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Using RockMelt with HootSuite and Feed.ly
Nov 11, 2010 | Productivity
Is RockMelt the right web browser for social media enthusiasts?
Nov 11, 2010 | Productivity
12 inspired dry erase products and tips for whiteboard lovers
Nov 9, 2010 | Productivity
For those moments when MindJet, MindMeister, Popplet and other electronic options are just too constraining, the stationery overlords invented dry erase...everything. In the process of writing about how to create a whiteboard for your laptop, I found these crazy...
Erase this computer: a whiteboard for your laptop
Nov 8, 2010 | Productivity, SIM
This week I was in a meeting with Myron Campbell, an MAA student at Emily Carr. Myron runs Draw by Night, a drawing party that happens every other month in Vancouver (and now, Calgary). Myron had an awesome DBN sticker on his laptop that looked like a dry erase board...
Using HootSuite as your Twitter dashboard
Nov 5, 2010 | Toolbox, Productivity
At HBR: Using Twitter to fight distraction
Nov 4, 2010 | The Harvard Business Review
Five Ways Twitter Can Help You Conquer Distraction
Nov 4, 2010 | The Harvard Business Review
If you were going to design the perfect distraction, you’d probably make it irresistibly urgent, gossipy, and/or funny. You’d design…
How Twitter lists can keep you connected to the relationships that matter most
Nov 3, 2010 | Relationships, Top Information Overload Posts, Top Relationship Posts
Happiness in 140 characters: building relationships with Twitter
Nov 2, 2010 | Toolbox, Relationships
Cool Stuff My Friends Sent Me This Week
Nov 1, 2010 | Lifestyle
One of the things I love about the Internet is its habit of bringing us little presents. No, I'm not talking about the complete set of Reboot action figures that I purchased on eBay for my retro-animation-obsessed kids. I'm talking about all those groovy little finds...