Archives for the 'News' Category
Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, dies [Ian's Messy Desk]
One of my favourite authors had died.
…she is best known for A Wrinkle in Time, which won the 1963 Newbery Medal for excellence in children’s literature and has never been out of print since its publication.
The novel, which tells the story of an adolescent girl and her genius brother who search across the universe [...]
Future of this GTD Blog + Poll Results + New Poll [Getting Things Done]
About 10 days ago I added a reader poll widget to the sidebar of this blog. I thought I’d give you an overview of the first poll question, the results of the poll and the reason for asking this particular question in the first place. I also want to share some ideas I have about [...]
Sure Way to Earn up to $70 [Getting Things Done]
About 1 week ago I started an experiment for 2 main reasons: to celebrate the fact that I’ve reached 1000 subscribers and to spread the word about my GTD site.
In short, the experiment was to reach out to my fellow bloggers and ask them to write an honest review about my site in exchange for [...]
Automated Nagging with PingMe [Getting Things Done]
PingMe may be a useful service for those of you using a GTD system (perhaps paper-based) without suitable reminder functionality, especially when you are on the road.
Creating, receiving, sharing and renegotiating reminders (Pings) are all possible according to the PingMe website:
PingMe takes a unique approach to keeping track of things you need to do [...]
4 New GTD Apps on the Block [Getting Things Done]
New GTD applications sometimes seem to be released on a daily basis. I can hardly keep up with adding all of them to my GTD Index! I certainly cannot find the time to properly test and review all of them.
So, for the curious: here is a quick list of 4 new GTD applications currently in [...]
Digg for Rest [Tech Rest]
Many years ago I was working for an engineering firm. The tech rag of the day was PC Week. One week I didn’t read it and one of my coworkers brought up something that was in the magazine and it embarrassed me that I hadn’t heard about it. I decided I would do what I [...]
Review this Blog for a Chance at Cash [The Cranking Widgets Blog]
Since starting this little blog about 7 months ago, I’ve learned quite a bit about what makes a good blog (and what doesn’t). My reader base has grown a great deal lately, something I’m thrilled to death about.
Now, I’m looking to take this thing to the next level - which is where you come [...]
On-line mind-mapping tool Mindomo updated [Ian's Messy Desk]
Yesterday, Mindomo announced several improvements to their web-based mind mapping tool. A new map styling feature has been added, with over 20 pre-defined styles. Map styles contain a list of properties for map topics, such as font, alignment, shape, background fill colour and more. You can’t edit the pre-defined map styles or define your own, but [...]
NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public [Ian's Messy Desk]
I’ve been attending the 2007 Alberta H.R. Conference for the past couple of days, listening to a clutch of speakers and presenters. This morning’s keynote speaker was Leonard Brody covering the effect technology will have on the future of work, life and Canada.
One of the things he touched on was the rise of citizen journalism via social technology. [...]