My personal mission to increase productivity, by decreasing the number of gadgets I use, took a sideways step recently. Since I started listening to podcasts, lectures and audio books, my iPod nano has become a fairly central part of my life. Now my new companion has even started listening to me, resulting in an even [...]

Recently a number of people have asked me about Web 2.0, what it is, how it started and why I am so interested in it. This video (updated from the version earlier in the year), does the best job I have seen of explaining, in just a few minutes:

Last month’s top 10 is a little later than advertised. I’ll blame the blog move, which has lead to lots of refactoring. I’ve enjoyed reading back through old posts and the comments.
Anyway, straight to the top 10 posts from August:

Get out of the groove…
10 Tips for better PowerPoint
Watch out for the frogs
See it, hear it [...]

Now this is the good news that workers need to hear! Don’t work longer, work harder. But is that really good news?
It certainly is. Most of the work that goes on in the modern office just produces heat and light, rather than results. Even worse is the fact that modern managers encourage this behaviour. What [...]