Author Archive
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Syncing Google calendar with iCal
I wish setting up a Google calendar in iCal was simpler and worked better but unfortunately it pretty much sucks ass. I’ve waisted countless hours with my team trying to get this to work well, or work at all. There’s a few different ways you can set it up that seem to start working but as for my own experience it’s never reliable.
I finally broke down and bought a subscription of Spanning Sync so far it’s working well for me. From time to time I’ll see a duplicate but at least it’s on my calendar and accurate. Until iCal comes out with an update that will support Google Calendar or vice versa I’m going to stick with Spanning Sync.
I looked around for a promo code and it took a while to find one so if you’re going to buy spanning sync I’d be more than happy if you used my promo code. It will get you $5 off and it will also get me $5 off my subscription.
Spanning Sync 3 promo code: DHQNWN
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Apple iBook’s Literal UI
The iPad was unveiled today and as I was anxiously anticipating details of the eReader functionality my excitement quickly turned to disappointment when I realized they went for a “Book” looking UI. I personally don’t understand why they felt the need to use the turning page graphic and the remaining side of the book pages for the iBook app. I mean that’s nifty and all but I know I’m not holding a real book it’s not making it a better user experience for me. In fact I might rather that space to the right (where you can see the remaining pages) be used for the controls, where I can adjust brightness text size and maybe even flip the page with the flick of my thumb. Although as I stated before I could do with out the the turning page graphic. Maybe I’m being a little hard on this on aspect of the iPad but this [eReader] is the part I’ve been anticipating most and I was prepared to have my mind blown with the genius of Apple. All said, I still plan on getting one. Maybe using one “in my hands” will change my mind.
Check out the Mag+ concept below. Yes I understand it’s called “Mag” and not Book+ but it’s extremely inovative and honestly gets me super geeked about hand held reader / eReader formats.
Tom Watson also discusses “A New Canvas“
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Getting uncomfortable
I didn’t realize that other people were using the same terminology but I’ve said for quite sometime, when I feel like I need to make great steps, that “I need to get uncomfortable.” I was delightfully reminded of this idea this morning as I read Liz Danzico’s latest post.
I’ve always heard of the person who goes in for an interview for a job in which they have no skills or previous experience but boldly lies about his knowledge and achievements, ultimately landing the job and becoming notably successful. Of course I have to imagine a Catch me if you Can scenario considering the number of high paid professionals with phony college degrees but it’s still relatively brave to go for something knowing that how you perform and how confident you appear to be will be the difference of getting said job or looking like a complete moron.
Faking yourself in to complete confidence, this is how you motivate yourself. We’ve all said, “I know I can do this” a few times in life in order to reassure ourselves that we know we can do this thing that we’re not really sure we can do. Whether you’re pulling a Tony Robins or Stuart Smalley, for the purpose of getting a job or asking out a girl [or guy], being confident or at least seeming confident is the key to making great steps towards a particular goal.
So you’ve made your first steps towards getting that job. Well now you actually have to perform. You have to do the work and push through unfamiliar uncomfortable territory and as long as it’s doing what you want to do it’s worth it. It means you care about what you do and that you’re concerned about the result of how you’re doing it.
So next time you get an offer to do something that you’re interested in, you should probably just say yes. You’ll probably kick ass and even if you fuck shit up royally you’ll either learn that you don’t really want to do this or even better you’ll learn how not to make the same mistakes you did before.
Hey I’m just beginning to write, something I’m not completely comfortable with. So feel free to critique or bash as you so desire. I’ll get better.
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Current books:
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Rework by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Recent books:
- Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
