the W3matter Feed Ideas on Monetizing your site http://w3matter.com Why I suck at multi-tasking, and how I'm making it better http://w3matter.com/blog/why-i-suck-at-multi-tasking-and-how-im-making-it-better <p> Something is rotten in the way how we manage tasks or use personal online task management tools.</p> <p> Ever just try to keep a list of tasks? Or use one of the hundreds of to-do lists online? Yup. Me too. We&#39;ve always failed miserable and stopped using the tool or system after a short time. Because fundamentally it does not map to our life.</p> <p> If no, then what does?</p> <p> <strong>We can only do one thing at a time.</strong><br /> Once you understand this, then everything changes. Why? Because there is no such thing as multitasking. Unless you have multiple cores like a CPU. But from what I understand about the human body, we just have one brain.</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45457/multitasking-on-the-road.jpg" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; width: 405px; height: 296px; " /></p> <p> (He&#39;s multitasking)</p> <p> Let&#39;s understand what happens when we try to multitask. That could be simple as cooking a meal, reading 3 books at once, or sitting at your desk doing 5 tasks at once.</p> <p> You do one thing at a time, interrupt it and do a something else, then resume one of the things that you&#39;re working on.</p> <p> Face it, in some cases you HAVE to do this, I&#39;m not knocking it. For example cooking a meal is a delicate balance of starting all the dishes one after the other and monitoring and preparing each of them on the four burners of the stove.</p> <p> But just like cooking those dishes, it&#39;s not multitasking. You&#39;re merely doing 4 things, one at a time.</p> <p> So how does this relate to task management?</p> <p> <strong>We can only do one thing at a time</strong><br /> My job is largely programming. I should be an expert at multi-tasking, right? Wrong.&nbsp;</p> <p> I suck really really hard when I try it. Because just like other jobs, you do them well when you can focus on one thing at a time. You need to start something, do some of it for an uninterrupted period of time, then either Defer it, Delegate it, or mark it as Done.</p> <p> <strong>Defer</strong><br /> You&#39;ve started a task, but can&#39;t finish it. Defer it until another time. Tomorrow you wake up and see what you have to do. Or you look at your list and notice that you can&#39;t do the most important task there right now, Defer it.</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45457/IMG_0463.JPG" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; width: 604px; height: 453px; " /></p> <p> (I have to Defer a lot of things this morning so I can spend some time with my kid at the stables)</p> <p> <strong>Delegate</strong><br /> If you can&#39;t defer a task, and you can&#39;t finish it, you should Delegate or Delete it. Ask someone else to do it. For instance, almost everything I create at <a href="http://www.travelagencytribes.com">Travel Agency Tribes</a>, I ask myself &quot;Will this agent or employee come back to me to do something here?&quot;. If the answer is yes, I&#39;m doing something wrong.</p> <p> How much time would it take you to do that task? What is your time worth? Is is going to come back to haunt you later?</p> <p> You&#39;ll need to systemize, then delegate. Figure out what the delegatee will need from you (instructions, materials, resources), then when delegating that task, write down the instructions (systemize), then finally hand off the task with instructions.</p> <p> <strong>Done or Delete</strong><br /> Finally! Something you can do, or just can&#39;t do. We&#39;ll save some time here, if you can&#39;t do it or delegate it, then just Delete it.</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45457/images.jpeg" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; width: 259px; height: 194px; " /></p> <p> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrianne_Curry" target="_blank">Adrienne Curry</a>&#39;s done being beautiful today)</p> <p> My point is that your task list should just look like one long expandable column. It should grow or shrink, but its just one column with many rows. Some rows are taller and some shorter (tasks that take less time). And they&#39;re constantly being moved around as you Defer, Delegate or mark things as Done.</p> <p> You don&#39;t have multiple columns of tasks.</p> <p> You don&#39;t have separate task lists. Seriously you dont.</p> <p> Because you can only do one thing at a time.</p> <p> Woudn&#39;t that be better?</p> Sat, 05 May 2012 14:24:54 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/why-i-suck-at-multi-tasking-and-how-im-making-it-better The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-37 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/pierrepradal">@pierrepradal</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/KesSampanthar">@KesSampanthar</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/Alltop">@Alltop</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/grechanowski">@grechanowski</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/KateGardiner">@KateGardiner</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/mashable">@mashable</a> for today's tweets. 