Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Hacks for work and life’ Category

Surfing the Internet for fun at work makes you more effective!

Posted in Hacks for work and life, The web on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Seriously, absolutely true.  Here’s the research:

Read Full Post »

“Ideas Cause Ideas”

Posted in Hacks for work and life, Quotes on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Roger Sperry once said: “Ideas cause ideas and help evolve new ideas. They interact with each other and with other mental forces in the same brain, in neighboring brains, and thanks to global communication, in far distant, foreign brains.” Just as clinging to a single idea can be dangerous, so having many can be a [...]

Read Full Post »

How to Guarantee No One Disagrees with Your Leadership

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Hacks for work and life, Ministry on June 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Read Full Post »

How Google encourages innovation through its structure

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Hacks for work and life on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I read recently that the creators of Google weren’t looking to create Google when they discovered the complex way of indexing pages. They were working on their PhD when somehow they stumbled upon the genius of page ranking; following a bit more work, bang, Google is developed. Even more fascinating is that Google gives their [...]

Read Full Post »

Google Calendar Adds Colour Coding to Individual Events

Posted in Hacks for work and life, Technical/Gadgets, The web on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

If you use Google Calendar, until recently you would have had to use multiple calendars to colour-code your events for easy organization.  Now, Google’s rolling out a new feature that lets you colour code individual events, instead of just entire calendars. That way, you can keep events in a specific category, but draw more attention [...]

Read Full Post »

Ducksboard – The Only Dashboard You’ll Ever Need

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Hacks for work and life, Technical/Gadgets, The web on June 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Just came across Ducksboard and love what I saw. Ducksboard plans to be a place where all your analytics and metrics meet; providing access to a range of sites on a range of devices.  Right now you can only sign up for invites but in the meantime you can take a virtual tour. Ducksboard looks like it [...]

Read Full Post »

Seven Thoughts on Time Management from Doug Wilson

Posted in Hacks for work and life on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Wise thoughts from Doug Wilson, here are the seven points: The point is fruitfulness, not efficiency. Build a fence around your life, and keep that fence tended. Perfectionism paralyzes. Fill in the corners. Plod. Take in more than you give out. Use and reuse. Read the whole thing.

Read Full Post »

Sometimes …

Posted in Hacks for work and life on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Read Full Post »

You need to put the effort in…

Posted in Art/Images/Photos, Hacks for work and life on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Read Full Post »

Team Reviews

Posted in Hacks for work and life on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago Seth Godin wrote a fantastic post on how we should be doing team reviews, Turning the habit of self-criticism upside down: When it’s time to write a resume or talk to a boss or discuss a project glitch with colleagues, the instinct is to spin, to avoid a little responsibility, [...]

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »