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What you should know about the GTD method

May 19th, 2008

The GTD method is basically a method for increasing personal organization. To me it meant somewhat more than that as it taught me about how just by changing my thinking about something could lead to really powerful results. If you’re not familiar with the book “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity“, or its […]

Subscription-based media

October 22nd, 2007

In the last couple of years, I’ve gotten used to subscribing to blogs as my main source of news and information. Mix that with listening to most of my music through a portable player and it’s gotten me thinking about how I consume media.
My primary music player is a Zune, both as a portable device […]

Desktop Wallpaper Overload

August 20th, 2007

As I started reading a blog post about a desktop app recommendation, I realized I needed to change out my desktop wallpaper (I usually look for a new one about every 1-2 months). By the time I finished the article, I thought about how desktop wallpaper can be distracting sometimes.
I went into my desktop settings […]

Targeted advertising and rich content ads

July 19th, 2007

While going through some of the presentations given at this year’s Mix Conference from Microsoft, I realized that while there was a good amount of effort put into showing how Microsoft is paying attention to the interactive user experience, the main focus seemed to be on advertising and what tools Microsoft provides for advertisers for […]

This year’s Oscars and more reasons why not to see movies in theaters

March 8th, 2006

The goal of this year’s 78th Annual Academy Awards was to keep things classy and show that the award show hasn’t lost touch with today’s movie-goers. The results however, were the complete opposite: an inappropriate host, poor choices for Oscar winners and pleading to movie-goers to see movies in theaters.
Let’s start with the host, Jon […]

Future of design formats

January 29th, 2006

When it comes to designing for the web or any type of on-screen presentation, the design is based on the format you have to work with. This applies to any medium really, but has been more difficult for the computer since it’s always changing.
The internet is causing even more format changes as the website goes […]

Technological advancements

January 4th, 2006

Some may say that these last couple of years have been rather slow for technology improvements. I would disagree. For years new hardware for the desktop computer has been developed. Since computers have come to the desktop, the challenge was always to develop hardware powerful enough to keep up with the software we wanted to […]