2012-04-14</p><p>@pierrepradal: Artificial Intelligence Could Be on Brink of Passing Turing Test<br/><a href="http://pulse.me/s/86s8i">http://pulse.me/s/86s8i</a></p> <p>@KesSampanthar: RT @brucenussbaum: Majority of people who read news now get it on handheld devices via @AddThis<br/><a href="http://j.mp/HvGqkW">http://j.mp/HvGqkW</a></p> <p>@Alltop: How to hire the right startup employees<br/><a href="http://post.ly/6eo4t">http://post.ly/6eo4t</a></p> <p>@grechanowski: How should I host my videos for SEO purposes? Here's a great guide to video hosting and embedding<br/><a href="http://mz.cm/HrXv2B">http://mz.cm/HrXv2B</a></p> <p>@KateGardiner: RT @hari: NPR reaches 35 million people a week, and more than the top 78 newspapers in the country. Combined #murrow</p> <p>@mashable: Email Is More Popular Than Social Media [STUDY] -<br/><a href="http://on.mash.to/GWxa6k">http://on.mash.to/GWxa6k</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:01:16 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-37 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-36 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/core77">@core77</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/flip_tech">@flip_tech</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/dooce">@dooce</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/mashable">@mashable</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu">@jayrosen_nyu</a> for today's tweets. 2012-03-23</p><p>@core77: Auto design history: "France's VW bug" -<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/GAUGIj">http://bit.ly/GAUGIj</a></p> <p>@flip_tech: Bob Marley on Weed, Fun Things to Do in the Dark, and Rodney Mullen Gleams the Cube<br/><a href="http://dlvr.it/1LMtMN">http://dlvr.it/1LMtMN</a></p> <p>@dooce: Guys! I stopped listening to people talking about politics on the radio and I got my happiness back!</p> <p>@mashable: How One Man's Big Idea Changed Digital Map Making -<br/><a href="http://on.mash.to/zhN1w6">http://on.mash.to/zhN1w6</a></p> <p>@jayrosen_nyu: Just posted my Tumblr: The new NPR policy of being "fair to the truth" is already having an effect. Wanna see? http:// ...<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/A1PgB3">http://bit.ly/A1PgB3</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:01:15 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-36 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-35 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/toprank">@toprank</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/TheAtlanticHLTH">@TheAtlanticHLTH</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/cikipedia">@cikipedia</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/bbchealth">@bbchealth</a> for today's tweets. 2012-03-13</p><p>@toprank: Why content marketing is your key to B2B lead generation ‹ Blog<br/><a href="http://tprk.us/xV9aoA">http://tprk.us/xV9aoA</a></p> <p>@toprank: RT @wsearch_es: SEO is Just Marketing. Deal With It. #SearchCongressBCN<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/zBe8wU">http://bit.ly/zBe8wU</a></p> <p>@toprank: What questions should you consider before giving 3rd party applications your information?...<br/><a href="http://fb.me/ReDM93ai">http://fb.me/ReDM93ai</a></p> <p>@TheAtlanticHLTH: The incredible power of citrus fruits to reduce the risk of stroke:<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/z1eHxW">http://bit.ly/z1eHxW</a></p> <p>@cikipedia: NEW: 4 reasons why you need to REV up your Metabolism … via @cikipedia #health<br/><a href="http://cikipedia.com/4-reasons-why-">http://cikipedia.com/4-reasons-why-</a></p> <p>@bbchealth: Building the Six-Million-Dollar Man<br/><a href="http://bbc.in/ySFr6l">http://bbc.in/ySFr6l</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:01:37 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-35 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-34 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/pengwynn">@pengwynn</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/StartupLJackson">@StartupLJackson</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/dhh">@dhh</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/ginatrapani">@ginatrapani</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/joshtpm">@joshtpm</a> for today's tweets. 2012-02-27</p><p>@pengwynn: Length of basketball shorts and cheerleader skirts have been going in opposite directions for twenty five years.</p> <p>@StartupLJackson: Get real. The only "Pinterest for..." that's making any money is the Pinterest for porn</p> <p>@dhh: I always feel bad for people who brag about have 1:3+ code-to-test ratios. They want to do so good, but they probably missed th ...</p> <p>@ginatrapani: You know it's been a restful long weekend when your only accomplishments include an entire season of Downton Abbey & a ...