recovering lifehacker →
Maybe all the time I spend looking for better ways to do things is keeping me from, well, doing things.
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Minimize time spent searching for inspiration. Maximize time doing work.
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NY Times Article from 2007 on the iPhone →
The iPhone is not, however, a BlackBerry killer. The absence of a physical keyboard makes it versatile, but also makes typing tedious.
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Efficiency isn't sexy →
Such operational efficiencies have been an underappreciated factor in Apple’s success for the past decade; all the attention has been on its beautiful designs and snazzy marketing overseen by Jobs. If anything, Apple under Tim Cook will embrace efficiency to an even greater degree, especially as the company grows bigger and more complex — to the dismay of those who think techies should rule the roost.
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How Tim Cook is changing Apple →
It’s almost as if he is working his way through a to-do list of long-overdue repairs the previous occupant (Jobs) refused to address for no reason other than obstinacy.
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Yes - correlation does not imply causation. But it does show a relationship, and those relationships can form the basis of guesses and tests. I find it challenging to argue why this work should not be done and shared, yet the bias is clearly out there.
— Why the Marketing World Needs More Correlation Research | SEOmoz
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To me, Facebook is currently the Microsoft Windows from 1997. Everyone used Windows and everyone complained about Windows. Fast forward to today and everyone is on Facebook and (it seems) any user that has been on the site for over a year is complaining about Facebook.
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Raving Review for Evernote + GTD Tutorial
“Jesus, i was in hospital for 4 weeks and found out that my desease was stress related so i collected informations on how to get rid of that, found the book GTD from David Allen, figured that my ipod and iphone can help me organize a lot. Found Evernote, found these videos. Hell man i think i am on the freakin right way to success and it works better every day! Thanks for beeing one step to a better life! And please more videos about GTD and Evernote everybody needs it!”
Watch the video here (unless you want to keep your stress-related diseases)
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One of my favorite podcasts is now pretty much over with (the Talk Show isn’t the Talk Show without Dan Benjamin).
Thankfully I have this catchy song to make me feel better.
