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HehThe original 43 folders.Ryan Norbauer | Oct 25 2007I was recently skimming through my beloved old 1934 edition of Progressive Indexing and Filing, which I inherited at a young age from my grandmother—probably my first piece of productivity porn (the book, not my grandmother.) On page 85, I stumbled across a delightful little gem. Apparently, not only did the David not invent the tickler file (news to me), but it’s been around since at least 1934. read more » POSTED IN:
Clever "Real Life Quicksilver" videoMerlin Mann | Sep 23 2007Very fun video by Matt McInerney — what it would be like if Quicksilver came to life outside your Mac. I sure like it better than living in a YouTube thread.
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If life were like YouTubeMerlin Mann | Sep 21 2007Ok, it’s Friday, and the team and me are pooped from several weeks of site-making. No profound tips today. I’ll just leave you to your weekend with a wonderfully timely video. read more » POSTED IN:
Net Net: Drill down with 'Corporate Ipsum' widgetMerlin Mann | May 9 2007Corporate Ipsum - Dashboard - Developer As we all learned from Equus, we don’t get to choose the things in life that fascinate and repel us, and, in retrospect, if I could have chosen to avoid the avalanche of empty businessspeak I’ve been exposed to over the past dozen or so years, I certainly would have. Alas, I could not. And, so here I am, alternately repulsed and amused by the twisted patois of nonsense that passes for communication in offices and boardrooms today. If you share this sad affliction, you may enjoy the pleasures afforded by the Corporate Ipsum Dashboard widget, cleverly (and pointlessly) designed to generate paragraphs and paragraphs of empty insight for your next pitch, presentation, or VC meeting. In one instance, this paradigm-shifting functionality was a solution-provider for the following bit of kimono-opening stone soup:
At the end of the day: awesome. Sand Hill Road, here I come! Many thanks to jwines’ bookmarks on del.icio.us POSTED IN:
“I answer an e-mail once every 6.66 minutes”Merlin Mann | Jan 16 2007Where Work Is a Religion, Work Burnout Is Its Crisis of Faith — New York Magazine This enjoyable article on burnout includes a bit that I love (and sympathize with):
I suspect that children will eventually support some kind of thin-client email-to-affection gateway. From an evolutionary standpoint, it may be the only solution that scales. POSTED IN:
Macworld Drinking Game 2007Merlin Mann | Jan 8 2007
We’ll all be so drunk by 11am tomorrow. POSTED IN:
Life hacky door matMerlin Mann | Oct 26 2006
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43f Podcast: Ian Shoales on Wasting TimeMerlin Mann | Oct 20 2006Odeo: Ian Shoales on Wasting Time
Grab the MP3, learn more at Odeo.com, or just listen from here: read more » POSTED IN:
Weird Al: "White and Nerdy" videoMerlin Mann | Sep 18 2006Solid gold and closer to home than any of us probably like. Steven G has the full lyrics. [ via: Waxy links ] Excerpt: read more » POSTED IN:
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