Comments on: Things I learned this week – #7 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/02/14/things-i-learned-this-week-7/ Education. Technology. Productivity. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/02/14/things-i-learned-this-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6504 Doug Belshaw Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:00:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=5046#comment-6504 How awful. The last time I was in a phone box I was cancelling my parents' credit card payment to Compuserve at the end of the free trial. I was 15. ;-) How awful. The last time I was in a phone box I was cancelling my parents’
credit card payment to Compuserve at the end of the free trial. I was 15.
;-)

]]> By: James Clayhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/02/14/things-i-learned-this-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6503 James Clay Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:50:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=5046#comment-6503 Ref: Ah… remember when we used to use public pay phones? The other month I was in London, Regent Street as it happens, in the Apple Store and needed to make a call from my iPhone. For some reason the O2 network was not playing ball and despite moving over 200 metres down the street, I could still not connect. In the end I went into a phonebox and used the pay phone... It was a weird experience, the claustrophobic environment, the strange cards, the smell... I'd forgotten how awful they were! James Ref: Ah… remember when we used to use public pay phones?

The other month I was in London, Regent Street as it happens, in the Apple Store and needed to make a call from my iPhone. For some reason the O2 network was not playing ball and despite moving over 200 metres down the street, I could still not connect. In the end I went into a phonebox and used the pay phone… It was a weird experience, the claustrophobic environment, the strange cards, the smell… I’d forgotten how awful they were!

James

]]> By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/02/14/things-i-learned-this-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6502 Doug Belshaw Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:33:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=5046#comment-6502 Ah... get you! Shall have a think. Thanks for the book recommendation - shall add to my Amazon Wishlist. :-) Ah… get you! Shall have a think.

Thanks for the book recommendation – shall add to my Amazon
Wishlist. :-)

]]> By: Stephenhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/02/14/things-i-learned-this-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6501 Stephen Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:29:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=5046#comment-6501 This would be quite long-winded as a physical mailout! No, this, as a separate entity, would be great. A filleted highlights package! PS Re your productivity book, I would heartily recommend "The Mind Gym: Give Me Time" - very well-written, effective chapters on making time, improving time, and common time killers (ie meetings). This would be quite long-winded as a physical mailout! No, this, as a separate entity, would be great. A filleted highlights package!

PS Re your productivity book, I would heartily recommend “The Mind Gym: Give Me Time” – very well-written, effective chapters on making time, improving time, and common time killers (ie meetings).

]]> By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/02/14/things-i-learned-this-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6500 Doug Belshaw Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:25:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=5046#comment-6500 Thanks for the positive comment, Alan. :-) I could definitely do with streamlining the process. At the moment I spend two sessions (Friday/Saturday evenings for about an hour apiece) transferring links from my email inbox. I subscribe to blogs via email rather than an RSS reader these days. I also transfer links from my Twitter favourites, adding obviously awesome and interesting links as I come across them! Once the links are on the draft blog post I get up early on Sunday morning c.5.30am to make it presentable, embed videos, tag it, etc. This might seem a bit mad, but: (i) It forces me to learn new stuff every week (and to reflect upon it) (ii) It means my email inbox is cleared on at least a weekly basis. (iii) It's my turn to get up with my 3 year-old son on a Sunday (he usually surfaces between 6.15 and 6.30...) Hope that helps! If you can think of how I an streamline the process, do share. :-) Thanks for the positive comment, Alan. :-)

I could definitely do with streamlining the process. At the moment I
spend two sessions (Friday/Saturday evenings for about an hour apiece)
transferring links from my email inbox. I subscribe to blogs via email
rather than an RSS reader these days. I also transfer links from my
Twitter favourites, adding obviously awesome and interesting links as
I come across them!

Once the links are on the draft blog post I get up early on Sunday
morning c.5.30am to make it presentable, embed videos, tag it, etc.

This might seem a bit mad, but:

(i) It forces me to learn new stuff every week (and to reflect upon it)
(ii) It means my email inbox is cleared on at least a weekly basis.
(iii) It’s my turn to get up with my 3 year-old son on a Sunday (he
usually surfaces between 6.15 and 6.30…)

Hope that helps! If you can think of how I an streamline the process,
do share. :-)

]]> By: Alan Levinehttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/02/14/things-i-learned-this-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 Alan Levine Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:56:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=5046#comment-6499 I too have been enjoying your recaps (I lost count of how many new sites I just grabbed in a few minutes- but really find the full screen weathermap slick, now bookmarked for my home location). Just curious, what is the process you use here- are you building the post as you go through the week; bookmarking and writing up later? What is the time it takes to compile. But thanks again! I too have been enjoying your recaps (I lost count of how many new sites I just grabbed in a few minutes- but really find the full screen weathermap slick, now bookmarked for my home location). Just curious, what is the process you use here- are you building the post as you go through the week; bookmarking and writing up later? What is the time it takes to compile.

But thanks again!

]]> By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/02/14/things-i-learned-this-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6498 Doug Belshaw Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:53:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=5046#comment-6498 Thanks Stephen! Do you mean a *physical* mailout? If not, you could always subscribe via email? :-) Thanks Stephen! Do you mean a *physical* mailout? If not, you could
always subscribe via email? :-)

]]> By: Stephenhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/02/14/things-i-learned-this-week-7/comment-page-1/#comment-6497 Stephen Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:12:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=5046#comment-6497 This is great Doug. I'd love this as a weekly mailout. This is great Doug. I’d love this as a weekly mailout.

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