Reading Time: < 1 minI recent had an interesting conversation with a developer from another web agency. He was showing me a site they had just launched, and it looked great! However, I quickly noticed there was no SSL on the site, so it was showing “not secure” at the top. It’s an important thing to have these days, […]
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Getting started with Roam Research
Reading Time: 9 minYou may have heard about Roam Research as the hot new note-taking app, which it certainly is right now. I’m using it and I love it — but why? Let’s dive in. Structured organization vs fluid information At its core, Roam is yet another note taking app. You type stuff in and it saves it. […]
Some tweaks to my daily learning
Reading Time: 3 minThis is an interesting time we’re in right now. While I certainly miss much of the weekly chaos of dance practice and soccer games, a bit of a break is kind of nice too. While I’ve been using the time to do a lot of reading (in the past month I’ve read Marketing Made Simple, […]
Highlights from “Marketing Made Simple” by Donald Miller
Reading Time: 2 minIf you’re into marketing at all, I would hope you’ve heard of Donald Miller. His StoryBrand framework is amazing, and much of it can be had for free. While he has some high-paid (and high-value) training you can do with him, he also gives away a ton of great information from his books, podcasts, emails, […]
Highlights from “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande
Reading Time: 4 minThe Checklist Manifesto is a book that I’ve been meaning to read for quite a long time. Many have suggested it, and I’ve finally read it. It wasn’t really what I expected, but it was excellent. The focus of the book was on surgery and airplanes, and how checklists are critical to both. In building […]
Highlights from “Friend of a Friend” by David Burkus
Reading Time: 4 minSomething that I’ve found popping up in a lot of my reading lately is the concept of “weak ties” — those people that you somewhat consider to be a friend, but that you don’t know very well. The book “Friend of a Friend” by David Burkus is all about those people. As I did with […]
Highlights from “How to Take Smart Notes” by Sonke Ahrens
Reading Time: 4 minI just finished reading How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens. It interested me because over the past month or so I’ve really begun to focus better on my note-taking. This applies to books I’ve read, sermons at church, meetings with clients, videos I watch — any situation where I want to gain knowledge, […]
Highlights from “The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery” by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
Reading Time: 8 minAs I did last month with This is Marketing, I’ve finished reading this book (after starting it a while ago, and then restarting it this month) and have quite a few notes to share. The Road Back to You is a great look at the enneagram, which I’ll describe much more below. If you’re not […]
Highlights from “This is Marketing” by Seth Godin
Reading Time: 3 minI just finished reading This is Marketing, by Seth Godin, and thought I’d share my takeaways from the book. I highlighted a variety of passages via Kindle along the way, so I’ve shared them below along with some quick thoughts from me. I hope to do this with more books in the future. Marketing is […]
Loom vs Dubb vs Soapbox
Reading Time: 3 minA few months ago, I went on the hunt for a new app to help me with video screencasts. I create a lot of screencast videos on my YouTube channel, but at GreenMellen we also make a ton of private screencasts for our clients (talking through proposals, showing how to solve problems, etc). I’ve used […]