The Noth-ern Gates
After enduring the trials and tribulations of a computer outage at O'Hare International Airport (ORD), I made it to New York three hours later than expected (thanks United Airlines -- I'll rant about you later). So I had to make a choice between shopping in SoHo or hoofing to Central
Slow E-mail Productivity Tip
43 Folders has five fast e-mail productivity tips, and I think it's a fine list. However, if you have more time and an interested group of people, I offer this suggestion: subject codes. In my organization, nearly every e-mail that's sent has one of the following subject codes in the
Abusing Folkonomies…
I had some thoughts this morning about how to abuse the whole folkonomy trend. Concerns really, because I'm not sure these things haven't already happened: Ideological wars fought through tagging. Tag your opponent as "evil" or "wrong", "liberal" or "conservative" and have an army of information manipulators spread the tags
Baby Name Wizard
Okay, here's a fun way to kill a few minutes: visit the Baby Name Wizard! You can check out any name and see its popularity ranking over time. Tammy seemed to hit its peak in the 1960s at number 14...Zesmerelda, on the other, has yet to make the list. *sigh*
Living on the Edge
Overheard at a project planning meeting today... "A lot of people are starting to say that e-mail has jumped the shark. It's on its way out." "No, a lot of people aren't saying that." "They're not?" "No! I know you're out there on the bleeding edge, but turn around and
How to fight “Feed Intimidation Syndrome”
I read Strange Attractor last week, and I have to say that many of my friends and co-workers aren't afflicted with feed overload syndrome. Nope, they're suffering from feed intimidation syndrome. They don't know where to get started on the Internet and seem overwhelmed by the technology that's out there.
