Canyon R

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January 2013

1 post

I have had my Nexus 7 for a month now and I’m finally ready to write my review of it. I know many of you have been wondering what I think and how I’ve been using it. I’m going to break this review into three parts: Hardware & OS, Apps, and Accessories then I’ll wrap up with some tips for those still considering a tablet. The bottom line is I love it and it’s had...

October 2012

3 posts

Behind the Ball

Catching up and getting ahead in today’s ‘always busy’ workplace. You know, I just don’t hear anyone say ‘behind the eight ball’ anymore. Maybe it’s the decline of pool as a spectator sport, or the fact that youth don’t hang out in pool halls, but no one I know is saying it. What they are all saying is how they are swamped, busy, slammed, and...

GTD - A 12 Step Program for the Disorganized -...

This 5 part series covers the 5 stages of Getting Things Done or GTD, a personal organization system developed by David Allen and released as a book in 2001. In our first part we discussed the philosophy of GTD and stage 1: Collecting. The second part covered stage 2: Processing. The third part covered stage 3: Organization. In the fourth part we covered stage 4: the Review. In this final part we...

GTD - A 12 Step Program for the Disorganized -...

This 5 part series covers the 5 stages of Getting Things Done or GTD, a personal organization system developed by David Allen and released as a book in 2001. In our first part we discussed the philosophy of GTD and stage 1: Collecting. The second part covered stage 2: Processing. The third part covered stage 3: Organization. Now we cover stage 4: the Review. Review The Review, in GTD, takes...

September 2012

1 post

GTD - A 12 Step Program for the Disorganized -...

This 5 part series covers the 5 stages of Getting Things Done or GTD, a personal organization system developed by David Allen and released as a book in 2001. In our first part we discussed the philosophy of GTD and stage 1: Collecting. The second part covered stage 2: Processing. Now lets get into stage 3. Organizing Organizing is where we take the Outcomes and Next Actions we created during...

August 2012

1 post

GTD - A 12 Step Program for the Disorganized -...

This 5 part series covers the 5 stages of Getting Things Done or GTD, a personal organization system developed by David Allen and released as a book in 2001. In our first part we discussed the philosophy of GTD and stage 1: Collecting. Now lets get into stage 2. Processing Processing is the act of evaluating everything in your inboxes and asking “What does this mean to me?” Is...

May 2012

1 post

GTD - A 12 Step Program for the Disorganized -...

This was originally posted as a single article on OnOrganization.com, it’s been updated and posted here as a 5 part series “Hello, my name is Canyon and I’m a Disorganized Mess.” Saying that “the first step is admitting you have a problem and are powerless over it” may sound familiar to many. I feel I had to go further than that to accept that I needed help with my personal organization....

March 2012

1 post

U.S. 'not winning' war with hackers, says FBI...

A very good article about the current state of security on the internet. This shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone in the IT or Security industry. If it does, you haven’t been paying attention. secuniablog: Speaking to The Wall Street Journal in an interview published yesterday, FBI executive assistant director and cyber czar Shawn Henry said that despite recent arrests of alleged...

January 2012

1 post

Two good articles for Blackout day reading

Here are two good articles for reading on Blackout day. First is a primer for those asking why SOPA & PIPA are such bad laws. Andy Ihnatko lays out in his latest sun-times article exactly why these laws are awful in terms that non-tech people can really relate to. Second is a wonderful piece from Clay Johnson, writer of the Information Diet, about fixing these problems long term by...

November 2011

1 post

This may be one of the best things I’ve seen this year. You must watch this video if your job involves people or communication. gary: Be warned I use some dirty language Thnx for the recap from my recent talk at Inc5000 by Rizzo http://www.rizzotees.com/blog/gary-vaynerchuk-in-a-seminal-performance-at-the-2011-inc-500-conference This was a fun talk and i was on my “A” game. Whatya...

August 2011

1 post

July 2011

1 post

Google Plus - Social for small conversations

The thrust of many Google+ conversations is, understandably, about how it compares as a service to Twitter and Facebook. This also comprises many of the reviews that have been posted so far. The points generally conclude that it’s not as good at one use case or another. I think that the real difference is that the services are optimized for different ways of sharing. Each taking from the...

March 2011

2 posts

Podcast honorable mention

In my list of podcasts I focused on the casts that I get the most value from. I covered shows that focus on news, tech, or business. I feel like I’m being unfair if I don’t mention (honorably) my favorite entertainment podcast. You look nice today is an unbelievably fun, intelligent, unrepentant, and zany show. I will warn that’s it’s not work or child safe, but...

February 2011

4 posts

Podcasts for the masses

I listen to a lot of podcasts, as some of you may know. While I’ve often recommended specific casts to people, I have never listed out my favorite shows before. Before I start the list there are a few notes I think you will find helpful. First: What is a Podcast? A podcast is a show that is distributed over the Internet. They are usually audio but more are released as video. You can...

Adding Twitter and Facebook buttons to Tumblr

I just finished adding the tweet and like buttons to my site and was amazed how both simple and complicated it was. I found many good sites with helpful information but none had the exact combination I was looking for. So here is how I finally got it to work the way I wanted. Hopefully this will be as helpful to someone else as the other pages I found were to me. Let me start by thanking the...

Online safety info for your non-tech friends

OnGuardOnline.gov is a good site with online security information that you can pass on to your non-technical friends and family members. For many years I have been fielding questions from family and friends about the various dangers online. I don’t want to scare these people with the gory details of just how bad it is. I often wished that there was a site that took the time to relly spell...

Your guide to the seven types of malicious hackers... →

A well thought out list of the different profiles of “bad guys” on the internet. This would make a good intro for a series digging into the details of each. (via Schneier on Security)

May 2009

1 post

Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall... →

Good story of the math behind the financial meltdown.

April 2009

1 post

Lifehacker - How Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak... →

Woz interviewed on Lifehacker

January 2009

1 post

Getting started

I should have signed up for a tumblr a long time ago.