Here’s my end-of-the-week braindump of things I’m now interested in, or that might be worth paying more attention to later.
Writing Tips
- A Writers Coach – Rec’d by Merlin Mann. Two chapters in I now find this book an essential guide to better writing.
- Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer – Stumbled across the 1 page guide and wound up buying the book. Only skimmed, but also clearly essential.
Podcasts
- Back to Work: Rob Corddry – excellent talk with semi-famous writer/comedian about workflow habits and tools.
Productivity tips
- 43 Folders – excellent site from a pivotal thinker/writer of productivity tips for the digital world.
- Moleskin notebooks – sometimes old school tools are needed for productivity (Merlin Mann and other techies use them, so maybe I should too).
Steve Jobs
- Merlin Mann’s tribute – No one needs permission to be awesome. Unfortunately, so many think that they do.
Social Media
- Hashable – long term radar, not sure if it will gain traction.
- Foursquare – geo-location service has already gained critical traction .
- Square Card Case – the consumer’s companion tool to Square’s tool for merchants. This company is going to disrupt mobile payments big time.
P.S. If you appreciate these kinds of observations, you might want to read this as well.
