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Comment on Getting Things Done, Again by Getting Epic Wins Done « Changing Way

Getting Epic Wins Done « Changing Way — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:11:38 +0000

[...] about the same time I was rereading Getting Things Done, I was reading Reality is Broken for the first time. The full title of Jane McGonigal’s book [...]

Comment on Getting Things Done, Again by Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:46:58 +0000

Michael,
Thank you for the comment. Hope you find the book useful.

Comment on Getting Things Done, Again by michaelpinto

michaelpinto — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:42:08 +0000

Andrew,

I found your post to be very insightful and I added GTD to my reading list. Thank you for sharing, I look forward to reading more.

Best,

Michael

Comment on NPR: It’s Not Just For Radio Any More by Theola Schurz

Theola Schurz — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:23:26 +0000

I’m having a little problem I cant subscribe your rss feed, I’m using google reader fyi.

Comment on Contacts, and the Management Thereof by Tony Cappaert

Tony Cappaert — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:05:41 +0000

Thanks for trying us out, Andrew! If you have any questions, you can always reach us at support AT contactually DOT com.

We’re still in private beta, but are slowly bringing users onto the system. If you’re interested in givi Contactually a try for yourself, sign up and skip the waitlist at http://www.contactually.com/beta.

Comment on The iPad and the Board Game Geek by Tombo

Tombo — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:06:50 +0000

Match Up is a good retro memory game for the iPad. It’s photorealistic so it looks like an old fashioned (heh) tile game.

Comment on Unstuck: the iPad App by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:17:42 +0000

David,
Thanks for your comment, and good luck with Unstuck!

Comment on Unstuck: the iPad App by David

David — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:28:45 +0000

Andrew,

Thank you so much for your wonderful post about Unstuck! And you’ve posted a great set of questions. Here are some thoughts in response:

In terms of the process we take a user through to help them get Unstuck, this is based on two decades of working with people in stuck moments and seeing the patterns. For nearly twenty years, we’ve worked with leaders and people in businesses of all types, and we’ve seen patterns of where they get stuck, how they get unstuck. When we set out to do this app, we studied people in more personal stuck moments and then compared those situations to what we know form the business world.

The expertise really comes down to a few things: Knowing the right questions to ask. Being able to put things into context. Doing an expert job at pattern matching. That’s what we do every day with clients, and with Unstuck, we’ve found a way to apply it to a whole new realm.

One point worth emphasizing: What you get out of this app really depends on how much enthusiasm you put in. It becomes more relevant the more you use it. The best way to get unstuck is to work on getting unstuck. What this app is doing is helping you do that.

As for the interaction design, we’ve designed this for the iPad specifically, because we think it’s the perfect platform for the kind of interaction and experience we want to create. Down the road, we’ll look at how to extend your access to other kinds of devices you use throughout the day—phones, laptops, etc.

Hope this helps and look forward to hearing how you, and your readers, are using Unstuck.

David
Unstuck.com

Comment on WordPress.com Custom Design: A Logical Price Rise? by Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:58:10 +0000

TGA,
Thanks for you comments, incisive as ever. Once you get up over a buck a week, yes self-hosting looks increasingly attractive.

Or one could spend just a little more and get more from WP.com, in the form of a bundle. At least, that’s what WP.com keeps inviting me to do, in the form of a taskbar suggestion that I upgrade to a $99 bundle including domain name and mapping, custom design, no ads, 5GB more space, and videopress.

I’m not going to go for the bundle. I’ll be looking for a theme that I could stand to use without CSS, but is free at WP.com.

Comment on WordPress.com Custom Design: A Logical Price Rise? by that girl again

that girl again — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:01:14 +0000

Personally I find third-party ads on personal journals and charity/educational sites distasteful, so those are precisely the kinds of sites I wouldn’t put on wordpress.com.

I’ve said elsewhere that the increased price of custom CSS was an inevitable consequence of the introduction of premium themes; they can run up to $100, so compared to those prices $15 was looking weirdly cheap. They just threw in the fonts and the promise of support (which remains patchy) so that the price increase would look slightly less egregious.

Since anyone who is investing in custom CSS will also need the no-ads upgrade (why would you spend money on tarting up your blog if it’s then going to be defaced with tacky animated ads?), and will often also have the domain upgrades… well, then you’re looking at around $80-$90 a year, and at that point it would be silly not to at least investigate self-hosting.