In: Geek Finds| Review| techtip
21 Oct 2007I’ve been enjoying practicing Inbox Zero as described by Merlin Mann at 43Folders. For the last couple of weeks I have kept my inbox close to or at zero and WOW, it’s an amazing feeling.
Merlin’s got quite a rant going on the subject which is well worth reading.
Get yourself over to www.inboxzero.com and then let [...]
In: Geek Finds| Review
19 Oct 2007The latest revision of Ubuntu, 7.10 aka ‘Gutsy Gibbon’, came out this week. I updated my home computer last night and am very pleased: Flash and Java are now included, both of which used to be huge hurdles. Also included in the new distro is Compiz Fusion which gives a slightly [...]
The Apple Blog has a nice review of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). TAB covers the big and little, good and bad changes to Apple’s operating system. I’m particularly excited for the new Finder, which looks very iTunes-esque and even includes Cover Flow. Leopard ships October 26, ZingIT review to follow shortly [...]
In: Leadership
17 Oct 2007I was having a conversation with some partners yesterday about how, as an organization, we don’t have well developed skills in delegation – that it often becomes ‘dumping’. I then ran across a pretty good list of responsibilities for both parties in a project delegation scenario. From MIT’s department of IS&T…
When you take on a [...]
Good article about tea in today’s NY Times:
Flying to a remote corner of India and braving the long drive into the Himalayas may seem like an awful lot of effort for a good cup of tea, but Darjeeling tea isn’t simply good. It’s about the best in the world…
Link: http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/travel/14Tea.html
PDF: nytimes_high_tea_indian_style_14oct07.pdf
New York. Restaurants. Wow. Extremely well fed. Not enough time.
db Bistro Moderne Friday Night
Modern French-American bistro (duh)
Our ‘fanciest’ for the weekend – changed into nice shirts on the street after having been walking for a while.
What we had: The db Burger – stuffed with short ribs, foie gras, and black truffle, which is their trademark [...]
In: Geek Finds| Review
11 Oct 2007As some of you know I have been in search of the perfect syncing tool for a while now. I’ve tried many and none are perfect. In fact, many of them screw up my data in creative ways. Plaxo may be not be an exception, it’s too early to tell, but it’s worth noting here [...]
In: Leadership
4 Oct 2007Long overdue report on mini games from the Great Game of Business conference.
Why have Mini Games?
To foster teamwork and communication
To teach and reinforce business skills
To instill the desire and habit of winning, not of competing with each other
To let “cave dwellers” know they can’t bring the group down
Mini Game Design:
Choose the game.
Set the [...]
In: Leadership
3 Oct 2007This summer I participated in the U of Z Leadership Workshop by Ari Weinzweig. It was held over two months, consisting of five sessions and a project.
My classmates were all intelligent, motivated, inspiring, and enthusiastic people. We had different experiences to share, having come from different areas of the ZCoB. Together we read stimulating material [...]
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