Arjan’s World

Back with a new episode of links I encountered recently. They’re centered around the area my new business focuses on: advise on Working Smarter and be more productive. More and more I’m convinced we should *build* less software, yet make better use of the tools that are already there. I realize I’m in a wasp [...]

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Forming Intentions – Steve Pavlina
‘ Hold your breath and put your head underwater. Notice that a clear intention begins to form within a matter of seconds ‘ A short (which is special by itself) post by positive thinker extreme Steve Pavlina
Plans are nothing. Planning is everything – CustomerThink
General Dwight D. Eisenhower got it 100% right
Make [...]

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Inbox Creep – Meghan Wilker
How many inboxes do you have..too much?
‘ – Google Wave: My brain is melting…
- Google Buzz: My head has exploded ‘
Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein: Part Deux – Mr. Self Development
‘ Great People Will Always Encounter Great Opposition ‘
And other motivating quotes
5 Questions [...]

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A couple of diverse links to make your day. Enjoy!

“You’ve Got Waves”: How to Get Google Wave Notifications – Gina Trapani
The Most for Your Minute – Productivity501
Turns out the order in which you do stuff matters. Sometimes a lot.
Desktop Fun: Starship Theme Wallpapers – the How-To Geek
these must be the coolest.star trek.wallpapers.evah.
Who’s In Charge of [...]

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Getting your arms around your priorities – Kelly Forrister
Getting into detail on one of the less well-known principles of Getting Things Done: the Horizons of Focus
Understand the Fear of Failure to Overcome Yours – Adam Pash
View Your GReader RSS Feeds the Easy Way in Firefox – the How-To Geek
Manage Your E-mail in Google Chrome the [...]

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How I Blocked Myself From Twitter For 3 Days – Ruud Hein
‘ I’m a bit hesitant to say this but I blocked myself from Twitter and other (social) media snacking for 3 days – and I liked it ‘
Test your procrastination addiction by hacking your hosts file. Great stuff!
Are You Addicted to Self Development – [...]

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4 Billion Time Management Systems Walking Around… – Francis Wade
10 Reasons Why Your Last Collaboration Did Not Work – Marshall Rake
Ego, misinterpretations and more
Stop Blaming Others – Jason Barr
Stop whining and take matters into your own hand
Can We Live In Private and Demand Companies Be Open? – Louis Gray
Just do something! – Jeffrey Phillips
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Last LINKBLOG for this year. It’s an episode dedicated to working smarter and more productive. For an additional explanation: see the post that will follow shortly!

You Don’t Need to Regularly Reinstall Windows; Here’s Why – The How-To Geek
Great tips to keep your Windows top notch..for ages!
Get Things Done with The Middle Way Method – Jason [...]

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How Product Management Must Change to Enable the Agile Enterprise – Catherine Connor
‘ When development teams adopt agile practices, product management is often caught off guard by the amount of work added to their already overflowing plate ‘
Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML: Book Review – Mark Needham
No More Executive Bonuses! – John Hunter
Setting and [...]

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…and I’m back. Created 2 categories “programming” and “the rest”. Hope you’ll appreciate it
PROGRAMMING

Twitter Word Cloud Visualization with Google API – Elijah Manor
Book review: Professional Refactoring in C# & ASP.NET – Jef Claes
ASP.NET MVC 2 Beta Released – Phil Haack
LINQ Query Syntax – a whistlestop – Marc Gravell
Microsoft PDC09 keynote highlights – Maarten Balliauw
Look, it’s [...]

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