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Author Archives: Adam
Evernote and Skitch Make a Great Match
Yesterday it was announced that Evernote has acquired Skitch.
This is exciting news and a great match! Evernote and Skitch are already two of the most useful apps I have on my Mac. The folks at Evernote claim that “Skitch will make Evernote better (and vice versa).” I agree. Improved integration between the two can only be a good thing. I look forward to seeing how the relationship between these handy tools develops in the coming months.
And the good news doesn’t stop there. A Skitch app has also been released for Android! The ability to mark up and add annotations to images along with the app’s Evernote integration will likely make this one of my favorite and most-used apps on my phone as well.
Finally, the biggest winners of this acquisition might just be Windows users. On its blog, Evernote promises, “We are committed, not only to making the Skitch Mac app more awesome, but also to bringing Skitch to every desktop and mobile platform under the sun.” Sound like a Windows app is in the works.
Read the announcement and get all the details on the Evernote and Skitch blogs.
What about you? Do you use Evernote? Skitch?
What features or improvements do you hope come from this new relationship?
Free Ebook – Read This Before Our Next Meeting
As one who has witnessed, first-hand, the broken “meetings system” (and contributed to it as well), I am really looking forward to reading this book: Read This Before Out Next Meeting, by Al Pittampalli.
And the best part? The Kindle edition is free until August 10! Get it HERE.
via Michael Hyatt.
The Execution of Ideas
It has never been especially difficult for me to develop new ideas. Having an idea is easy. Execution – now that’s the hard part.
As as young professional, I was blessed to have a boss who challenged me not to settle for being a mere “ideas guy.” Having a good idea wasn’t good enough. He challenged me to implement my ideas, to execute. It’s one thing to have an idea. It’s quite another to have an idea, implement the idea, see it through to completion, and witness first-hand its impact.
In this video, recently posted on the99percent.com, several attendees of the 2011 99% Conference discuss this process of putting their ideas own into action. I found it to be helpful to hear others’ insights into the execution of ideas. I hope it is helpful to you, too.
How often do you successfully execute your ideas? What advice would you give one who desires to implement his or her ideas more often and more effectively?
The Lifehacker Post that Changed My Life
Okay, the title might be a bit dramatic. The post didn’t change my life. But it did have a serious impact, albeit in a small way.
Think about this for a moment: How many times have you reached into your bag to grab your headphones, only to spend the next five minutes untangling them? Frustrating! It doesn’t matter if they’ve been in there 30 seconds or 30 days, it’s almost a guarantee that they will be in a knotted mess! Sometimes, if I just need my ear buds to watch a quick YouTube clip or listen to a short soundbite, I’ll just give up and use them in their tangled state.
Well, everything changed a couple of months ago when I stumbled upon this post on Lifehacker. No little headphone-wrapping contraptions or pouches to buy or add to my already cluttered bag. This headphone cord wrapping technique will save you from those frustrating untangling sessions and it’ll save you time in the process.
It rarely, if ever, fails me.
Stress-free music listening awaits you. Check it out!