</p> <p>@joshtpm: How The GOP Went Back To The 1950s In Just One Day via @TPM<br/><a href="http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/how-the-gop-went-back-to-the-1950s-in-just-one-day.php">http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/how-the-gop-went-back-to-the-1950s-in-just-one-day.php</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:01:14 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-34 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-33 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/baratunde">@baratunde</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/dangillmor">@dangillmor</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/tothekidswho">@tothekidswho</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/RWW">@RWW</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/arstechnica">@arstechnica</a> for today's tweets. 2012-02-11</p><p>@baratunde: nope “@DinoKadich: @baratunde Do you have a Twitter? ;)”</p> <p>@dangillmor: Maybe Facebook could use some of the $5B IPO cash to actually delete pictures users asked to be deleted 3 yrs ago http:/ ...<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/xD1opR">http://bit.ly/xD1opR</a></p> <p>@tothekidswho: here's to the kids who haven't even started their homework to turn in tomorrow.</p> <p>@RWW: ReadWriteBiz: Hate Using a Fax Machine? Try HelloFax</p> <p>@arstechnica: iFixit: "a donkey" could upgrade your Xoom tablet to 4G: by @ejacqui<br/><a href="http://arst.ch/odz">http://arst.ch/odz</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:01:29 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-33 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-32 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/HackerNewsYC">@HackerNewsYC</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/10gen">@10gen</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/ecomagination">@ecomagination</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/davemcclure">@davemcclure</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/JoMaitlandSF">@JoMaitlandSF</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/GlennF">@GlennF</a> for today's tweets. 2012-02-05</p><p>@HackerNewsYC: Top three reasons Not to do a local + online startup (and what to do instead)<br/><a href="http://goo.gl/fb/2Nt2v">http://goo.gl/fb/2Nt2v</a></p> <p>@10gen: Learn how @forbes uses #MongoDB in our latest case study<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/wQEf4Y">http://bit.ly/wQEf4Y</a></p> <p>@ecomagination: "There's a way to do it better—find it." -- Thomas Edison</p> <p>@davemcclure: add Amazon &amp; Twitter else this post from 2 yrs ago is exactly correct: &quot;Subscriptions are ...<br/><a href="http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2010/02/subscriptions-are-the-new-black.html">http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2010/02/subscriptions-are-the-new-black.html</a></p> <p>@JoMaitlandSF: Google+ just won best social app at the crunchies. Lame.</p> <p>@GlennF: It is so awesome to not be watching the Oscars tonight</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:01:13 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-32 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-31 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/denishennessy">@denishennessy</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/andreapaisley">@andreapaisley</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/JPBarlow">@JPBarlow</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/FCC">@FCC</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/baratunde">@baratunde</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/DougH">@DougH</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-30</p><p>@denishennessy: With Xoom shipping and Playbook about to, it's tough to know what to buy. Red leather or Orange polyurethane smart co ...</p> <p>@andreapaisley: Is setting up a personal web site for your resume a good idea?<br/><a href="http://www.jobsawait.com/2011/03/is-setting-up-personal-web-site-for.html?spref=tw">http://www.jobsawait.com/2011/03/is-setting-up-personal-web-site-for.html?spref=tw</a></p> <p>@JPBarlow: Nah. I used to be a Republican though. Before it came to mean this:</p> <p>@FCC: Supreme Court ruled unanimously on our behalf that claims of “personal privacy” do not apply to corporations.</p> <p>@baratunde: think of it this way: every minute the media gives to charlie sheen is a minute taken away from sarah palin #ThankYouCharlie</p> <p>@DougH: I think I could go the rest of my life without hearing Gwyneth Paltrow sing again #oscars</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:01:14 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-31 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-30 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/TheNextWeb">@TheNextWeb</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/GreatDismal">@GreatDismal</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/joshtpm">@joshtpm</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/Scobleizer">@Scobleizer</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/RWW">@RWW</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/tariqkrim">@tariqkrim</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-29</p><p>@TheNextWeb: