If you’re constantly trying to put out fires, David Allen says in a new column, you may be ignoring the small signposts that are warning you in advance. Ubiquitous capture is a cornerstone of any successful GTD variation, and Allen says that if you’re not taking note of potential problems as they arise then they’re [...]
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Errors that Drive Typographists Nuts
In the digital era, with ubiquitous grammar check & spell check, grammar nazis are so passe. The new frontier of perfectionism belongs to the self-described “typography nazis!” A new post at Receding Hairline lists and explains common typographical errors that have become convention by way of lax standards. You’d think good word processing software would [...]
What’s in Your Special Sauce?
In a great roundup post at Study Hacks Cal Newport reveals & recaps the unique blend of productivity strategies he’s using to cope with a tough semester. He calls his personal mix his “special sauce.” He covers all the bases, from the day-to-day grind (”Without an autopilot schedule I think I would drown in a [...]
Is Wikipedia as Credible as the Oxford English Dictionary?
How many times have you heard a professor suggest that Wikipedia is completely unreliable and essentially useless because “anyone can edit it?” Niko Pfund, the publisher of the Oxford University Press, disagrees and is in fact “increasingly bored” by his colleagues’ vilification of the Wiki project. Why?
“The Oxford English Dictionary, arguably the greatest reference work [...]