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Mobile Assimilation

July.15th.2008 • 6:00PM 9 Comments

This is the story of a guy and his process. He rehashes his process and begins to learn a little about how he uses applications or how applications grab hold of him. He later discovers that the mobile platform is a great way for him to actually “get” the whole GTD thing.

Recovery Update: Thanks to Dean Robinson, I was able to recover this post. Thanks Dean!

A week or so ago, I talked about assimilation, or rather, the ease of having anything fit into my workflow. Whether that was using iCal or going to the gym, it was like pulling teeth after about two weeks.

But this time we’re going to add another one to the list, GTD. GTD or “Getting Things Done,” has been the one thing that everybody else seem to get that has alluded me. To-do lists. Task management. Sorting emails. I couldn’t keep up ...

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My 3G Day in Pictures

July.12th.2008 • 10:50PM 3 Comments

This is the story of a guy and a device. You probably know what the said device is, hell, you probably have it. Well, this is the story, in pictures, of his 8 hour wait to get one. It’s definitely not five days, but it was definitely interesting.

Well, we all know what happened on yesterday. No need to reiterate, no need to explain. Some had good days, some had empty ones. My day started out pretty down, but the actual wait made it all better.

The great bacon lover Mark Bixby commented on my day’s set,

This whole set is so good! Really captures the weird excitement/frustration/melancholy of the day!

So rather than blog about it, why not just show you the pictures? :)

Sidenote: I tried to use Slideshow Pro for this, but, I couldn’t get it to work the way I ...

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A Widget Apart

July.9th.2008 • 10:20PM 6 Comments

This is the story of a guy and a project. In that project he’s run into the widget. He’s never really had to accommodate distributable embed-able widgets so he needs a little help to understand them.

Widgets.

I’ve never really gotten them. I guess one could start out by trying to define widgets. But rather than going into that nonsense, the widgets I’ll be addressing are the little embed-able pieces of goo that seem to scour the web looking for a blog to infiltrate—the hows, the whys and the whats.

Good as they are, their function, design has always alluded me. When a client would ask me, “oh, can you do widgets,” I’d usually answer, “uh, not confident enough.” They come in Flash flavors, embedded HTML or Javascript. Hell, you could ...

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Can Haz Assimilation?

July.2nd.2008 • 11:14AM 12 Comments

This is the story of a guy and his process. His process? Well, while there isn’t much of one, it’s really hard for things to become part of the process. As a little break from Revyver week, he’s wondering how you’re able to.

While I’m spending my first night in Park City, Utah, I had a thought at the front of my mind. Since I’ve been doing quite well with posting, why stop? :) Don’t worry, this’ll be short. You’ll be doing the talking this time!

Bryan’s got problems. Don’t say anything.

To start, I’ll just say it’s deathly hard to get anything to assimilate into my daily life. Web applications, software, anything. At best, I’ll use a program or about 2 weeks and then all of a sudden forget about it. Let ...

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Birthdays and Test Tubes

July.1st.2008 • 12:33AM 8 Comments

This is the story of a guy and his company. After taking the level of seriousness to an all time high, he felt it was time to lighten up the mood a little bit and announce what he’s been meaning to all week. Might not be that special, but it could very well help a lot of people.

After a night of spilling my guts out for all to see, I felt it was high time to perk up the mood and talk about the announcement I alluded to a few nights ago.

Long time readers will remember that some time ago, I released archives of hand-picked Photoshop documents for all to see and play with. The response was very positive and I eventually released a total of three archives, one for 2004, 2005 and 2006. However, since I have a tendency of nuking the domain and starting fresh with each release, not to mention the numerous ...

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