Using Evernote to go paperless
A simple but effective way describing how to go paperless using Evernote (and a scanner). Check the mailbox after work Toss out the junk If anything is left, determine if I need to scan it. Scan to Evernote Do I need to keep the original? If not, shred it, otherwise file it. Check my paper inbox Repeat steps [...]
The danger of making excuses
Good advice about how to avoid making excuses, that are useful for protecting the self esteem, but ultimately, don’t deliver the results. From Psyblog: In a series of experiments McCrea (2008) tested the effect of these explanations on participants’ future motivation. What they found was that making excuses made people feel better about themselves because they [...]
I know what you did last Summer
Well, where you were actually. All of last year. Thanks Pete!
Review: W Retreat and Spa, Bali
Going to a W hotel makes me feel like I’ve been given a backstage pass to New York Fashion week. All models, intrigue and in crowd. This can be good and bad. Fun to people watch – skinny waifs channelling Twiggy having deep conversations with swarthy looking guys smoking french cigarettes. The music is relentlessly [...]
iTravel – really?
Apple finally plays its hand with iTravel After months of filing patents and selling more mobile devices and tablets (remember, no-one thought they needed an iPad just 12 month agos), Apple will introduce iTravel as a core piece of functionality on both products. via Tnooz Predictions 2011 – the biggest and best list in travel [...]
Cellnovo raises $48m to bring Apple-like experience to diabetes management
It seems that Walt Mossberg’s wish for a diabetes product and service that doesn’t suck – in fact more like his beloved iPhone – is coming true. UK based Cellnovo has just announced a hefty $48m Series B for their diabetes management solution – pump, handset and online service. Heck, even the packaging looks like it’s [...]
mHealth is growing up
There’s something rather resilient about the English language – it does a pretty good job of shrugging off silliness. I’ve noticed a decline in geek-inflicted bastardizations, such as adding 2.0 to anything (yes, guilty as charged) and removing vowels from company names. In today’s post-crash world Twittr and Facebk would seem too flimsy. So too, [...]
NYC startup watch: AdStruc, Vyou & Dotgo
New York Tech Meetup is the tech water cooler of NYC. It’s generally too much of a zoo for my taste – attendee interactions are limited to your seat neighbors, and that can hit or miss. This time I got lucky and had some interesting folks from the Mayor’s office. Anyhow, last night saw the [...]
TedMed 2010 Report
A sugar glider, “the world’s most dangerous animal” (because of it’s likelihood to be imported and so transmit rare diseases) according to ecologist and TedMed speaker Peter Daszak. TEDMED is a spinout from TED – events that gather a diverse set of luminaries to discuss ‘technology, entertainment and design’. TEDMED applies the same principles – [...]
