He’s Just Had Coffee

Further to that post yesterday I’ve been pondering the Next Action idea from Getting Things Done and how it relates to the basic work processes in Extreme Programming. They both accept a view that action permutes continually and so it’s best not to plan ahead too much. Plan if you feel you need to, but […]

So this guy Stephen Shapiro is about to publish a book called Goal-Free Living. Somehow I figured someone must have written this book before, I went looking for it about five years ago. A lot of what he has to say really resonates with me and with the way I think about life and productivity. Goals […]

So, David Watanabe’s Acquisition has been my favourite filesharing client for ages, mostly because it’s so much nicer looking and easier to use than the competition. This week I thought I’d give his NewsFire aggregator as an alternative to Bloglines mostly because it’s so much nicer looking than the competition. Plus it has a menu item […]

In “Blogs in Postgrad Studies (DMT)“, Grant Matthews writes: I’ve been using Social Software (Blogs) in my own teaching practice for a year now with mixed success. You can’t force students to be “sociable” and even the best student bloggers’ posts seem forced. Many of them don’t blog weekly and even more are unsure of […]