Pictos is like Typekit for your UI with over 650 icons to play with by @harrisonweber on @tnwdesign<br/><a href="http://tnw.to/1CygG">http://tnw.to/1CygG</a></p> <p>@GreatDismal: Boston Big Picture</p> <p>@joshtpm: BREAKING: Indiana Secy of State Indicted on 7 felony counts of voter fraud, perjury, theft</p> <p>@Scobleizer: Why you should NEVER buy an iPad with Verizon or AT&T. For @kessler #Cinch:</p> <p>@RWW: ReadWriteHack: Full Text Preview of O'Reilly's Up and Running with Node.js Now Available</p> <p>@tariqkrim: if you are a mobile designer you should pay a visit to</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:01:13 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-30 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-29 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/rudepundit">@rudepundit</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/nytimesbusiness">@nytimesbusiness</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/business_design">@business_design</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/RWW">@RWW</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/dhh">@dhh</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/ElliotRonen">@ElliotRonen</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-27</p><p>@rudepundit: Public masturbator killed when his car hits a pole. No, really...<br/><a href="http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/03/early-morning_traffic_fatality.html">http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/03/early-morning_traffic_fatality.html</a></p> <p>@nytimesbusiness: Advertising: The Ken Doll Turns 50, and Wins a New Face</p> <p>@business_design: Nice, but the business model's missing. big mistake! RT @vpsingh: How to really make something http://slidesha.re/8 ...</p> <p>@RWW: Gmail Gets Smart Labels to Help Filter Messages and Fight Email Overload</p> <p>@dhh: But hey, Twitter has raised $360M in VC over 6(!!) rounds and the early money is almost 4 yrs old. Time to recoup come hell or ...</p> <p>@ElliotRonen: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", or, "I Haven't Read a Book in Years."</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:01:28 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-29 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-28 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/om">@om</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/donwb">@donwb</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/johnporcaro">@johnporcaro</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/RWW">@RWW</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/davewiner">@davewiner</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/markos">@markos</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-26</p><p>@om: i am no accepting ads for my desktop screen saver. only $1/minute of screen saver display time. cc @amazon can you fulfill the i ...</p> <p>@donwb: Node.js and the Javascript Age // excellent article about the paridigm shift that is upon us..</p> <p>@johnporcaro: via @Ekaterina: Think about what people will hear not what you're trying to say. Keep it simple, entertain. @timwasher ...</p> <p>@RWW: Twitter Announces Fire Hose Marketplace: Up to 10k Keyword Filters for 30 Cents!</p> <p>@davewiner: Why TechCrunch is Over.</p> <p>@markos: Just the facts, please: Stock performance under Clinton, Bush, and Obama. Try to find the socialism.<br/><a href="http://shar.es/3ShqH">http://shar.es/3ShqH</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:01:27 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-28 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-27 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/StartupLJackson">@StartupLJackson</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/TravelAthena">@TravelAthena</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/Mike_FTW">@Mike_FTW</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/baratunde">@baratunde</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/jseifer">@jseifer</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/Jason">@Jason</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-25</p><p>@StartupLJackson: If you ask people to ask people to sign NDAs you're not a VC. You're just a chump with a checkbook.</p> <p>@TravelAthena: Should you only take a backpack on your next trip?<br/><a href="http://www.globetrottingtips.com/anywhere/how-to-travel-with-only-a-backpack">http://www.globetrottingtips.com/anywhere/how-to-travel-with-only-a-backpack</a></p> <p>@Mike_FTW: So great. New York is about to lose THREE baseball games today.</p> <p>@baratunde: How To Get A Guy To Notice You While You're Having Sex With Him #RealTalk #Video #advice</p> <p>@jseifer:</p> <p>@Jason: Real entrepreneurs learn to love frustration, roadblocks, set backs + pain. Embrace the pain, own it and you'll grow. #talkin ...