The best ideas are counterintuitive. Concepts that aren’t immediately obvious are just interesting. They change your perspective once you think hard enough about them, and make everything more nuanced. The good thing about them is, if you look hard enough…
I’m travelling this week. I took my laptop as I planned to write, and keep my daily routine going. I even have stuff to say. But my charger plug broke, and my laptop didn’t hibernate properly. And I’m some kind…
Life happens. And it happened to me yesterday. I had to drive around all day for some urgent errand, got home late, had to deal with kids who didn’t want to sleep. This morning, I was tired and slept a…
If you haven’t read how to create an industrial strength todo list, go do that first. This post builds on that one. Ok, so where were we. You should have at this point a list of tasks (that’s things that…
Basic todo lists are cool, but often don’t make the cut. They are, well, too simple and can get messy easily. Deadlines, imposed requirements, blocking interdependences, vast scope differences (say, “reply to Bob” and “organize team offsite” hanging out together).…
I had a rough night and I slept in, so just a quick one. I have for tomorrow some more advanced techniques for more complicated situations. Let’s talk about todo lists. You know, those messy notes that live on some…
You probably write emails. Like, all the time. You also receive emails. A lot of them, probably. Most emails you read, and probably most emails you write, suck. Here’s some tips to make them suck less. Any other email good…
Someone I know wanted to talk because they were very confused. They had the problem of being somewhat successful with their side project, and now were getting overwhelmed by the million different directions they could drive things towards. Should they…
I’m always wildly curious about what people carry around to make their day easier, or just in case they need something in an emergency or in an unexpected situation. So, today, I thought I’d share a few things I have…
I had a long day yesterday at work. This happens occasionally, when we need to have long meetings across multiple continents. So, I’ll keep it short. And about meetings. If you ask most people, they’ll agree: meetings suck so hard…