StoryWallApp: Digital Kanban Cards
As I’ve said before, most digital task systems don’t cut it for me. They’re either too opinionated or intrude on my life constantly to the point that, when coupled with my personality, I can’t get away from a to-do list that follows me around wherever we go. A colleague of mine, Toby Hede, has just released something which ...
The hidden cost of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) approach
Recently we’ve been adopting a more disciplined approach to launching websites in their minimum viable execution and then iterating improvements based on feedback. The idea behind this approach is explained well in Eric Reis’ new book The Lean Startup (which I recommend). The basic concept is to get to a point where you can learn ...
Unorganised or overworked? Battling the Never Ending To-Do List.
I’m not unorganized, I’m just overworked. For me, coming to this realization was pretty profound. As someone with a strong desire to be productive, it has really bothered me recently that I haven’t had the headspace to really deep dive into major project work. I’ve felt as if periods of blissful concentration and useful problem ...
Staying sharp as a web worker in a big corporate
Yesterday I listened to a podcast entitled ‘Putting employees first: The new war for talent in knowledge industries‘) – I’d suggest having a listen. The podcast is an interview with Professor Ian O. Williamson from Melbourne Business School. In it, Ian makes some really great points about the changing relationship between employers and employees in ...
Hosting a Jelly: Is co-working a better way to work?
Last Friday I was lucky enough to host a Melbourne Jelly at The University of Melbourne’s Woodward Conference centre. So far, everyone I’ve told about the Jelly has asked “What’s a Jelly?”, so let me explain.
“A bias towards action”
Today I’ve started to try and use the Action Method for organising myself. Mostly this has stemmed from listening to Scott Belseky talk at a Portable talk the other day.
Do more of what makes you happy at work
On the weekend I attended an event called Trampoline. One of the speakers, Rod Sherwin, suggested among other things that in order to improve our satisfaction with our jobs we should analyze what it is about them we like so that we can actively pursue ways to get more time to spend on those tasks.
Don’t let entrepreneurial passion BLIND you
After all my talk about needing to find something to be passionate about yesterday, I just finished reading a article about exactly the opposite – not letting your passion blind you in your entrepreneurial adventures.
Riding the wrong way!
I’ve struggled for quite some time trying to work out what to make this blog about. By nature, I’m a generalist and I can do a massive range of things quite well (I think anyway) but I’ve been completely unable to commit to writing about any single one of those things because I’ve decided I’m ...