</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:01:29 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-27 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-26 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/Alltop">@Alltop</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/wired">@wired</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/jasonfried">@jasonfried</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/johnporcaro">@johnporcaro</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/caio_gondim">@caio_gondim</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/joshtpm">@joshtpm</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-24</p><p>@Alltop: How to disagree at meetings without being a jerk<br/><a href="http://post.ly/4wJs3">http://post.ly/4wJs3</a></p> <p>@wired: US forces have uncovered bin Laden's "fairly extensive" porn stash.</p> <p>@jasonfried: Fantastic quote regarding not sharing the Bin Laden death photos: "We don't need to spike the football" -President Obama</p> <p>@johnporcaro: Me, too! RT @elivya: I haven't worn a watch since I got my first cell phone. #fios</p> <p>@caio_gondim: Top 10 destinations for backpacing<br/><a href="http://goo.gl/c8zYp">http://goo.gl/c8zYp</a></p> <p>@joshtpm: New calls for Trump to release receipt for hair</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:01:28 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-26 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-25 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/hesky">@hesky</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/kaepora">@kaepora</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/shanselman">@shanselman</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/Scobleizer">@Scobleizer</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/TravelAthena">@TravelAthena</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-23</p><p>@hesky: there is hope for us old fogies :) People Over 35 Have Recently Launched 80% Of Startups via @tbi_warroom<br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/people-over-35-made-up-80-percent-of-entrepreneurship-activity-during-the-recession-2011-7?utm_source=twbutton&utm_medium=social&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=warroom">http://www.businessinsider.com/people-over-35-made-up-80-percent-of-entrepreneurship-activity-during-the-recession-2011-7?utm_source=twbutton&utm_medium=social&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=warroom</a></p> <p>@kaepora: It's important to remember that both Visa and MasterCard still allow donations to the Ku Klux Klan, but specifically block ...</p> <p>@shanselman: Greatest movie speech ever. Alec Baldwin from "Malice"<br/><a href="http://youtu.be/LqeC3BPYTmE">http://youtu.be/LqeC3BPYTmE</a></p> <p>@Scobleizer: A note to my sons: Patrick, Ryan, and Milan. How to increase the odds you will have a great life. Cc: @sem... #Cinch: ht ...</p> <p>@TravelAthena: Ditch your friends and family the next time you travel #travel #tip</p> <p>@shanselman: 15 year old niece after 24 hours with ChromeBook: "I can do more with an iPad. I'd put my $400 towards one of those."</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:29 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-25 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-24 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/jobsworth">@jobsworth</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/ElliotRonen">@ElliotRonen</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/moingie">@moingie</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/jowyang">@jowyang</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/unfalse">@unfalse</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/AnuPrestonia">@AnuPrestonia</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-22</p><p>@jobsworth: Busy. Offline<br/><a href="http://yfrog.com/hsmnhpdj">http://yfrog.com/hsmnhpdj</a></p> <p>@ElliotRonen: It was a pleasure doing business with you, Monday.</p> <p>@moingie: u know what i think about? how life can be so perfect.</p> <p>@jowyang: Let's start a flashmob: When the space shuttle returns, everyone dress up up in Ape outfits.</p> <p>@unfalse: current state of social networks</p> <p>@AnuPrestonia: Despite the comment made last night by the well intended, I must admit, I've been going back and forth about... http:/ ...</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:01:14 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-24 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-23 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/enlightndparent">@enlightndparent</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/ElliotRonen">@ElliotRonen</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/OmarShahine">@OmarShahine</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/grechanowski">@grechanowski</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/RWW">@RWW</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/rudepundit">@rudepundit</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-21</p><p>@enlightndparent: The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. Lane Olinhouse</p> <p>@ElliotRonen: To everyone "disappointed" by this storm: you should be thankful, if anything. It's like there's nothing between traged ...