Facebook filled a niche for me that nothing else had. I try to explain to people who aren’t on facebook why I liked it so much. I tell them, its not like email because you don’t have to reply back to someone so there isn’t a sense of obligation. Also, you aren’t creating an obligation [...]
Posted in Essays Epiphanies and Reviews | Tagged block party, email, Facebook, frenetic, functionality, home page, new facebook, online applications, social, technology |
All I want is a “to do” list that I can organize by categories (check, widely available) That triggers a “next action” to show up when I check off one completed item. (This is called “task dependency”) Doesn’t show the “next action” until the first action is checked off. Example: This would be useful if [...]
Posted in Useful Information and Research | Tagged "to do" list, applications, Getting Things Done, GTD, igtd, next action, Nozbe, OmniFocus, organizing, Remember the Milk, task dependencies, technology, Things, Toodledo |
I read an interesting essay today by Will Doig about instant messaging. He and his lover instant messaged all through their relationship, but then they broke up Time passed. I was single. Dating was misery, and made all the worse by the lack of an IM partner to whom I could talk to about exactly [...]
Posted in Uplifting Media | Tagged funny, instant messaging, relationships, technology |
Mandarin Design. Web and Blog Design and Development Return of Design – Color Schemes, Design, Development, and Inspiration Related posts With IM, he turned his boyfriend into his therapist (0) Why I hate the new facebook (2) Tools for tracking my goals for a healthier and happier life (1)
Posted in Useful Information and Research | Tagged Mandarin Design, technology, web design |
I was looking for a way to put a tag cloud on the front page of my website. I didn’t find that, but I did find a fun little application called Tag Crowd. You can upload or paste your text in at Tag Crowd to get a quick visual of the words you use the [...]
Posted in My Life | Tagged goals, tags, technology, web applications |
Joe’s Goals seems to be the most talked about online habit tracker. My first impression was that I didn’t like the way it looks. It seems a bit unwieldy to me compared to the Habit Calendar, which is the only other habit tracking tool I was able to find online. The Habit Calendar has a [...]
Posted in Useful Information and Research | Tagged goals, habit tracker, habit tracking, HabitCal, habits, Joe's Goals, reviews, technology |
I’ve been reading, thinking, and making notes about living a healthier and happier life, I want to work on about 3 small life-style goals a month, and I want to share what I’m doing with all of you who read my blog. I’m investigating goal tracking software that will hopefully help me track and share [...]
Posted in Useful Information and Research | Tagged goals, habits, technology, tools |
I went to Earth Day at the park. It was cool because their were loads of people there and it was a more hippyish crowd than I usually see. I could hear Hari Krishna music as I walked in. A Hari Krishna dad urged his daughter to give me a flower. It was a really [...]
Posted in My Life | Tagged Alfred and the K23 Orchestra, Barefoot Ted, Earth Day, earthing, Hari Krishnas, Marathon, technology |