Comments on: Merlin Mann's productivity talk at IDEO http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/merlin-manns-product.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 01:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: zenhammond http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/merlin-manns-product.html#comment-85252 zenhammond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85252 Merlin was like really interesting? The only problem I had? Was that even though he was making a lot of sense? He kind of ended every sentence? In a question mark? Maybe I am just old, and from the east coast originally, but the Valspeak was very hard ignore. I am tempted to order his book though, so thanks for the link. Merlin was like really interesting? The only problem I had? Was that even though he was making a lot of sense? He kind of ended every sentence? In a question mark?

Maybe I am just old, and from the east coast originally, but the Valspeak was very hard ignore.

I am tempted to order his book though, so thanks for the link.

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Thanks Cory!

]]> By: Man On Pink Corner http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/merlin-manns-product.html#comment-85175 Man On Pink Corner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85175 And the #1 productivity tip... video is tied for second-to-last place among all communications media available to humankind, when it comes to information carried per unit of time. The only thing I can think of that loses out to it is Morse code. So why is a 'productivity guru' appearing on a video clip with no transcript? If I had time for this, I wouldn't need to listen to the guru in the first place. /pet peeve And the #1 productivity tip… video is tied for second-to-last place among all communications media available to humankind, when it comes to information carried per unit of time. The only thing I can think of that loses out to it is Morse code.

So why is a ‘productivity guru’ appearing on a video clip with no transcript? If I had time for this, I wouldn’t need to listen to the guru in the first place.

/pet peeve

]]> By: klyx http://boingboing.net/2007/11/23/merlin-manns-product.html#comment-85219 klyx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85219 I saw Merlin give a productivity talk that centered on his idea "inbox zero", where we strive to keep an empty inbox at all times by using one of a few simple actions against every email that makes it to the inbox. The actions are "do, defer, delete, respond, delegate". I'm living inbox zero since I saw the talk and have never been happier about my inbox and day to day productivity. I saw Merlin give a productivity talk that centered on his idea “inbox zero”, where we strive to keep an empty inbox at all times by using one of a few simple actions against every email that makes it to the inbox. The actions are “do, defer, delete, respond, delegate”.

I’m living inbox zero since I saw the talk and have never been happier about my inbox and day to day productivity.

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