</p> <p>@OmarShahine: Going to dump @Hulu Plus. All the shows I watch are now "web only". Will instead spend the $$ just buying Season Passes ...</p> <p>@grechanowski: MySpace and Internet Explorer - a "perfect" web experience</p> <p>@RWW: Is there is a drought of big ideas on the Internet/tech blogosphere? #RWWBigQuestion<br/><a href="http://rww.to/phRPgZ">http://rww.to/phRPgZ</a></p> <p>@rudepundit: Giving the People What They Want: Ten Things Regarding Corn Dogs and Bachmanns:<br/><a href="http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2011/08/giving-people-what-they-want-ten-things.html">http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2011/08/giving-people-what-they-want-ten-things.html</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:02:20 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-23 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-22 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies">@hotdogsladies</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/awadallah">@awadallah</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/enlightndparent">@enlightndparent</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/ElliotRonen">@ElliotRonen</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/nealbrennan">@nealbrennan</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-20</p><p>@hotdogsladies: If you make liveblogging software, I'd go ahead and provision a new IMAP server. I have a feeling you'll be getting ...</p> <p>@awadallah: Hire For The Ability To Get Shit Done<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/oCgCnx">http://bit.ly/oCgCnx</a></p> <p>@hotdogsladies: It's really simple: 1. If you're in the way, KEEP MOVING. 2. If you stop moving, GET OUT OF THE WAY. http://t.co/jU ...<br/><a href="http://i-0.us/rotl01">http://i-0.us/rotl01</a></p> <p>@enlightndparent: First you have to teach a child to talk, then you have to teach it to be quiet. Prochnow</p> <p>@ElliotRonen: Pray for train.</p> <p>@nealbrennan: Voting for Michelle Bachmann is god's way of telling us you're a fucking moron.</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:01:14 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-22 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-21 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/thegizwiz">@thegizwiz</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/lessig">@lessig</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/stevewoz">@stevewoz</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/markos">@markos</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/jseifer">@jseifer</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/ElliotRonen">@ElliotRonen</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-19</p><p>@thegizwiz: RyanAir plane returns 2 airport when a cockpit window repaired w/tape came loose. RyanAir "repair followed normal procedu ...</p> <p>@lessig: . @RobertBLevine_ Congress criminalizing more ordinary Net behavior:<br/><a href="http://freebieber.org/">http://freebieber.org/</a></p> <p>@stevewoz: To clear the record, I did speak to Walter Isaacson for the Steve Jobs book.</p> <p>@markos: Rick Santorum wants to take away your contraception to ensure sex for babies only<br/><a href="http://shar.es/b7jwV">http://shar.es/b7jwV</a></p> <p>@jseifer: OH: "is it frowned upon to tailgate at the yoga studio?"</p> <p>@ElliotRonen: A woman on a crowded subway eating whipped cream straight from the can.</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:01:12 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-21 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-20 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/waltmossberg">@waltmossberg</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/nytimesbusiness">@nytimesbusiness</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/RWW">@RWW</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/TechCrunch">@TechCrunch</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/medriscoll">@medriscoll</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/cnnbrk">@cnnbrk</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-18</p><p>@waltmossberg: Picking the Brightest, Most Efficient Bulb: clear, bright explainer by @kabster728.<br/><a href="http://dthin.gs/z51tvA">http://dthin.gs/z51tvA</a></p> <p>@nytimesbusiness: For Some Internet Start-Ups, a Failure Is Just the Beginning<br/><a href="http://nyti.ms/zSBTUC">http://nyti.ms/zSBTUC</a></p> <p>@RWW: Extreme Scale File System to Premiere in Windows Server 8<br/><a href="http://rww.to/xgFGeL">http://rww.to/xgFGeL</a></p> <p>@TechCrunch: Nobody Gives A Damn About Your Klout Score by @alexia<br/><a href="http://tcrn.ch/w0cEl7">http://tcrn.ch/w0cEl7</a></p> <p>@medriscoll: Overdraft fees are a bank’s way of saying, “Hi, we noticed you are out of money, so we charged you more money.” - http:/ ...