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Innovation Starts With Embracing Change

Posted on November 28th, 2006

Innovation Starts With Embracing Change.

Think about it.

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E-mail Tips

Posted on November 27th, 2006

Here’s a good list of proper etiquette for e-mail:

http://www.itsecurity.com/features/99-email-security-tips-112006/

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Label Your File Folders In Two Places

Posted on November 26th, 2006

Sometimes the paper in the folders can obscure the label on the file folder.  Place a second label at the bottom of the folder (near the fold).  If the file is out on your desk you should have a clear idea of what’s in it.

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Noise Cancelling Headphones . . . continued

Posted on November 25th, 2006

So I have lived with my new headphones for a while and I’m generally pleased with how they work. They do cut out just enough of the background noise to be helpful during those times when I need to do something during the middle of the day that takes some time and requires a lot of concentration.

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Atomic Clock

Posted on November 24th, 2006

Picked up an Atomic Clock for my desk at work.  For some reason it’s not enough having my computer clock synced to Internet time servers.  After fighting the black Friday crowds today I ended up finding something I liked at Radio Shack.

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Classic Quote

Posted on November 22nd, 2006

<meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="Ed Svoboda" name="AUTHOR" /><meta content="20061122;21120300" name="CREATED" /><meta content="16010101;0" name="CHANGED" /></p> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Aristotle</p> <p><!--4a8d8c632917cebcd87c88f924d9e402--></p> <p class="postmetadata"> Filed under: <a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?cat=13" title="View all posts in Wisdom" rel="category">Wisdom</a> by Ed - <span><a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?p=148#respond" title="Comment on Classic Quote">No Comments →</a></span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?p=147" title="Jason Womack of The David Allen Company on putting things off">Jason Womack of The David Allen Company on putting things off</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">November 22nd, 2006</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Great insight at <a title="putting things off" target="_blank" href="http://www.davidco.com/blogs/jason/archives/2006/11/are_you_putting.html">http://www.davidco.com/blogs/jason/archives/2006/11/are_you_putting.html</a></p> <p class="postmetadata"> Filed under: <a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?cat=3" title="View all posts in GTD" rel="category">GTD</a>, <a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Productivity" rel="category">Productivity</a> by Ed - <span><a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?p=147#respond" title="Comment on Jason Womack of The David Allen Company on putting things off">No Comments →</a></span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?p=146" title="Merlin Mann has another podcast up with David Allen">Merlin Mann has another podcast up with David Allen</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">November 21st, 2006</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>You can find it at <a target="_blank" title="David Allen Merlin Mann Podcast" href="http://www.43folders.com/2006/11/21/productive-talk-08/">http://www.43folders.com/2006/11/21/productive-talk-08/</a></p> <p>Merlin’s done a great job with the Productive Talk series and even if you own the book, have the CD’s, and have seen the movie (now there’s one Merlin hasn’t thought of) you should still listen to this series.  As always going over GTD with some different examples might be just what the Doctor ordered.</p> <p class="postmetadata"> Filed under: <a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?cat=3" title="View all posts in GTD" rel="category">GTD</a>, <a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Productivity" rel="category">Productivity</a> by Ed - <span><a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?p=146#respond" title="Comment on Merlin Mann has another podcast up with David Allen">No Comments →</a></span> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <h2><a href="http://ejsvoboda.com/?p=145" title="The Ever Present Capture Device">The Ever Present Capture Device</a></h2> <div class="postinfo"> Posted on <span class="postdate">November 21st, 2006</span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>As I have mentioned recently I have started to carry a pocket Moleskine Cahier everywhere. 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