I'm now officially invested in working towards an Education Doctorate. Beyond all the program research, application delivery, acceptance euphoria, admissions paperwork, and course enrollment, I just now paid my first tuition bill. IT'S GETTING REAL! I'm in the process of tooling-up and strapping-in for the ride. This is going to be an ...

A few years ago I migrated away from Evernote. This was a pretty significant event for me, as I had been using Evernote since 2009 and had over 5000 notes in tow. I'd been using digital notes apps since about 2006, when I needed to keep collections of HTML snippets, passwords, and standardized email responses. I started with Google Not...

Omnifocus is my Photoshop level tool for to-do tracking. I've used it for years and there are still features and ways of using it that I haven't explored. I don't use it all the time. I only feel the need to use it for major projects that are complex, longterm, high stakes, and require me to be the only one in control. I've recently pu...

Take an assessment of the tools that you really need. Think about your bank, your phone, electricity to your home, your car etc. What's in your life that you really rely on? What do you count on to work? What is root level important? I'm to this point with email. I'm categorizing email as mission critical. More than anything else out t...

Basecamp made HEY Email to be super simple and super fast. Likewise, HEY World (the tool that sends this newsletter) was made to be super simple and super fast. Basecamp founders, Jason and David, have talked about how the HEY World newsletter tool is a return to Web 1.0. This means that it's built with basic HTML and CSS with no Javas...

Were they a myth, or were we just not ready for them? That's the question that I've been asking myself. I'm currently in a position where I'm working on developing communication with groups in a socialnetworky way. I have about a half dozen projects that need a solution, and I'm looking for a tool. In the past, it would have been an ea...

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