<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/ufKTtu">http://bit.ly/ufKTtu</a></p> <p>@cnnbrk: Netflix says it lost 800,000 U.S. subscribers, but revenue hits record high<br/><a href="http://on.cnn.com/u0XzWd">http://on.cnn.com/u0XzWd</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:01:14 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-20 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-19 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies">@hotdogsladies</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/baratunde">@baratunde</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/dhh">@dhh</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/danbenjamin">@danbenjamin</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/newscientist">@newscientist</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-17</p><p>@hotdogsladies: I started as a Google evangelist. Later, I felt like a customer. Soon, I felt like their product. Today, I just fe ...</p> <p>@baratunde: how much you wanna bet all these people obsessed with zombie culture will be the first to die when the real zombies hit?</p> <p>@hotdogsladies: Let's just go ahead and rename it Hooker-heels-o'ween.</p> <p>@dhh: In summary: If you're going for a flipper, head to Silicon Valley. But move there to build a long-term business? Ha!</p> <p>@danbenjamin: Just launched an all new @5by5 donation page (yes we have one!) with a special message from @faitherina - http://t.co/6 ...<br/><a href="http://5by5.tv/donate">http://5by5.tv/donate</a></p> <p>@newscientist: As Bangkok evacuates, city could be flooded for a month #floods #Thailand<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/v3LEOh">http://bit.ly/v3LEOh</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:01:15 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-19 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-18 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/ryantate">@ryantate</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/baratunde">@baratunde</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/thesulk">@thesulk</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/nzkoz">@nzkoz</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/joshtpm">@joshtpm</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/ServerBeach">@ServerBeach</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-16</p><p>@ryantate: I really admire The Verge's front page design, but its linking practices are bullshit. Try and find the outlink:<br/><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/14/2560885/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-wired-interview">http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/14/2560885/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-wired-interview</a></p> <p>@baratunde: Republicans, the more you share your ideas. The less America wants you. ENOUGH WITH THE GOP DEBATES! We get it. You hate ...</p> <p>@thesulk: People who don't leave messages know their call is bullshit.</p> <p>@nzkoz: Someone should start a tumblr of "things people in silicon valley desperately want but no one else would ever use"</p> <p>@joshtpm: Accused Syrian Spy Says Feds Botched Interpretation, Used Google Translate via @TPM<br/><a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/accused_syrian_spy_says_feds_botched_interpretation_used_google_translate.php">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/accused_syrian_spy_says_feds_botched_interpretation_used_google_translate.php</a></p> <p>@ServerBeach: Vim turns 20 today! #linux<br/><a href="http://ow.ly/7gYm1">http://ow.ly/7gYm1</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:01:13 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-18 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-17 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/Jon_Hopkins_">@Jon_Hopkins_</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/varnishsoftware">@varnishsoftware</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/TPM_dk">@TPM_dk</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/ElliotRonen">@ElliotRonen</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/davewiner">@davewiner</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/mangharam">@mangharam</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-15</p><p>@Jon_Hopkins_: Got paid £8 for 90,000 plays. Fuck spotify.</p> <p>@varnishsoftware: Yves (@yveshwang) just did a screen cast demonstrating the #Varnish Administration Console. Fe ...<br/><a href="http://ow.ly/7E1aa">http://ow.ly/7E1aa</a></p> <p>@TPM_dk: Quick and easy debate format: Ask each candidate how many countries they'd like to bomb as president. High number wins. We a ...</p> <p>@ElliotRonen: Now that I've officially made VLOOKUP my bitch, I can go to lunch.</p> <p>@davewiner: Occupy HTML -- The movement to rid the world of HTML purism. (Right on.).<br/><a href="http://r2.ly/cidy">http://r2.ly/cidy</a></p> <p>@mangharam: @davemcclure at #gsf2011 "you don't need more than $50k to know if there's a good shot at a startup's success." http://t ...