As we've been developing JobTacToe.com, we've been discovering that most job hunters we've encountered don't seem to have particularly good process in mind. They don't know what they should do each day. They have no metrics set up to know if they're making progress....
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I’m still not convinced Inbox Zero is necessary
Time spent processing email simply isn’t necessarily time well spent. If you’re going to argue with that statement, show me the data.
Peek behind the curtain: Who actually benefits from your ‘extended warranty’?
I bought a printer recently. The store clerk offered to sell me the 3-year warranty, which cost 1/3 as much as the entire printer. I confess, the very idea astounded me. Apparently, I'm supposed to believe that the printer can't be expected to last 3 entire years...
Inbox Zero and the Critical Mistake That Saps Productivity
Inbox Zero is an obsession with many people. I propose that Inbox Zero is often a waste of time, and people over-emphasize email’s importance.
The Power of Science to Solve Today’s Complex Problems
They're narrowing the streets in my neighborhood, and everyone is up in arms. People are freaked out, saying that narrowing from sort-of-1.5-lanes to 1 lane+bike lane is going to cause huge traffic snarls. On the face of it, this sounds reasonable. After all, won't...
Safely Using Social Media In Your Professional Life
Q: Hi Stever (and GIDG fans), I'm dreading creating separate professional twitter/facebook accounts because I don't want to come up with another name (other than my own) and start building my network all over again. But I'm afraid I'll bore my friends (who aren't in...
Switching Mental Modes
Ever since my first management job, I've been confronted with a very unpleasant truth about myself: I don't switch modes well. As a project manager, I was also doing some of the individual contributor work on the project. It was a disaster for me. When I was being...
Why I’m skeptical of social media
I finally figured out why I don't like social media. I can't believe me it's taken me this long. But you see, it involves feelings. And being a totally in-my-head geek, I don't normally pay much attention to my feelings, though, of course, my feelings affect me...
Stever starring in Opera this weekend!
I am goofing off today. Yes, world, it's true: sometimes the Get-it-Done Guy doesn't feel like working. Excited about opera tonight! Opening tonight at the Majestic Theater is Boston Opera's Maria Padilla. There will be 3 shows: tonight, Sunday, and Tuesday. If you've...
Pop up ads are necessary for advertising business models
My friend tweeted me about how obnoxious web popups are. You know the kind: you’re reading a web page and your reading is interrupted by a pop-up urging you to join a mailing list or buy a product. It’s a total interruption, and almost everyone clicks past the popup....