From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Map Your Way Through the Jungle of Life

by Bruce Keener on April 30, 2008

This article discusses the use of Mind Maps as an aid for managing your life. Our examples relate to the GTD and/or Covey methods of time management and planning. However, mind maps can be used in a lot of different ways. Quoting from the Wikipedia:

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, [...]

Wake up …

by Bruce Keener on April 28, 2008

Caught you nodding off didn’t I? Just kidding, of course
You may have noticed that I have had several news-related posts the past few days, but no posts with “original thinking.” Well, there are two reasons: (1) I like to share news with you, especially when I think you might not get that news [...]

Amazon Launches End User Gadget Blog

by Bruce Keener on April 28, 2008

Via TechCrunch, we learn that Amazon has launched a gadget blog entitled End User.
Although End User is new, I have a hunch that it will become one of the dominant gadget blogs, and that it will have a lot of timely and interesting articles. Amazon is known for its customer focus, and is keen on [...]

Announcing a New Blog: Adapting to Change

by Bruce Keener on April 26, 2008

My friend John Sagers, a professor of Asian history, has recently started a blog entitled Adapting to Change. John summarizes the purpose of the blog as follows:

This blog is about life transitions and learning how to navigate them. I am a historian who studies how Japanese people in the late 1800s learned new skills to [...]

For Fellow Bloggers: Check This Out

by Bruce Keener on April 25, 2008

Chris Pearson, a fellow Georgia Tech graduate, has a great new website that he is using to market his premium themes. His first premium theme is currently available for $67, an extraordinary price considering the exceptional high quality of the design and the underlying coding. I am delighted to be using this theme on Keener [...]