Redcatco » top10 http://redcatco.com Connecting People With Technology Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:56:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 June Top 10 Links and the Month Ahead http://redcatco.com/blog/productivity/june-top-10-links-and-the-month-ahead/ http://redcatco.com/blog/productivity/june-top-10-links-and-the-month-ahead/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:19:51 +0000 Benjamin Ellis http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=512 For this month, I’m putting a slight twist on the usual top 10 post: I am going to split it between the Top 5 posts here on WOWNDADI and my favorite 5 posts from blogs that mentioned the blog.

Most Popular Posts in the Last 30 Days

  1. It’s the User Experience as much as the Technology!
  2. Apple, iPhone and Business Productivity – Post Worldwide Developer Conference Keynote
  3. Personality Sorters and Social Media – Part I
  4. Personality Sorters and Social Media – Part II
  5. Are You Paying Attention?

Top 5 links

  1. Getting Organized by Mark of Productivity 501 featuring interviews with myself and a number of other productivity bloggers. An epic post with some gems in there.
  2. Blogger Advocacy – Employ Yourself by Steve Lawson. A different mindset for solo workers.
  3. Links of Interest  from Productivity 501 – featuring Speeding Your Email.
  4. Karl Bunyan, who was on the marketing panel at the social media business: blog post about the event (glad you liked the photo Karl).
  5. The Successful Blog Directory welcome to you if you found the blog this way.

Following on from Five Quid and a Crate of Beer – Starting the New New Business it was interesting to read the New York Times article yesterday: no flotations this quarter (US side at least). The world is changing. Speaking of which, check out this post to see how social media is getting in on the recruitment process works:  ”pick-me“ - and fill in the survey while you are there.  I think that interviewer is going to be in for a surprise, unless of course they’ve already read the post!

The coming month is busy from an events perspective, so just the highlights: On Saturday the 4th of July is MediaCampLondon. Registration is free and it is a great opportunity to experience an unconference first hand. I look forward to catching up with some familiar faces, as well as meeting some new ones. Then on July the 10th is TechCrunch Pitch, I’ll be there watching the 10 slides company pitches/presentations. Should be interesting.

Lastly, Saturday and Sunday 19-20 July 2008 in Birmingham is WordCamp UK. The first WordPress WordCamp in the UK and a great opportunity for the WordPress community to get together. Book yourself in quick (register here). Not only will I be at WordCamp UK, but redcatco are an event sponsor, as well as providing the audio setup, we’ll be producing some podcasts of the event, if all goes to plan.

 

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]]> http://redcatco.com/blog/productivity/june-top-10-links-and-the-month-ahead/feed/ 4 May Top 10 Blog Posts http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/may-top-10-blog-posts/ http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/may-top-10-blog-posts/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:36:27 +0000 Benjamin Ellis http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=490 Benjamin Ellis ThinkingMay in the UK is always an interesting time – two bank holidays, a school half-term and pseudo random British weather all synthesize into a zigzag journey. The highlight of the month was attending NESTA’s Innovation Edge 08event, as you can see from the posts (Gordon Brown attracted lots of comments, as did Tim Berners-Lee).

The breathing space also gave some time for catching up with the family and doing some thinking, which means that June will be even more exciting. But before that, here are the most popular posts (by pageviews) from May. If there is something you particularly like, then go ahead and digg/stumble/del.icio.us as you see fit, it is very helpful feedback of the warm-fuzzy kind.

  1. The Now Habit – Dealing with Procrastination.
  2. Gordon Brown at NESTA – The Innovation Edge.
  3. Why Don’t You See What You Can Do in an hour.
  4. 10 Things Not To Do In Business PowerPoint Presentation.
  5. Never Loose Your Voice Again – It’s the future.
  6. How to Deal with Being Overwhelmed at Work.
  7. ThinkingRock is 2 good!
  8. 7 Common E-mail Mistakes and How Not To Make Them.
  9. Speed Reading – An Essential Survival Skill.
  10. Watch out for the frogs!

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]]> http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/may-top-10-blog-posts/feed/ 0 April top 10 http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/april-top-10/ http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/april-top-10/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 22:16:51 +0000 Benjamin Ellis http://redcatco.com/blog/?p=458 Hail is falling outside as I write this, pinging off of the office window. It may be May, but clearly no-one thought to tell the British weather that – snow in April?

A quick pause to look back at April shows that it has been a prolific month on the blog, with 14 posts and some very thoughtful comments (thank you Steve, Matt, Luke, Anne Marie, Bob and all), room for plenty more!

