People seem to envy those of us who don't work out of corporate offices because we get to set our hours and select our work settings. But what often gets lost is that we, too, have to have a routine. Otherwise, how would we ever get anything done? My latest post for...
Twelve months ago, I wrote a post about my efforts to clean out my office, close out the 2009 books, and achieve Inbox Zero. Operation Clean Office was a success. And the biggest takeaway was that these tasks, individually, don't take a lot of time if you don't let...
For the second year in a row, I’m taking a page from Chris Brogan. He annually identifies “three words that will be my guiding pillars for what I will focus on in the coming year." My three words for 2011: velcro, abandon, and crayons. I’m going to use them, hopefully...
If you know the secret sauce, please let me know. A lot of people have strategies to facilitate regular blog posts. In fact, I'm doing several things right: Don't strive for perfection. There are very few killer blog posts, and waiting until every element is perfectly...
I've been looking at my Twitterstream in real time since Thursday morning. Unlike the streamtime approach we've become used to, real time has no updates. It is a non-stop stream. Instant-ness. Immediacy. In a blog post aptly titled Trialling Twitter at the Speed of...
My latest post at Workshifting.com was sparked by this thought-provoking article on BNET about the impact of gender on how men's brains and women's brains function--and the impact this has on how we work. As more people shift out of office settings, it seems we're due...
If you're a regular reader of this blog, then you know that there were a couple of weeks recently in which I posted very infrequently. What you probably don't know is that I was in bed sick for a good chunk of that time. Although I wasn't getting much work done,...
My latest column for IABC's CW Bulletin is out, and it is about time: how we claim it as business owners, and how we can manage it to keep ourselves from being overwhelmed or letting critical tasks and projects slip through the cracks. It can be a challenge for even...
I wrote here about the secret to a great client relationship (hint: it’s about how you communicate). Now I want to talk about a related issue: understanding how your audience is listening. For example: 1. Have you ever had someone say, “Well, I tweeted about that”?...
Alexandra Samuel interviews Evernote CEO Phil Libin for a blog post about processing data and managing information overload. It's pretty standard stuff--until Libin says this in response to a question about other (non-Evernote) techniques and solutions for managing...