Month: February 2007

FeedBurner

I just signed up for FeedBurner and wanted to share my experience. It’s my first time setting a blog up to use an outside feed service, so I didn’t know exactly what to expect. But I knew that I wanted to be able to share how many subscribers we have.

Sharing the number of subscribers is one of the key things that FeedBurner provides. You can actually track how many people have subscribed to your blog. That’s very important.

I also discovered this great plugin by Steve Smith that essentially points any of your existing subscribers to your new feed url at FeedBurner. The great thing about this is that you don’t lose your existing subscribers, and you can get instant statistics about your subscribers. I am using the free version of FeedBurner. They have some extra statistics you can pay for, but I don’t need them.

track time online

I also enjoyed this screen (above) which is a good example of a “blank slate” in a web application. We’ll have to think about adding a bubble like this to our application.

Tips for Staying Organized: On Paper

Paper is great. You can easily use it to stay organized. In many ways, paper is better than any software tool for keeping up to date on your tasks. You can take it anywhere!

I present you with four links that will help you organize your projects and your life on paper.

  1. Moleskine PDA — Using your Moleskine notebook as a project and task organizer. Simple but clever.
  2. The Emergent Task Planner — An amazing paper based tool for staying on track in your day.
  3. Paper Prototyping — Paper prototypes invite people with little-to-no technical background into the design process.
  4. Remember names at meetings by making a map — Sometimes the obvious ones are the best.

My favorite tip of all time is this: Grab a sheet of paper and write down what you are going to accomplish today. Then make a new sheet every single day (or every night, before you head home).