This months top 10 posts, by number of visits:

  1. 10 Things Not To Do In Business PowerPoint
  2. The Now Habit – Dealing with Procrastination
  3. Want to Get More Things Done? Go Ahead and Stick Your Head in a Bucket
  4. How to Deal With Being Overwhelmed at Work 2
  5. Speed Reading – An Essential Survival Skill
  6. Why Don’t You See What You Can Do in an Hour
  7. How to Deal with Being Overwhelmed at Work
  8. As a Matter of Fact, That is a Matter of Opinion
  9. Seize the Day – In Memory of Galba Bright
  10. Learning Your Way to a Better Memory

I’ve had lots to think about in this last last month. Time is one of our most precious resources, invest it well. Here’s to a productive May.

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]]> http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/april-top-10/feed/ 0 March Wrap up… http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/march-wrap-up/ http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/march-wrap-up/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:36:30 +0000 Benjamin Ellis http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/march-wrap-up/ I’m some what hesitant to post on April the 1st, for fear of not being taken seriously! However, it is past midday here, so rest assured that this is the normal end of the month wrap up post – with no artificially added jests.

It has been a busy time on the blog, although you might not have noticed if you are reading via RSS. There have been a number of changes in the design. There is now a blogroll, which will grow over time, and ‘translate’ buttons on the site. This is based on Google’s translation capabilities – which are quite impressive, including user-contributed corrections. Posts can be translated into French, German, Spanish or Italian at the click of a button. I’ve decided that I sound distinctly more stylish in French, but sadly that is where my language skills stop.

As so many people come to the site via stumbleupon, the ShareThis WordPress plugin is now in place. This should make it easier to add posts to your social bookmarking application of choice. If you like something, do share it, or add a fave for us on Technorati, everyone loves a bit of encouragement, especially a British Blogger.

The month’s top 10 posts, by number of readers were:

  1. Mini-bar Meet Up – Some New Technologies.
  2. The Now Habit – Dealing with Procrastination.
  3. Why Don’t You See What You Can Do in an hour.
  4. Power up your business with a Wiki.
  5. Be More Productive By Understanding How You See the World.
  6. E-mail 2.0.
  7. ThinkingRock is 2 good!
  8. How to Deal with Being Overwhelmed at Work.
  9. Where Are You Going? Vision, Mission and Values – Part I.
  10. Too Much Choice – Too Little Happiness.

Just off of the bottom of the list, cruelly disadvantaged by being posted later on in the month, is: Learning Your Way to a Better Memory. Here’s to a productive and effective April.

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]]> http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/march-wrap-up/feed/ 0 February Top 10 and Round Up http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/february-top-10-and-round-up/ http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/february-top-10-and-round-up/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:56:17 +0000 Benjamin Ellis http://redcatco.com/blog/top10/february-top-10-and-round-up/ Question Mark - By Benjamin EllisA leap year, and a surprise extra day in February. What did you do with your extra day in February? I had the day off. Well, not quite. I helped a couple of friends, caught up on some sleep. I also read some academic papers on learning and development. Perhaps I should get out more?

Cutting to the chase, here is the regular monthly wrap up and February’s top 10 Posts, by number of views:

  1. 10 Tips To Gain You a Better 08 – still 5/6 of the year to go!
  2. Mini-bar Meet Up – Some New Technologies – A report on the February Meet Up.
  3. The Now Habit – Dealing with Procrastination – Still popular.
  4. Why Don’t You See What You Can Do in an Hour – Overcome productivity blocks.
  5. Watch out for the frogs! – A classic post.
  6. How to Deal with Being Overwhelmed at Work
  7. Practice to be Crisp
  8. Preparing to Present – A Check List
  9. ThinkingRock is 2 good!
  10. Too Much Choice – Too Little Happiness

Interestingly, the top 5 posts read via RSS this month were quite different:

  1. Getting Started with GTD
  2. Blocking FaceBook Manages What?
  3. Setting Deadlines is Life – Part II
  4. 10 Tips To Gain You a Better 08
  5. The Rather Complex Issue of Identity

From today we’ll be switching to full feeds for all new posts on the blog, rather than just the most recent one. This should make life easier if you are following via RSS. The partial feeds were an artefact of the redcatco homepage structure. That is about to change fairly radically, so keep your eyes peeled.

Special thanks to Stephen of HD BizBlog, Kate Davis of Blog to Discovery, Stephen Hopson of Adversity University, Rob Moshe and Istvan for their comments and interaction this month. Also, check out Creative Agency Secrets thoughts on practice Practice to be Crisp in: “My challenge – practice business development.”

Lastly, it isn’t too late to add your mission statement. Here’s to an exciting, productive and original March for us!

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