But there’s one other really important thing about the “lazy web”. It’s smarter. My friend Vanessa looked at the first response to my question on yoga in Curitiba and saw it was a google result. She said to me “I can do that and have done it. It’s not a good yoga studio. I want a good one.” An hour or so later, I got a name of a person in Brazil who would know the answer. And that’s the direct hit we wanted. Google can’t do that. People can. And do. And do so publicly. And when I get value from lazy web queries, you can bet I’ll reciprocate when I am on the receiving end of them.
A VC on Lazy Web
3 August 2008
23 June 2008
Twitter, FriendFeed, email, IM, and RSS take away our focus when we’re really concentrating and switching to and from each task can mess us up. Instead of pining away for the overstimulated sponge-like skills of Scoble, it may be time to embrace this quality about yourself and use it to your advantage. Just because you’re not able to write a great post while concurrently dealing with new email and IMs, that doesn’t mean there’s anything inherently wrong with you that needs fixing.
ReadWriteWeb on Information Overload
21 April 2008
I’m that guy. I’m the guy who will spend the entire goddamned weekend reorganizing my tagging system because I didn’t like the tone or the tense of my previous tagging system. Paying attention to productivity is a slippery slope. The system efficiency addiction associated with saving time can become so compelling that your process begins to control more of your time than your product.
Rands in Repose on Produtivity
25 March 2008
I wrote two hours and a chapter of my book today! That makes 3 straight days I’ve done that. Key to my productivity: no Internet connection.
Zen Habits on Productivity
26 February 2008
I always have good, nay, great, intentions but they are often thwarted by the universe or karma or the fact that instead of being cooperative my body decides that is in no mood for productivity.
No Pasa Nada on Productivity