Comments on: When Your Brain Can Only Manage Simple Things http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/ Rebooting the workforce Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:20:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Angie Gerken http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-292250 Angie Gerken Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:31:59 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-292250 <p>I'm mired hip-deep in an overloaded work and personal schedule and have become focused on simplifying my life as well as clearing my mental closets of clutter - this article was timely and welcomed. I often feel a weird sense of guilt when I use a fraction of a "tool's" functions. I just pared down from my old fav Photoshop Pro to Photoshop Elements. It's just right for my needs now. Great tips on products I didn't know about. Thanks!</p> I’m mired hip-deep in an overloaded work and personal schedule and have become focused on simplifying my life as well as clearing my mental closets of clutter – this article was timely and welcomed. I often feel a weird sense of guilt when I use a fraction of a “tool’s” functions. I just pared down from my old fav Photoshop Pro to Photoshop Elements. It’s just right for my needs now. Great tips on products I didn’t know about. Thanks!

]]> By: Deborah Fields http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-290619 Deborah Fields Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:54:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-290619 <p>Great comments. Malevole is wonderful! and the YouSendIt.com tip is great. Thank you. You're saving me time and wasted thought processes.</p> Great comments. Malevole is wonderful! and the YouSendIt.com tip is great. Thank you. You’re saving me time and wasted thought processes.

]]> By: Marc Eisenstadt http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-290453 Marc Eisenstadt Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:14:19 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-290453 <p>Caramba...the phrase "I have little time to spend doing fun stuff" in the above post is a bizarre copy/paste error (long story... comes from someone else's chat window... looks very bizarre out of context!).</p> <p>Sorry about that... anyway, thanks for checking out http://www.meetomatic.com</p> <p>;-)</p> Caramba…the phrase “I have little time to spend doing fun stuff” in the above post is a bizarre copy/paste error (long story… comes from someone else’s chat window… looks very bizarre out of context!).

Sorry about that… anyway, thanks for checking out http://www.meetomatic.com

;-)

]]> By: Marc Eisenstadt http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-290452 Marc Eisenstadt Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:09:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-290452 <p>Great post... but don't forget the grand-daddy of simple/no-frills/nobrainer meeting scheduling, Meetomatic.com Different 'gestalt' and approach from the wonderful Doodle, but has an amazing fine-grained scheduling visualizer in its private label version. I have little time to spend doing fun stuff. The free one is insanely simple, and suits some people better than Doodle because of its calendar layout!</p> Great post… but don’t forget the grand-daddy of simple/no-frills/nobrainer meeting scheduling, Meetomatic.com Different ‘gestalt’ and approach from the wonderful Doodle, but has an amazing fine-grained scheduling visualizer in its private label version. I have little time to spend doing fun stuff. The free one is insanely simple, and suits some people better than Doodle because of its calendar layout!

]]> By: Tom http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-290225 Tom Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:01:38 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-290225 <p>A couple of months ago we put our internal schedule tool on the web: www.moreganize.com</p> <p>Our idea at that time was to take doodle and make it better. In the meantime doodle is commercialized and made a lot of progress. What makes us proud is that doodle copied already several features from our page themselves.</p> <p>Cheers Tom</p> A couple of months ago we put our internal schedule tool on the web: http://www.moreganize.com

Our idea at that time was to take doodle and make it better. In the meantime doodle is commercialized and made a lot of progress. What makes us proud is that doodle copied already several features from our page themselves.

Cheers Tom

]]> By: Rael Dornfest http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-289882 Rael Dornfest Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:27:29 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-289882 <p>Hi Aliza,</p> <p>Thanks for giving Sandy a whirl. I'm sorry you're running into something that's not working for you — please do drop us a line at help@iwantsandy.com and we'll be glad to get you off to the races.</p> <p>Rael</p> Hi Aliza,

Thanks for giving Sandy a whirl. I’m sorry you’re running into something that’s not working for you — please do drop us a line at help@iwantsandy.com and we’ll be glad to get you off to the races.

Rael

]]> By: Jo http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-289812 Jo Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:17:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-289812 <p>I think http://whichweekend.com is worth checking out as a Doodle alternative, although it only does weekends at the moment - which is what I made it for. Oh yeah - I made it :-) Hope you find it useful. My goal was to keep it as simple as possible, which I think I've achieved.</p> I think http://whichweekend.com is worth checking out as a Doodle alternative, although it only does weekends at the moment – which is what I made it for. Oh yeah – I made it :-) Hope you find it useful. My goal was to keep it as simple as possible, which I think I’ve achieved.

