Archive for the ‘Tools’ Category

My GTD Practices

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Image of my 'GTD' sheet. It's a weekly printout of my Outlook calendar along with Tasks and I can't function (well) without it. I've been a Steven Covey fan for a long time. So when I heard about how awesome 'Getting Things Done' was, I had to check ...

If this ain’t useful, I don’t know what is: GrandCentral

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Abstract GrandCentral is a service that will give you an extra phone number. You can control the redirection of the calls and listen to voice mails on line. In typical web2.0 style, the service is invite only right now. Let me know if you want an invite. In ...

The Minimalist Home Gym

Monday, March 17th, 2008

I'm about to buy an elliptical trainer. The last time I bought fitness equipment was 7 years ago when I bought this thing for $100: That was some of the best $100 I've ever spent. Thanks to this simple piece of equipment, I've maintained the upper body strength I obtained ...

blogrdoc cool tool #1: Book “Unconditional Parenting”

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

This book was on display at the Oregon Museum of Science Institute (OMSI). While the kids played with the blocks, I snuck away momentarily and scanned this book. I can tell you that just by reading a few chapters from this book, I dramatically changed my behavior ...

Stuff I do

Monday, January 28th, 2008

One of the earliest pearls of wisdom that I accepted was that "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” --Aristotle For better or worse, here's a brief list of what I repeatedly do: 1. Always orient my shirts in the ...