I’m hardly a Machead, but I have tremendous respect for Steve Jobs and his contributions to humanity. He created two companies that revolutionized several industries. Pixar and feature animation. Apple — personal computing, mobile Internet, music distribution, more? In 2005, Jobs gave the Stanford commencement speech. I remember listening to the speech in the summer [...]
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On Work
I just read this article on OPEN Forum by the Behance team title Can Good Teamwork Involve Fighting? Great article! I think fighting is an integral part of a strong team — with a few caveats, of course. Here’s some thoughts on how to encourage productive fighting for the betterment of the team or project. [...]
It’s helpful for our daily motivation to keep in mind why we do the work we do. Maybe it’s to feed our families or to change the world or to be filthy rich. No matter what the reasons are, keeping the reasons we go in to work everyday front of mind helps us do a [...]
I quit so I could give Killer Aces the full-time effort. Some of the conversations I had with family, friends and co-workers. Are you making enough from KA to cover your expenses? That would be a resounding NO. But I believe in the vision and my partners. We’ll see how it goes. Why now? You’ve [...]
I bought a Treo 680 for $345 shipped from eBay. I don’t really need it, especially since I just spent ~$400 on the E61 less than 6 months ago. I’ve never paid for a phone before buying the unlocked E61. I don’t know what’s come over me. Two expensive, unlocked phones in the last 6 [...]
This week, the reorganization (or really, organization) of my life has been foremost in my mind. I started applying GTD principles to various areas of my life. So far, I’ve broken it down by personal and professional arenas. I don’t really have a system in place yet, as I’m trying to actually organize my life [...]
I’ve been trying to get my life back to some semblance of order, and GTD is a major part of the plan. The 3 key GTD concepts that should help make me stress free, highly productive and personally “get it together” are: Get all todos and ideas out of my head. Put these pending thoughts [...]
Hi, I'm Greg. I'm a cofounder of Killer Aces Media. We publish community blogs like 