Archive for June, 2007
Citroen Picasso
Have you ever theorised about the look of cars if they were maid by surrealists? Now you can observe one: Citroen as made by Picasso. :)
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Getting things done
What are general pirnciples of GDT (getting things done)? How to start or, what’s more important, to get a project done? Here are links to useful resources on GTD:
Starting GTD
ABC of GTD
21 links, to start GTD
Guide to GTD
10 beginner behaviours
GTD overview
How to make an order
Advanced workflow diagram (pdf)
How to get started on GDT
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SystemX
Japanese company Yamagiwa has designed interesting lamp called SystemX. SystemX has “X” shape and can be connected to other SystemX lamps at endings. You can stick together couple of lamps or, if you want, make a huge grid to light large room.
Unfortunately you can’t by [...]
New Pivot release
I use Pivot engine for this blog and some other my web projects (e.g. xltphoto.net, libertyvoice.info, xlt.lv). I found this blogging engine to be most suitable for my needs:
it’s powerfull
easy to install and use
doesn’t require additional database software to run (like MySQL or Postgre)
templates are easy adoptable
You need aonly webspace (webserver) and PHP 4.x/5.x to [...]
Is it ethical?
For those who are proeccupied with hard questions on ethics of their daily actions (whether this or that is ethical) days have become easier. Ethan Greenhart from e-zine Spiked will give you an answer to any question about ethics whether it’s about buying goods from China, eating ice cream or voting. Just ask Ethan!
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Free Microsoft goodies?
Want a new brand Microsoft keyboard? Or joystick? Its easy, totse says.
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How to become a good writer
Recently i came across Scott Adam’s article The Day You Became A Better Writer. By the way - Scott Adams is creator of one of my most favorite comics - Dilbert.
In his article Scott gives few basic tips and tricks on how to write a good article. Keypoints are:
- attractivity;
- clarity;
- simplicity;
- persuasion.
Well, probably [...]
Asshole driven development
Asshole Driven Development - nice post for programmers on software develpeoment.
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Guy Kawasaki on innovations
Guy Kawasaki giving presentation on innovations: http://www.zentation.com/.
And here one more his presentation (seems to be from last year’s similar event), maybe even better: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/06/the_art_of_the_.html.
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Domain auction statistics
dolejsky.com made as analysis on domain name auctions. He has interesting statistics on auction trends. Well, i always thought that 2 and 3 letter domain names are most desirable. Though in reality it comes about that on average domain names are sold 10 times cheaper than i thought before.
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