founders Creating Magical Human Experiences, with Magic I was recently introduced to Magic, a virtual personal assistant, by Mike Chen, the CEO at a recent founder retreat. I'd signed up for Magic a month before on the recommendation of a friend, but I wasn't really sure what it did, so I hadn't actually started using it. I
Self DROdio .Readme Here's a primer on how to work with me effectively. Reading this will help you ramp up on my work style faster. I'd also very much like to read your "ReadMe" if we work together, so share it with me if you've got one. Understanding me:The UnderstandMyself personality assessment
knowledge Knowledge Building the SAAS way I've always been a fan of productivity & efficiency hacks to allow me to do more with the limited time in each day. But lately, I've been working really hard to institutionalize these things within our company, PointAbout. Everyone reacts a little differently. Some people take to keyboard shortcuts easily,
Productivity Learn, Use & Love Indexing Tools I can't begin to emphasize enough how important the email indexing tools from Google, MSN & Yahoo are. Somehow the almighty Microsoft corporation forgot that it's hard for humans to find data on their hard drives because the Windows search functionality is painfully slow. And the Outlook search isn't much
Productivity The 80/20 Rule I don't know who first came up with the 80/20 rule, but I feel it should be a guiding principle of business. Whether we know it or not, the 80/20 rule applies: You get 80% of the value of anything from 20% of the work. Then you do
