Office Repo

I wanted to repurpose a blog entry I wrote for my blog / podcast Mac MediaCast. I’ve been thinking about the subject of educating yourself to stay on top of your industry. Though the original article is geared toward multimedia production, I think it can be especially true for any tech-related industry.

After listening to a recent episode of This Week in Media, I was inspired to put in my two cents’ worth on what I think is the most critical aspect of success in multimedia - Education. I believe that this is true on multiple levels — whether you’re an aspiring multimedia professional or just a home user wanting to create better music, movies, photos, etc.

What sorts of education? I can’t discount a college education, but, as a freshman-year dropout, I definitely can attest to alternate methods, such as:

Read the entire article here

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101 Common Sense Management Tips:

Richard Branson does it effectively from a hammock in the Necker Island, Warren Buffet has been doing it since he was 11, and Bill Gates used it to single-handedly build an empire.

Arguably the most powerful and effective managers in the world, these men have one thing in common – they owe their management acumen and success not to fancy business degrees from the hallowed portals of Harvard and Yale, but to plain old, not-so-common, common sense.

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From Lisa Peake at DavidCo.com

What are the entry-level behaviors to GTD that anyone can do to “get in the game”?

First of all I should say that this question contains some forethought. A GTD Connect member brought this idea to my attention at a recent public seminar and the theme of entry-level behaviors for GTD has been following me ever since.

The question of entry-level behaviors rests on the assumption that GTD is like any complex system worth learning on multiple levels (from nitty gritty to deep and profound). Other examples include golf, mastering aikido, driving a car, running a business, and assimilating into a new culture. What all of these mega-projects have in common is a need to master smaller subprojects in order to gestalt the more meaningful principles that form the whole. With any of these endeavors, it’s easy to fall off the wagon en route to mastery. They are also similar in that getting started can be daunting without a little help. Entry-level behaviors are the accessible and practical behaviors that a beginner can do in order to see some real results without having to do a whole-life overhaul. My hope is that the following tips will give you some ideas on how to get started with (or get back into) Getting Things Done for the New Year.

She goes on to outline a great list of 10 ways to get started in GTD. Definitely Read More–

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I’m very intrigued by the thought of a WebOS– rumors of a GoogleOS abound. I found an article called Big WebOS Roundup that is quite cool. It’s worth checking in on some of the contenders and seeing what’s coming.

As a video editor, I’ll always need to have a powerful computer with which to do my work. But my office duties differ– if you’ve been reading my posts, you know that I’m a fan of Google Docs, Google Calendar, etc. and I’d be quite happy doing business from anywhere with a laptop and Firefox.

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From startupspark.com - Mack Collier’s Z-Lister Meme Catches Fire:

Entrepreneurs network and seek opportunities. At least successful ones do.

I’ve kept an idea on Mack Collier’s Z-Lister Meme for the last week or so and I’ve watched it explode. Makes sense. It’s easy for people to do, and it’s now hitting a tipping point where it’s creating an incredible number of links to all sorts of blogs. And we all know how valuable links are, right? Not as valuable as a buck in the bank, but darn close.

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From startupspark.com
One of the first things people do when they’re starting a new business is pick a name. It’s a pretty important step, because it ends up defining a lot about the business.

In the Web 2.0 age we’re getting a lot of whacky names that don’t mean very much. People hope the names are snappy and catchy enough that they take on a life of their own. Some are real words (that still don’t tell us anything about what the company does), but most are just a mashup of letters into something “funky”, or they’re using a word in a foreign language to sound cool. (read more)

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From LifeHacker: Web-based iJot combines a word processor and a wiki to turn your notes into outlines, which you can then save and/or share.

With iJot, you enter notes using a wiki-like browser interface, then organize them with the built-in outliner. From there you can publish them as a standalone web site, complete with blog and feed features.

iJot’s still-in-beta interface definitely leans toward the cluttered, text-heavy side, and I found it annoying the way that a new window popped open every time I clicked a tab or tried to view an outline. Still, this should appeal to anyone who’s been waiting for an online outliner.

Oh, how I love Web 2.0 productivity tools. I’ll be happy one day when my laptop has a web browser and nothing else– everything will be online. Ok, maybe that’s a little scary, too. : )

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Ever wonder what all this GTD talk is about? I found this great page with a bunch of links to help you get started. It covers everything from the basics to different methods to software execution of the GTD method.

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I found this great article on methods of keeping your brain in shape. We spend more time on our abs sometimes (ok, well, not me).

Very interesting read:

22 Ways To Overclock Your Brain