About The Blogger
Internet engineer, turned business exec and developing psychologist Benjamin Ellis is passionate about technology that solves human problems, and humans that solve technology problems. Benjamin blogs about productivity, communication and technology in the context of business.
Personal Development Blog List
I was Tagged by Priscilla Palmer and added to her Personal Development blog list, which is becoming something of a buzz in the blogosphere and is definitely a who’s who of personal development blogging! Thank you Priscilla!
Are we are all becoming slightly famous?
This one might turn into a meme! “NFYB” says Seth Godin. It stands for ‘Not For Your Blog’ and I like it. In the age of blogging, Facebook and Twitter, the boundary between public and private is changing. That blur is changing communication, a private conversation is only a few hours away from being a [...]
iPod to Go – The iPod as a GTD capture device
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 [...]
Web 2.0 and Us
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:
August Top 10 Posts
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 [...]
The Gospel According to Seth
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. [...]
Here it is
Well, after a bit of incubation, the blog is up at it’s new home here. Those of you who subscribe via feedburner shouldn’t have to do anything, as you will have automagically been redirected. Those using the WordPress feed need to point your browser/reader to http://redcatco.com/blog/feed. There are lots of new features, and I finally [...]
