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On simplicity

There are two ways of constructing software; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious...

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Fat homes

Matt from 37signals recently posted some excerpts from “The Eight Step Home Cure”. They are well worth a read. This one especially jumped out at me: But when we take something new into our home, we...

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Information overload

If I could change one thing in Google Reader this would be it: I want an easy way to delete all of the posts over 24 hours old (or whatever time-frame I choose). Lately I haven’t been reading feeds...

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TV sucks

Garr Reynolds has found a nice low-tech way of staying on task when working at home: If you do any public speaking and haven’t found Garr’s blog Presentation Zen go check it out. It’s packed full of...

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Living in an Amish paradise

Here is a great Howard Rheingold article from the Wired Magazine archives about Amish in the US and their unique approach to using various technologies in their day-to-day lives: Look who’s talking I...

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De-clutter

I see that Rod has picked his theme for 2008. Here’s mine: less. For starters … Remove clutter from your house, so you can appreciate the good things you have. Remove the crappy digital photos from...

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You have no new messages

If you’re New Years resolution includes “less inbox”, you should check out this great presentation from Merlin Mann: Inbox Zero: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=973149761529535925 (slides)...

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My name is Rowan, I’m an addict

Some say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. For the last month or so I’ve been using a great tool called RescueTime to help me put some hard numbers around the size of my...

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Blog bankruptcy

I now have one million half written blog posts in my drafts folder (more or less). I suspect this is a pretty common situation. This morning I’m declaring blog bankruptcy and accepting that I’m never...

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The opposite of less

Via: JonesBlog Wow! There is actually an (almost reasonable) explanation for this. Me? I’m happy with one big monitor. It seems a nice compromise between productivity and less “stuff” on my desk....

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No news is good news

I’m spending next week offline. No email. No RSS. No blogging. It will be interesting to see how it goes. I’ll let you know this time next Sunday. In the meantime, here’s a good story from Sir Ken...

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You’ve got (too much) mail

Here’s a simple idea: Imagine if your email server got a little bit slower each time you checked for new messages during the day. Just a few seconds longer each time would quickly add up, if you’re one...

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Empty

I am in equal parts excited and terrified by getting to this point today: Mail Things Reader I’ve been talking about this for a while. De-clutter, Inbox Zero, Disconnect, Spring Clean, Unsubscribe...

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Alarm Mode != Silent

Your classical bedside alarm clock has three modes, typically set using a hardware switch: On Off Alarm When it’s “on” it makes noise. When it’s “off” it makes no noise. And, when it’s in “alarm” mode...

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It’s about time …

“Have you ever bought clothes while traveling, and been unable to fit everything in your suitcase when it was time to go home? That suitcase is what my days are like now.” Via: Jeffrey Zeldman Yup!

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Too clever

Jason from 37signals last week posted one of my favourite quotes about complexity, and specifically complex systems: “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple...

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Small Words

Using small words helps you tell the truth. Agree?

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