99 karma · joined May 25, 2013
While I have "Google now" on my Android and iPhone users can use Siri. I guess Microsoft simply isn't interested in small markets. Australia (bigger market) get's the Cortana and the Band.
Plan your food and sleep. Probably exercise. Get a fitbit (or similar) and find your sweet spot (sleep tracking is awesome with those things). When you feel good- you're most effective.
If you're having deadlines, take long breaks and go back to work after you've done something different (essentially shift working but within reasonable hours).
Don't "overdose" yourself with energy drinks, or too much coffee/tea. I have found that some energy drinks do affect my ability to focus negative. Same with coffee- too much is limiting (my) ability to focus.
All those things helped me. It can be different for you, but it's probably a start.
I guess some of the old dusty GIS Enterprise Solutions, now _slowly_ have to start worrying about competition in such form (I know you can't compare it to a full Featured GIS, as a map is only a component of many many things that are required to be usefull). Current solutions are way behind and the moment when it comes to the presentation and manipulation of data (imho). They will have to up their game significantly to stay relevant.
On the other hand, netflix will probably never go to NZ because there are not enough people (only ~4M). So it's either that, illegal download or waiting for months (and coping with those pesky add-breaks).
Many people complain that quickflix (the NZ competitor to netflix) is missing out on a lot of content.
The "being an-unfriendly-*" problem has often to do with tight timelines and problems/bugs that seem completely weird. Frankly, that can drive you nuts.
It's not really an excuse, but it can probably explain some behavior.