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Productivity Tools and More [Productivity in Context]

My friend Leo from ZenHabits has put together something new and exciting, an e-book resource called Web Warrior Tools . This new project is a partnership with blogger Glen Stansberry from LifeDev.
Billed as a set of ‘ridiculously useful e-book guides to everything’, Leo and Glen begin with these 4 titles:
1. The Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting [...]

28 May 2008 | E-book, Entrepreneur, New Media, Viral Marketing, Web 2.0 | No Comments

Turning Adversity into Success [Productivity in Context]

My friend Stephen Hopson was interviewed for the Tuscon Citizen:
Bruzzese: Turn adversity into dreams come true
Hopson’s new career is based upon the premise that he knows how to take adversity and turn it into success, and he believes that it is a message many people want to hear from just a regular guy faced with [...]

24 May 2008 | Blogger Interviews, Entrepreneur, Follow Your Dream, Management | No Comments

What Can I Do for You? [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]

Naomi at Ittybiz was asked a question about what exactly it is that she does. Heh.
This question came to me in an email from somebody I know. I clicked ‘reply’ and was all set to type out an answer when something very disturbing occurred to me. This person reads my blog.
Not just casual reading. Not [...]

23 April 2008 | Blogger Interviews, Entrepreneur, Global Microbrand, Work 2.0 | No Comments

La semaine de 4 heures de Tim Ferriss (1/2) [C'éclair!]

Ca faisait un bon moment que j’entendais parler du fameux livre The 4 Hour WorkWeek de Tim Ferriss. Et j’ai finalement eu le plaisir de le parcourir. Le titre en lui-même est assez provocateur et intriguant : La Semaine de 4 Heures, et on peut en dire autant de la majeure partie du livre.
L’idée principale [...]

30 January 2008 | Développement Personnel, Entrepreneur, Livres, automatisation, belle vie, bien heureux, délégation, efficacité professionnelle, externalisation, retraite, vagabondage | No Comments

Is Digital Coaching in Your Future? [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]

Seth Godin thinks so:

A shortage of digital coaches
Here are three things that are true:
1. Digital technology, especially computers and cell phones, can dramatically increase productivity.
2. More and more users of digital technology are small firms or individuals.
3. The vast majority of users of digital technology are totally lame in getting the most out of the [...]

21 January 2008 | Blog, Entrepreneur, Global Microbrand, networking | No Comments

How I Wrote My Elevator Pitch in One Hour [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]

First, you may be asking, “What is an elevator pitch?”
I’m glad you asked:
This is the 30-60 second business description of what you do and why someone should work with you. It’s called an “Elevator Pitch” because it describes the challenge: “How would you explain your business and make a sale if fate placed you in [...]

13 January 2008 | Brainstorming, Community, Entrepreneur, Global Microbrand | No Comments

Blogger Interview - Charlie Pabst [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]

This interview is part of a series on bloggers of all kinds, where we get to know a little more about these writers that are changing the world, one post at a time.

My friend Charlie Pabst is a newcomer to the blogging arena, but he brings some terrific experience in graphic design to the table. [...]

18 December 2007 | Blogger Interviews, Community, Entrepreneur | No Comments

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]

David at eXtra for Every Publisher has a contest going, with a remarkable prize: one of two Nintendo Wii-related domain names. When I saw that, I popped over to GoDaddy and checked out some other variations on the “Wii” name. There are a lot of Wiixxx.com site names that are already taken, and David has [...]

15 December 2007 | Entrepreneur, Just fun, Links, Viral Marketing | No Comments

A Journey of a Thousand Miles, Part II [HD BizBlog 1.2]

Well, my wife and I have moved, that is. (This blog is nowhere and everywhere at the same time!) In any case, by the time that you read this I should have completed my arduous cross-country trek to the great state of Maine.

I have lived in Illinois, Florida, Louisiana, Connecticut, and North Carolina. I also spent [...]

23 October 2007 | Blog, Community, Entrepreneur, GTD, Global Microbrand, Work 2.0, networking | No Comments

New Media Update [HD BizBlog 1.2]

In the new Ad Age Digital:

A 15-year old blogger in New Zealand gets US ad dollars

…look at how U.S. advertisers are beginning to buy ad space from bloggers in the Pacific Rim. One such blogger is Glenn Wolsey, a 15-year-old from New Zealand who writes about the Macintosh as a productivity and photography tool. I [...]

16 October 2007 | Entrepreneur, New Media | No Comments