Posts Tagged ‘best practices’
The design process at 37signals
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010Do not make it bigger
Saturday, October 9th, 2010The Do Lectures 2010 went well. Like better than I had hoped. When something goes well, there is always the temptation to make it bigger. But I remember Steve Glenn saying to me in the legendary Bwthan pub, “Everyone will want you to make it bigger, ignore them. Make it better. But keep it like this. This is amazing. Keep it special.” The good thing is we can’t make the tent any bigger, we can’t make forest any bigger. Having those physical limitations helps. So all we can work on is making it more special.
John Cleese on Creativity
Sunday, August 29th, 2010You have to create boundaries of space and you have to create boundaries of time. Then, and only then can you play.
– John Cleese
The 7 most important lessons after 5 years of GTD
Sunday, August 1st, 2010Rolf F. Katzenberger over at Evomend has compiled a list of GTD lessons that he learned during the years:
- Setting up filter rules to sort unread email into folders is cool, but stupid.
- I hardly ever need anything from the archive (reference material).
- GTD is my friend and autopilot.
- Top tasks take care of themselves.
- Real standards defy all competition.
- I will never again waste time on time management.
- I can see – always – what I need to do, wait for or monitor.
Everything he listed makes perfect sense in the realm of GTD. Agreeing with the entire article.