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bill_bkr

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Bill Baker

UK based server admin and software developer

bill.bkr [at] hotmail [dot] com

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bill_bkr··on Poll: Do you want a smart watch?
Same here. So far I don't see any killer feature that would make me want a smartwatch.

Somehow I get a feeling that doing anything more complex than reading a simple message (be it an email, SMS, notification, whatever) would just be slower than if I would take the smartphone out of the pocket and do it the proper way.

I might feel different though if I were into running/cycling/whatever.

bill_bkr··on Effective Productivity Hacks from 80 Startup Founders
Thanks for suggestion; however Evernote never really felt good for me. I can't say exactly why. Tried it on both - desktop and mobile platforms.

Trello is good, but I would need something more robust.

bill_bkr··on Effective Productivity Hacks from 80 Startup Founders
Thanks for the suggestion, will check it out.
bill_bkr··on Effective Productivity Hacks from 80 Startup Founders
I really like it that most of the hacks aren't polished too much; makes it way easier to read for me. Often all those startup tips'n'tricks can be cheesy and distract.

Many notes were useful to me, but this one struck me as I was dealing with it yesterday:

> "Writing everything down. After years and years of assuming that I can rely on my memory, I finally realized I was wrong about that. Even if I can remember something, the task of my brain holding onto that little piece of information is taking time and energy away from whatever task it is that I’m working on in the moment. I’ve cobbled together a handful of products/services to achieve what has become a pretty efficient way to keep track of everything." > By Kendall Guillemette

I was thinking about creating a website with categories/hashtags/search/calendar (could use something like WP/Drupal) and using it for the same purpose.

Did someone else have the same problem? How did you solve it?