Reading Time: 3 minI was going through some old blog posts a few days ago and realized that I purchased my current home desktop computer more than seven years ago and it’s still running strong. I credit that largely to the fact that it’s a desktop with room for expansion, and not a laptop where things are quite […]
Archives for December 2016
Your Google search results are a big part of your brand
Reading Time: 2 minYears ago I was talking with a woman named Carol about personal branding in search results. Her philosophy was to focus on one platform (LinkedIn) so she could “avoid having too much info about her show up online”. It makes sense at first, but the problem with that approach is that when someone searches for […]
Wilt Chamberlain could have been better — can you?
Reading Time: 4 minMalcolm Gladwell has produced some great content over the years, and a recent podcast of his had some very eye-opening thoughts. Malcolm spent most of the podcast with Rick Barry, a basketball player who famously shot his free throws underhanded (“granny style”), as seen here: Wilt Chamberlain, one of the greatest basketball players of all […]
Playing with the Acer Chromebook R13
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve been a big fan of Google Chromebooks since they first came out. I first started playing with them more than six years ago and they’ve only gotten better since then. Chromebooks even recently started outselling Mac laptops, though that’s largely due to their much lower cost. I’ve had a handful of Chromebooks over the […]
Adding a Google Home to the mix
Reading Time: 2 minOne toy on my Christmas list this year was to pick up a “Google Home”, Google’s competitor to Amazon’s Echo. If you’re not familiar with Google Home, here is a promo video that Google produced a few months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KpLHdAURGo At the end of the day, Google Home is very similar to the Echo. The […]
Gmail vs Google Inbox vs ActiveInbox
Reading Time: 2 minA few years ago, Google released Inbox, a new way to help manage your Gmail. It’s aimed at folks with busy inboxes, and refinements over the years have made it quite impressive. I’ve used it a few times, but always ended up going back to good old Gmail. Gmail has some great power tools (such […]
Android’s new “live wallpapers” are quite smart
Reading Time: 2 minGoogle first introduced the concept of “live wallpaper” on Android on version 2.1 back in 2009. It was a cute idea, but didn’t work especially well. Back then, the “live” part of the wallpapers often required that you touch them. There are already plenty of other touch points on a phone, so adding that in […]
Google Keep is the best solution for quick notes
Reading Time: 3 minIt’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Asana for task management. For keeping up with projects, assignees, timelines and notes, Asana is tough to beat. That said, all of us at GreenMellen keep a small to-do list on the side for quick thoughts and notes. I’ve bounced around to a few different solutions […]
Some things are worth remembering
Reading Time: 4 minLast week I told you that you should try to keep “stuff” out of your brain so you can free it up to work harder on important things. Today I’m going to flip that around and show you how to cram more into your head. This isn’t to go against what I said in the […]
Only think about cat food once
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve told many people over the years that GreenMellen Media simply wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done“. In the early days of the company, going back to when I was a freelancer, I was juggling a lot of things — a full time job, two young children at home, […]