Archive for the Out Of The Box Category

Mark Forster Makes Book Available For Free

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

From his recent newsletter: Since the distribution rights for my second book How To Make Your Dreams Come True have now reverted to me, I have decided to make it available free of charge on this website. You are reminded that although it is free of charge it remains fully [...]

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Growth Report: February

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

When I chose the word “grow” as my theme for the year (see Planning for the New Year), I realized I was going to have to make myself accountable. So here is my February checkin: January Accomplishments I started walking again in the mornings I started a course in clearing [...]

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Why I like Econote better than Moleskine

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

A couple of weeks ago I had an urge to go back to paper as a planning tool (see Drawn Back to Paper?). I even went so far as to check out the Daytimer website, ogling the binders and all the little add-in sheets. I decided that I really didn’t [...]

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NaNoWriMo Update: I Did It!

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

I pushed through the 50,000 word barrier at 11:00 p.m. on 11/29/2010. I am about halfway through the plot. A lesson learned from previous years: I cannot take December off or the book will languish. I’m taking a break until the weekend, when I will start work on the rest [...]

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Finding “Open Loops” on the Web: My Blog Reading List

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. Someone asked me recently where I come up with the material for my Tuesday Open Loops Series. These articles are ones of interest I find in my weekly blog reading. So for today, I thought I would share my Blog List.   These [...]

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10 Things You Don’t Know About Me

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

A friend of mine challenged me to share more about myself on the blog. “People don’t get to see the real you,” he told me. I don’t know if this is a good idea or not, but here are 10 things you probably don’t know about me: I am a [...]

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Ask The Readers: How Do You Share Video?

Posted on October 31, 2010 by

Since Facebook bought Drop.io last week, they have announced the service will go away. Drop.io is (was) a free service where you could drop files and by sending a username/password, others could see the files. I used Drop.io to share videos I took of my daughter with her grandparents, all [...]

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Implementing War in the Office

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

This is a guest post by John Durfee, the marketing manager for Airsplat. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. I’m sitting at the top of a hill, overlooking the action below with a pair of binoculars. The accounting crew, including one of [...]

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