]]> By: tom http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-289716 tom Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:54:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-289716 <p>I agree that XE Currency Converter is great and simple. But you didn't mention one of the best features: historic conversion rates. That way I can calculate the exchange on the date of a specific transaction.</p> I agree that XE Currency Converter is great and simple. But you didn’t mention one of the best features: historic conversion rates. That way I can calculate the exchange on the date of a specific transaction.

]]> By: Bobi http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-289713 Bobi Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:08:44 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-289713 <p>Yousendit.com and Doodle! I am always learning new things from you, Aliza. Thank you!</p> Yousendit.com and Doodle! I am always learning new things from you, Aliza. Thank you!

]]> By: David Leffler http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-289691 David Leffler Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:53:21 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-289691 <p>If you want simple, try adopting the digital practices laid down by Mark Hurst in his book "Bit Literacy." This book is nothing short of an amazing guide of how to deal with the overload of information in which we live. From emails to the organization of files on your computer, Mark deals with it all with his well thought out methods. I guess his MIT education wasn't for nothing.</p> If you want simple, try adopting the digital practices laid down by Mark Hurst in his book “Bit Literacy.” This book is nothing short of an amazing guide of how to deal with the overload of information in which we live. From emails to the organization of files on your computer, Mark deals with it all with his well thought out methods. I guess his MIT education wasn’t for nothing.

]]> By: Joel Johnstone http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-289678 Joel Johnstone Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:39:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-289678 <p>Oh man! Now I feel bad that Memo to Me doesn't sport fancy flyovers, semi-transparent panels, and stuff sliding around all over the place. For what it’s worth, Memo to Me WAS designed in the 90s.</p> <p>Joel Johnstone</p> Oh man! Now I feel bad that Memo to Me doesn’t sport fancy flyovers, semi-transparent panels, and stuff sliding around all over the place. For what it’s worth, Memo to Me WAS designed in the 90s.

Joel Johnstone

]]> By: taughnee http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-289670 taughnee Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:04:27 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-289670 <p>I completely agree. The bells and whistles productivity tools are nice, but always feel overwhelming in the beginning. I tend to go "ooh look, shiny!" and sign up and then don't really begin USING until much much later. I am terrible with reading manuals and instructions, I just want to start USING IT.</p> <p>And now I'm thinking of dozens of simple tools that I can't live without.</p> <p>One is Image Shack (imageshack.us) I can't tell you how many times I've been in a conversation in IM or on a forum and just needed to quickly throw an image up on the web to link to for discussion ... despite having loads of server space and the skills to FTP to said space, the one click upload is just so quick and dirty, I love it.</p> <p>Another tool that I can't live without in my online universe is tinyurl.com ... genius! Oh and Malevole text generator for alternative Lorem Ipsum text. Combine and voila: http://tinyurl.com/yqao3</p> <p>I could be here all day!</p> I completely agree. The bells and whistles productivity tools are nice, but always feel overwhelming in the beginning. I tend to go “ooh look, shiny!” and sign up and then don’t really begin USING until much much later. I am terrible with reading manuals and instructions, I just want to start USING IT.

And now I’m thinking of dozens of simple tools that I can’t live without.

One is Image Shack (imageshack.us) I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in a conversation in IM or on a forum and just needed to quickly throw an image up on the web to link to for discussion … despite having loads of server space and the skills to FTP to said space, the one click upload is just so quick and dirty, I love it.

Another tool that I can’t live without in my online universe is tinyurl.com … genius! Oh and Malevole text generator for alternative Lorem Ipsum text. Combine and voila: http://tinyurl.com/yqao3

I could be here all day!

]]> By: Doodle Blog » Blog Archive » Zen-Doodlismus http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-289650 Doodle Blog » Blog Archive » Zen-Doodlismus Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:30:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-289650 <p>[...] Worker Daily, ein Blog aus dem einflussreichen Gigaom-Netzwerk, schreibt über die “almost Zen-like simplicity of Doodle.ch”. Die Autorin beschreibt, wie viel [...]</p> [...] Worker Daily, ein Blog aus dem einflussreichen Gigaom-Netzwerk, schreibt über die “almost Zen-like simplicity of Doodle.ch”. Die Autorin beschreibt, wie viel [...]

]]> By: Amanda Rothbarth http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/03/13/when-your-brain-can-only-manage-simple-things/#comment-289641 Amanda Rothbarth Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:15:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=1902#comment-289641 <p>I'm with you! My brain (and world in general) has so much stuff in it that sometimes I think I can't possibly put anything more in my brain. As a business owner and full-time mom, I need all the simplicity I can get. Thanks for the tools to help me sift through the clutter.</p> I’m with you! My brain (and world in general) has so much stuff in it that sometimes I think I can’t possibly put anything more in my brain. As a business owner and full-time mom, I need all the simplicity I can get. Thanks for the tools to help me sift through the clutter.

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