<br/><a href="http://twitpic.com/7efmim">http://twitpic.com/7efmim</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:01:13 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-17 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-16 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/Medgadget">@Medgadget</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/Racked">@Racked</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/justicefries">@justicefries</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/EvanHoffman">@EvanHoffman</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/jobsworth">@jobsworth</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/thegdb">@thegdb</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-13</p><p>@Medgadget: The Cognitive Benefits Of Chewing Gum<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/uWRHEf">http://bit.ly/uWRHEf</a></p> <p>@Racked: DailyCandy shutters sample sale shopping site Swirl &gt;<br/><a href="http://racked.cc/uNz0bx">http://racked.cc/uNz0bx</a></p> <p>@justicefries: Lion's "reopen everything you had open after quit" feature drives me insane when 20 Preview windows open all at once.</p> <p>@EvanHoffman: Another dumb "email is dead" story.<br/><a href="http://tcrn.ch/srkU68">http://tcrn.ch/srkU68</a></p> <p>@jobsworth: Never thought that this talk of mine on gamification would become the most popular talk I'd done #ga ...<br/><a href="http://www.livestream.com/readwriteweb/video?clipId=pla_07224833-fd06-42c0-b38f-fc03955fb5a9">http://www.livestream.com/readwriteweb/video?clipId=pla_07224833-fd06-42c0-b38f-fc03955fb5a9</a></p> <p>@thegdb: Web programming is the science of coming up with increasingly complicated ways of concatenating strings.</p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:01:14 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-16 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-15 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/GLaDOS_2">@GLaDOS_2</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/10gen">@10gen</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/WeeLaura">@WeeLaura</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/nzkoz">@nzkoz</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/HackerNewsTips">@HackerNewsTips</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/pahlkadot">@pahlkadot</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-12</p><p>@GLaDOS_2: Enjoy your new arbitrarily assigned base 10 number that inaccurately counts the number of orbits around the Sun completed ...</p> <p>@10gen: RT @foursquare: [eng blog] Show and Tell: MongoDB at foursquare. @cooperb's latest talk.<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/s2NXmS">http://bit.ly/s2NXmS</a></p> <p>@WeeLaura: @baratunde The GOP tried mightily to prevent 2012 on the east coast. Their dedication to going back to 1952 is hardcore. # ...</p> <p>@nzkoz: You know who doesn't care whether your code is a 'true' implementation of a given design pattern? The users of your application</p> <p>@HackerNewsTips: 100 problems, and Google is 1? Hire an SEO consultant for some Faith Based Marketing Initiatives, rather than improv ...</p> <p>@pahlkadot: Anyone can delegate stuff they don’t like doing. What’s hard is delegating things you like doing. Robert Laing, myGengo h ...<br/><a href="http://bit.ly/uy4LED">http://bit.ly/uy4LED</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:01:18 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-15 The Daily RT: Useful links and great Tweets http://w3matter.com/blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-14 <p>Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/pengwynn">@pengwynn</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/FAKEGRIMLOCK">@FAKEGRIMLOCK</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/mashable">@mashable</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/TechCrunch">@TechCrunch</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/slashgear">@slashgear</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/Techmeme">@Techmeme</a> for today's tweets. 2012-01-11</p><p>@pengwynn: ::nth-everything, and other things missing from CSS, from @TrentWalton<br/><a href="http://wynn.fm/io">http://wynn.fm/io</a></p> <p>@FAKEGRIMLOCK: SOME PEOPLE REACH FOR STARS. ME SAY AIM HIGHER.</p> <p>@mashable: Amazon’s Cloud: A Supercomputer Anyone Can Rent -<br/><a href="http://on.mash.to/sLSSWm">http://on.mash.to/sLSSWm</a></p> <p>@TechCrunch: A New Era For Social Interest Sites: Twitter, Tumblr And Pinterest Go Big In 2011, MySpace Goes.. b ...<br/><a href="http://tcrn.ch/sjGRbF">http://tcrn.ch/sjGRbF</a></p> <p>@slashgear: Time to Upgrade My Parents #tech #slashgear<br/><a href="http://slgr.co/uxr">http://slgr.co/uxr</a></p> <p>@Techmeme: Dropbox Automator Is Like IFTTT For Dropbox (@sarahintampa / TechCrunch) http://t.co/aJ0tCLuL<br/><a href="http://tcrn.ch/uXzXwp">http://tcrn.ch/uXzXwp</a></p><hr/><p>All tweets retweeted from <a href="http://twitter.com/esconsult1">@esconsult1</a></p> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:01:41 -0000 http://w3matter.com//blog/the-daily-rt-useful-links-and-great-tweets-14