SXSW Podcasts

If you haven’t already heard about it, it’s a good time to do so now. Head over to SXSW, and listen to the podcasts that interest you. Here are my picks: 12 Values Shaping Technology’s Future Web Typography Sucks The 4-Hour Workweek: Secrets of Doing More with Less in a Digital World Emerging Social and […]

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Do you want a “4 Hour” Work Week?

Solution # 1: Check your emails only twice a day! Yes, you read it right, “Four Hour” week, not a “Four Day” week. Timothy Ferriss has written a book on how you can work only for four hours a week, yet deliver much more productivity and results. Not all of us may be able to […]

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In search of the best project management system

Over the last 8 years, we have used various systems to manage our software development projects. From paper sheets, to diaries, to home grown task and calendar systems, to activeCollab, to Wikis, to various other things in between. Nothing has worked as desired! As Magnet has grown, we have faced a variety of issues with […]

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Using XAML, and generating class diagrams from CLRs

Noticed two interesting articles from Sacha Barber on CodeProject. The first one talks about developing applications using .Net 3.0 and XAML. XAML (pronounced Zammel, as in Camel) is Micorsoft’s language to develop user interfaces in the upcoming Windows Presentation Foundation. To make it simple, imaging XHTML/MXML doing the whole of your operating system UI. The […]

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Double your reading rate

Scott Young wrote about doubling your reading rate. I have tried many practices myself, and they actually make a big difference. I especially liked his 5th point – find your motivation! Over the next five months, I have more than 15 books scheduled to be read, and it’s really important for me to read faster! […]

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