Lots of Interesting Links

With CES going on this week, my Google Reader feeds are cluttered with all sorts of stories about CES. Frankly, it sounds like a pretty dull event, although it has resulted in gosh-knows how many hundreds of blog headlines.

But, despite all the CES clutter, I have come across some links that I found very interesting:

• Atlassian blog discusses how a wiki can be better for collaboration efforts than email or shared documents. It makes me think that maybe I should try out a wiki, at least for my personal use. I have thought about setting one up for this site, but I do not have the concept sufficiently formulated to carry it out. But, for personal use, a wiki would be a great way to organize information.
• Lifehacker discusses how to import Outlook PST files into Thunderbird. I know several of you use Thunderbird, and probably Outlook as well, so this may be of interest to you.
• Tim Berry talks about a plan-as-you-go approach to business planning, which is probably a great approach for startups. When entering into a complex endeavor, sometimes one quickly learns that some assumptions were wrong and that a shift is needed. Plus, you can encounter lots of unanticipated factors in such a situation, which again means plan revision.
• Paul Stamatiou gives a behind-the-scenes look at his blog. While this will be of interest mostly to fellow bloggers, there is a lot of good stuff in this link that any techie can learn from.
• Dumb Little Man has some good tips on how to avoid energy zappers. Seeing this list reminds me, again, that I need to drink more water. I am bad about not doing it enough.
• Zen Habits creator Leo has an article saying it is fine to steal his content. This is certainly an interesting step by Leo, and will be applauded by many and foo-foo’d by many others. I probably need to think further about this, but my first reaction is that I certainly would not do with this blog what Leo is doing with his. For me, blogging is not easy. When I write something, I want to get credit for it when it is good and I want to accept blame for it when it is not. I value independent thinking, people thinking for themselves, and taking responsibility for their thoughts and actions. Anyway, that’s just my “thinking out loud” on this topic, and you may have some insights that cause me to rethink it. I sure respect Leo’s bold step on this, though, even though we may have different views.
• TechCrunch has an article introducing BigThink, a “video site featuring big thinkers from the worlds of politics, academia, science.” The site is in beta, and sounds like one to keep your eyes on.
• Mashable talks about Palm closing down its Java support. This is just one more indication of Palm flushing itself down the toilet. Given that I learned GTD on a Palm, and found Palm devices to be very practical for years, this is sort of sad to see.

I hope you find these links of interest. Chime in with your comments.