Tidy? Not even close

02008-10-05T22:46:48+00:00

Today I spent three hours tidying my desk and going through paperwork. This included going through the entire filing cabinet, removing obsolete documents. Then I shredded old information until the shredder literally burned out, emitting an unpleasant melting plastic smell. Ah well, I’d been thinking of getting a better shredder anyway, preferably one that can shred CDs. Now I’ve traveled to the coffee house with rothko and fixed their Internet.

Business hacks: E-mail and W5 analysis

02007-07-12T21:23:02+00:00

Guy Kawasaki has summarized a bunch of things he thinks everyone should learn about the world of work. One of them leaped out at me: Whether [you are] young or old, the point is that the optimal length of an email message is five sentences. All you should do is explain who you are, what you want, why you should get it, and when you need it by. Clearly he is a man after my own heart.