Aza, Aza, Aza...
Bloxes. A great idea that Aza Raskin should have sold to someone else to implement.
Look, I know all about distractibility, believe me. I know about having more ideas than you could ever possibly do. That’s why you need to discipline yourself and focus. Archy was a good starting place, and a good final goal. Enso was arguably a necessary detour. (But it’s not making money any more, is it?) The music search service was, well, what the hell was it? And now you’re breaking off into manufacturing?
I have the utmost respect for you and your work. But if you spread yourself too thin, each of your projects is going to disappear the moment you turn your attention away from it.
Read more...We’re re-implementing an old 4GL app, and my co-worker made it sound like the log scraper used Deep Black Magicks, so I had him keep that part to drive my new Java, even though it was a clunky solution. Well, now that I’m delving into the 4GL, it’s really not that bad.
I’ll be stepping on my co-worker’s toes if I re-code it, but…
Read more...Gitchy Goo...
Needed some sound clips for Zyps, so I got the baby in front of a microphone. Not gonna use this one, but it was too cute not to share…
Read more...I saw this and my jaw dropped… I thought “not only are they using Zyps in Poland, but they’re coding soccer simulations?!”
Well, no. My best guess is that there’s a Polish soccer star whose last name is Zyps. :) Hope that doesn’t cause search conflicts later.
Read more...Been using GMail tags as my GTD folders, but that approach is showing its weaknesses… Too many extra clicks to remove or recategorize something.
I set up a free Nozbe account, but haven’t done anything with it because I’m not about to re-add all my tasks to a platform I’m not even sure I want to use. Fortunately, I just discovered their “add tasks by e-mail” feature. I copied the subjects from the GMail tag summary page, appended an (@ context) and/or (P project) tag as appropriate, and boom - there they were in the appropriate section of Nozbe.
Except that half got plopped in the generic inbox because the task line was too long. They’ve promised to fix that, but my faith is now shaken, especially since individual categorization is going to be even worse than via GMail.
The API might be a cure. I’ll add a client to my personal library if I really start using Nozbe.
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