Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Would you want to work in an office like this? Look Inside Apple’s Spaceship Headquarters With 24 All-New Renderings
I still prefer working from home... But every once in a while would love to be able to "crash" an office like this for a change. Would you? Just take a look at these renderings... It's going to be amazing... Hope they'll have some sort of "visitor area".
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Why Apple didn't buy these guys? Did you try them? Out of the picture: why the world's best photo startup is going out of business
Out of the picture: why the wo...
Wow, an amazing product and a great team is not enough. A great reminder that startupping is hard. Building a business and getting to massive scale is hard. I so appreciate my fantastic Nozbe users and customers and my team and what I have. Makes me appreciate it even more that after almost 7 years I'm still in business and growing and thriving despite changing environments and user trends. So thankful for what I have and what I get to work on every single day.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Which one are you getting? Here's @parislemon's take: To Mini Or To Air, That Is The iPad Question
To Mini Or To Air, That Is The...
Here's the spoiler:
But aside from sitting on the sidelines forever or upgrading every single year, you need to take the plunge at some point and get an iPad mini or an iPad Air. And this year, again, I’d vote for the Air. But it’s close. Real close.
I agree with MG. It's close but I got the air and I love it. My wife is getting a mini. In her case the mini is going where the kindle used to go. In my case, my iPad air is my #iPadOnly machine and I love the new form factor. It's great.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Do you feel the same way, too? Google’s Broken Promises & Who’s Running The Search Engine?
I find myself not trusting Google anymore. Increasingly so. I understand they're growing up to becoming a real evil corporation, but do they have to? Maybe they do, because after all they are not an engineering company, not a search company, they're just an AD company and we tend to forget that... And all they care is the amount of ads they can shove our way... Sad but true?
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Want one? What will you draw with it? Pencil / Think With Your Hands
Pencil / Think With Your Hands...
Wow, I already enjoy my cosmonaut stylus but this one seems to be the keeper. Can't wait to get one. I think I'm going to ask one of my us-based friends to send me one. Perfect Xmas present. Will you be getting one of these?
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Fantastic confession by @MichaelHyatt, does this happen to you as well? To Do or Not to Do, That Is the Question
To Do or Not to Do, That Is th...
I totally get Mike's sentiment here, happens to me as well. There are sometimes days you just can't get anything done... And you're blaming yourself and trying to fight it. Embrace, listen, relax... And admit you're a human, not a productivity tuned robot. Cut yourself some slack every once in a while :-)
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Will you miss it, too? After 15 Years Of Whipping The Llama’s Ass, Winamp Shuts Down
After 15 Years Of Whipping The...
Wow, I remember the days of Napster and Winamp in the early 2000s. I had my first laptop connected to the internet in the dorm room and was playing my mp3s on it with my buddies. Wow, good times. I could listen to anything I wanted, my laptop played it. I remember I was using Winamp still way up until I switched to the Mac. I was using an old 2.xx version as it was sleek and fast. Loved the product. RIP Winamp, you served us well. Will you miss it, too?
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Do you also think @marissamayer is a great new leader? Keynote with Marissa Mayer, President and CEO, Yahoo!
Keynote with Marissa Mayer, Pr...
Marc is totally praising her all of the time in this interview and I like his "previous employer" remark :-) all controversy aside, I don't approve of Marissa's policy regarding teleworking (in Nozbe we all work from home and we're doing great) but apart from that I like her design-centric view and I think Yahoo is safe with her. Google was a better product with her on board as she cares deeply about the end-user and it shows now with her new job. Anyway, great interview and Marissa, you're fantastic, keep it up!
P.S. I'd love to be able to chat with her over a cup of coffee. She's definitely a mentor I'd like to learn from. One can dream, right?
Friday, November 15, 2013
My recommendation: ✔ Book of the week - Remote by @37signals / cc: @dhh, @jasonfried
✔ Book of the week - Remote ...
My latest book review. As someone who is running a software business totally remotely I can't say I don't agree with the authors. You can and you should try remote work. These guys will tell you how. Check out my review and the book ;-)
Friday, November 15, 2013
Great article on @Evernote – The $0 Growth Engine
Evernote - The $0 Growth Engin...
I'm a big fan of Evernote and our Nozbe app syncs with Evernote in some clever ways now. And we're going to make the integration even better. Anyway, the article is a great resource to show how you can grow a freemium company using word of mouth marketing :-)
Friday, November 15, 2013
Luckily, this can be turned off: Your Face and Name Will Appear in Google Ads Starting Today
Your Face and Name Will Appear...
Seriously, google is getting spookier and spookier every month with new "innovations" making us even a bigger product for them. I think the time is coming for me to write an ultimate anti-Google rant now :-)
As the article says: seriously, turn it off ;-)
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Check out #greatworkmba by @boxofcrayons: ✔ Interview with Michael Bungay Stanier of Box Of Crayons - Productive! Show #58
✔ Interview with Michael Bun...
Michael is an amazing guy an I interviewed him way back for the productive magazine #3. Now here's my updated video interview with him. We talk about "finding your great work". You should check it out.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Currently reading @MichaelHyatt's newest book: The Virtual Assistant Solution: Come up for Air, Offload the Work You Hate, and Focus on What You Do Best [Kindle Edition]
Amazon.com: The Virtual Assist...
Just hired an assistant for myself (hello Magda!) and I have to say I'm totally happy. She offloads my work, helps me manage email tasks... and constantly questions the little tasks I'm doing. I know I'm going to learn a lot from Michael here.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Wow, this is really spooky: We’re About to Lose Net Neutrality ― And the Internet as We Know It
Can't imagine the internet providers limiting or throttling access to web sites but apparently they can, this sounds really bad:
Once the court voids the nondiscrimination rule, AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast will be able to deliver some sites and services more quickly and reliably than others for any reason. Whim. Envy. Ignorance. Competition. Vengeance. Whatever. Or, no reason at all.
Hope this law never goes through.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Tomorrow a big launch and a "special issue": Productive! Magazine re-launching soon as an iPad/iPhone and Android app
Productive! Magazine re-launch...
Although the magazine is already in the App Store, we haven't pushed the launch to all of our newsletter subscribers and Nozbe users. Tomorrow we're preparing a big launch together with a special issue of the magazine pushed to all devices - you're really going to enjoy the special issue! Stay tuned!
