The Art of Less Doing – Ari Meisel

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Things We Like: Zaarly

Things We Like: Zaarly

What Zaarly does             Less Doing is primarily concerned with delegation. With Zaarly, if you have any job that needs doing you can quickly and easily post a job online. Any other people with Zaarly near your location will see [...]

May 31, 2011 Posts
Things We Like: GigWalk

Things We Like: GigWalk

What is it?             The Gigwalk app for iPhone is a system designed for both businesses and individuals.  Companies can use Gigwalk to receive feedback on their services and products, check their employees are providing the best customer service and [...]

May 17, 2011 Posts
This Is How We Do It: Travelling with the iPhone

This Is How We Do It: Travelling with the iPhone

Why? I am currently on vacation with my family in Maui and this has given me a great chance to try out some of the wide range of travel apps that are available with the iPhone. Paradoxically all holidays have [...]

April 4, 2011 Posts
This Is How We Do It: The Deskless Office

This Is How We Do It: The Deskless Office

Why? I didn’t need a desk and prefered to have more space and less clutter. In a previous post I discuss the concept of setting limits in order to force organization. This is sort of an attempt at that. As I [...]

February 3, 2011 Posts
Things We Like: The Pogoplug

Things We Like: The Pogoplug

What Is It? The Pogoplug is a small device that basically acts as a gateway, connecting your devices to the internet. The concept of getting your files into the cloud is nothing new, but Pogoplug has a slightly different approach [...]

December 29, 2010 Posts
This Is How We Do It: Testing Your Systems

This Is How We Do It: Testing Your Systems

The Setup We have said before that there is some element of trial and error whenever developing a Less Doing system. Whether it’s paperless billing or automated e-mail responses, you’ll rarely get it perfect the first time, and even if [...]

November 29, 2010 Posts
Things We Like: WebEx

Things We Like: WebEx

The Problem Meetings are not fun and they are generally very innefficient. There are several techniques for making meetings more productive but it seems like one of the best ones is simply not to be there if you don’t have [...]

November 18, 2010 Posts
Apps We Love: Air Display

Apps We Love: Air Display

The Lowdown App Name: Air DisplayPlatform: iPhone/iPad paired with OS X/WindowsCost: $9.99 What Does It Do? Air Display is one my favorite new additions to my mobile office. Air Display is a universal application for the iPhone/iPad that pairs with [...]

November 10, 2010 Posts
Tips & Tricks: Peter's Global Communication Challenge

Tips & Tricks: Peter’s Global Communication Challenge

My friend Peter recently came to me with an interesting Less Doing problem. He is about to embark on what he is calling “The Global Lifestyle Project.” He will be packing up and moving back to his native New Zealand [...]

October 19, 2010 Posts
This Is How We Do It: Executing Contracts and Invoicing

This Is How We Do It: Executing Contracts and Invoicing

Story One of the last bastions of being free from a desktop computer was the ability to give clients proposals, execute those proposals and other contracts, and then invoice those clients from anywhere in the world. Using a few iphone [...]

August 24, 2010 Posts, Uncategorized