Pleasure and Pain

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Entries Tagged as 'Productivity'

What I did while Twitter was down today

August 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Pain, Twitter

Twitter had a Denial of Service Attack this morning, which affected its uptime all day today. Therefore I was forced to figure out what to do without it. Here’s what I came up with:

I noted my frustration on Facebook
I actually looked at my friends’ pages on Facebook
I reached Inbox Zero in Google Reader and reorganized [...]

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Finding a day and time for Whit Hour

July 21st, 2009 · 7 Comments · Career, Consulting

Given that I’m a user experience practitioner and consultant who is active on Twitter, it’s not surprising that I have a lot of folks coming to me with questions. Unfortunately it’s gotten to a point where I can no longer answer each person individually.
In an effort to keep my sanity while still being as helpful [...]

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Tips and Tricks for BlackBerry Users

May 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Productivity

If you’ve been reading this blog for long enough, you know I don’t own an iPhone. How is it possible for a designer to not own an iPhone? Read one of my most popular posts: “Why I don’t have an iPhone (but might someday).”
I am the proud owner of a BlackBerry 8830 World Edition on [...]

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Why I Work at New Work City

December 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Community, Productivity

New Work City, a new coworking space in New York City (get the name?!), opened its doors on Monday, November 3, and I’m pleased to say that I am a part-time member.
What’s “coworking,” you ask? It’s a new movement for freelancers and small business owners of all kinds to stop working at home or out [...]

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10 Worthwhile Twitter Bots

July 19th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Twitter

Yeah, you get it. I love Twitter. It’s a great place to connect with new and interesting people, but it’s also just a good platform for information delivery and in some cases productivity. Some of these are actual bots (automated accounts) while others are just run by an organization — I’m lumping them into the [...]

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