get better Post Source: birdhouse.org Posted: Oct 08 2008 07:45:08
twitters best tweeter merlin mann more famously of gtd and 43 folders abruptly stopped with the twitter thing in early september and started blogging at kungfugrippe.com. completely different style hard to tell its the same dude. but loved this slide from a presentation on effective blogging applicable to just about anything
the old bowie and springsteen vids are also worth watching.
music tinar... [Show More]
for the past several months i have been trying out various tools to help me fight the disorganisation that follows when you have a day job a freelance gig and a family of five to support.
those tools have included various things from a paper moleskine notebook to the bundled iphone calendar application to online services such as 37signals backpack and remember the milk. i heard about most of the ... [Show More]
i dont often write about blogging. seems somewhat circular to do so but there has been a lot of discussion on the web lately about what blogging really means and what the role is etc. having been at it for a bit and hopefully with some visibility perhaps i can pen some thoughts down on this subject.
in an age when the definition of a blog and who is a blogger gets more and more cloudy i still co... [Show More]
i doubt that ill ever make anything onetenth as intelligent thoughtful and engaging as the wire and in all likelihood neither will you. merlin mann on story arcs and their relationship to the way in which we write and work....... [Show More]
ive been extremely light on the blogging front lately but i have big plans to breathe new life into this site. ill be shifting gears as i reexamine my time attention and creative work.
in the mean time heres a few links ive been meaning to share.
new brain machine improves musical creativity. any tool that can help me clear the way for great music to happen is a friend of mine.
cosmovox is an ipho... [Show More]
wie viel zeit brauchen wir um produktiv und kreativ zu sein um jene dinge zu verfolgen die uns wirklich wichtig sind und was massen wir aufgeben einschranken oder abschaffen um die ressourcen zu haben etwas neues zu schaffen das sind themen aber die ich derzeit viel nachdenke. zwei wochen nahezu ohne internetzugang in der einsamen italienischen maremma haben meinen ideenakku eindeutig gut aufgelad... [Show More]
glitchy links Post Source: www.3pointd.com Posted: Oct 03 2008 11:02:18
the wire writing into your arc 43 folders
merlin mann on the wire and story arcs
tags writing tv media hbo essay culture thewire
magpie a it bears repeating rushkoff on the credit crisis arthur magazine may 2008 arthur magazine blogs for you
none...... [Show More]
are you ready for some linkage i put in some hefty ones to make up for last weeks hiatus woopwoopwoop. also because my brain was going to shut off if i listened to any more of the vp debate. just click more
make your blog more like the wire seriously i think this is an awesome post. hat tip to subtraction whos fittin to raise up and get his blog back on.
alright stop what youre doin cause im ... [Show More]
... of a new brand
the new 43 folders brand approach is evolving as we speak but we can glimpse its general shape and direction. its rip for productivity pr0n. the new focus of the site in its own words
43folders.com is merlin manns website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work. a . . .
this is now a site for people who want to finish things that they care about but who sti... [Show More]
last week the blog search engine technorati released its 2008 state of the blogosphere report with the slightly menacing promise to deliver even deeper insights into the blogging mind. bloggers create 900000 blog posts a day worldwide and some of them are actually making money. blogs with 100000 or more unique visitors a month earn an average of 75000 annuallythough that figure is skewed by the sm... [Show More]
whether youre a writer artist scientist or just a sentient human being almost nothing helps stimulate the thinking and creative process more than good notebook provided its actually used. in a recent post time attention and creative work merlin mann issued the following warning about notebooks for erstwhile creatives
a notebook is basically the creative equivalent of the nfl jersey you picked up ... [Show More]
we are both close to the end and yet nowhere near.
i admit to no proof.
consumers waste billions of dollars a year on bottled water even though as much as 40 percent of it comes from the tap in the first place.
you might not realize that for 2.6 billion people around the world your morning shower or just one flush of the toilet is the essence of luxury.
turn your back on wall street.
what they d... [Show More]
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love him or hate him productivity blogger merlin mann has come up with a great way to help keep yourself on track. the idea is to avoid the seductions of the internet by stopping a moment to make sure that youre spending your time on what you really want to be spending it on.
in his blog post on the subj... [Show More]
i loved loved bird by bird. i should read it again
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somewher e in merlins recent logorrhoea about some tv show he mentioned his love for stephen kings on writing. ive never read it but in my back gmail pages i have an email from merlin i know right in which we shared appreciation for books like art fear and bird by bird so im thinking its worth a shot.
sarahs never read it either so we tho... [Show More]
these are my links for september 17th through october 1st
objectivity is unbelieveable lets give bias a try the lockbox wired journalists another source of info for my exposition on why teaching objectivity isnt as powerful as teaching transparency. it hurts the reader too.
textorizer vectorise a picture using text strings quickly make an image made up of text. great way to make artistic st... [Show More]
links for 20081002 Post Source: tonyscott.org.uk Posted: Oct 01 2008 23:07:59
nasa mars lander sees falling snow soil data suggest liquid past nasa snow detected and evidence of past interaction between minerals and water on mars.
four years 43 folders merlin manns site about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work is four years old.
the 25 most influential people on the web businessweek the 2008 list compiled by businessweek readers and staff.
time out... [Show More]
image via wikipedia
ideas are paradoxical. while hours of urgent deep thought might leave us without a clue at other times ideas seem to pop into our heads effortlessly dazzling us with their perfection. alas these brilliant moments of inspiration come all too often when were busy doing other thingsdriving showering drifting off to sleep or waiting on line at the bank.
in fact because our unconsc... [Show More]
merlin mann on the wire merlins new writing is excellent and often inspiring. although if im honest a lot of its so good that its making me think that none of the stuff i do is really good enough and that therefore...... [Show More]
links for 20081001 Post Source: pootling.net Posted: Oct 01 2008 08:30:23
merlin mann on the wire
merlins new writing is excellent and often inspiring. although if im honest a lot of its so good that its making me think that none of the stuff i do is really good enough and that therefore i shouldnt bother which i dont think is quite the point that hes trying to make. still great post.
tags merlinmann tv thewire 43folders media inspiration essay culture us blog post stor... [Show More]
a while ago merlin mann gave a pretty neat definition of what makes blogs good
1. good blogs have a voice.
2. good blogs reflect focused obsessions.
3. good blogs are the product of attention times interest
4. good blog posts are made of paragraphs.
5. good nonpost blogs have style and curation.
6. good blogs are weird.
7. good blogs make you want to start your own blog.
8. good blogs... [Show More]
the arc Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Sep 30 2008 05:40:53
merlin mann has the most amazing post up talking about the story arcs. im a big fan of the wire but what i took away was rather what he spoke of at the end about the arcs of our lives as played out in every medium.
i spent some time today browsing back through my gmail and my flickr stream. theres a story there even though it probably only really matters to me. the flickr stream was more evocat... [Show More]
joey daoud a student at florida state university is working on you 2.0 a documentary about life hacking a process of using productivity tips and hacks to help deal with information overload and stay organized.
heres the teaser trailer which features tim ferriss 4hour workweek merlin mann 43 folders gina trapani lifehacker leo laporte twit danny obrien electronic frontier foundation and david allen... [Show More]
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