http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com Life as a free agent, personal technology, shiny things, observations and fun Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:02:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This blog has now moved to www.reardenmetal.co.uk Please update your bookmarks and come on over! http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2008/03/04/rearden-metal-has-moved/ As some of my readers from my previous blog may know, I am in the process of building a Life Coaching business. I have already achieved the UK Certificate in Life Coaching and am now building on these foundations with the Diploma in Life Coaching. In order for me to ... http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/free-life-coaching/ I’ve been a great fan of Agendus on the palm for a few years now. I loved the enhancements to the built in datebook and contacts that it gave me. Being able to have icons for meetings meant that I could quickly glance at my diary and get ... http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2005/11/05/adieu-agendus/ The NY Times recently published an interesting and informative article on Life Hackers which I have been reading via the link on David Allen’s Blog. It details the research that companies such as Microsoft and Apple are doing to try and find a way for our computers to work in a ... http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2005/10/18/david-allen-ny-times-mag-article-today-on-life-hackers/ To help promote the launch of the new Aardman Film ‘Curse of the Were-Rabbit’ PG Tips have been offering a limited number of Gromit Thermo Mugs, free with 160 bag boxes of tea. Well, I succumbed, rushed down to Tesco’s and bagged one (well actually five). Interesting note, ... http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2005/10/16/cracking-thermo-mug-gromit/ I have to admit that up until now I’ve not used a newsgroup reader, instead choosing to read what I want when I wanted it. But Google have now release Google Reader and I can see the attraction. You add the sites you regularly subscribe to, or if you don’t ... http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2005/10/08/google-reader/ Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D has written this piece on using a Day Planner in order to plan your life. Although it’s focused towards sufferers of ADD, I’ve found it has some really good reminders for the rest of us. How many times do you make todo lists in various places, rather ... http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2005/08/02/using-a-day-planner-as-a-life-planner/ I couldn’t do it in the end. Some of you may even have seen the ‘moved to Typepad’ post that I’ve now deleted, but I’m back on Blogsome again. I tried out Typepad, and I did think it was a nice interface and a good service. But I just ... http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2005/07/29/just-couldnt-do-it-typepad/ This interesting article shows how even Bill Gates manages his email. Just because we can be contacted (interrupted) from our work at any time does not mean that we need to. The tools are supposed to work for us, to make our work more productive, not enslave us ... http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2005/06/21/gates-and-ozzie-how-to-escape-e-mail-hell/ This article by Nathan Womack gives a very brief GTD approach to organising your todo list based upon where you can actually do things. Although I currently use a PalmOne PDA the philosophy behind this method works on any system. Pocket PC Thoughts - Daily News, Views, Rants and Raves http://reardenmetal.blogsome.com/2005/06/15/should-you-prioritize-your-tasks/