The Art of Less Doing – Ari Meisel

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Things We Like: MyGofer

Things We Like: MyGofer

What is it? The dream of less doing is to minimize the effort you expend on menial tasks, thereby freeing up your time for more important things. We’ve already featured the Trunk Club, a service which works as a combination [...]

July 28, 2011 Posts
Testing the waters with LaunchRock and KickStarter

Testing the waters with LaunchRock and KickStarter

Risk Management If you are considering launching a website or a service online there are always pros and cons to weigh up. While you have to consider hosting fees and the cost of a domain, the main resource such a [...]

May 11, 2011 Posts
Things We Like: Hassle Me

Things We Like: Hassle Me

The Problem Sometimes we need habitual reminds but we don’t necessarily want them at specific intervals, that’s where HassleMe comes in. How It Works The site doesn’t require any registration, all you do is visit HassleMe, enter the reminder and then [...]

February 17, 2011 Posts
Things We Like: The Trunk Club

Things We Like: The Trunk Club

How Does It Work? The Trunk Club is a service offered by a men’s clothing store based in Chicago. First you answer some questions on the site about your measurements and likes and dislikes. Then you have a brief phone [...]

February 2, 2011 Posts

Things We Like: Boomerang for Gmail

What Is It? Similar to previously reviewed LetterMeLater and Followup.cc, Boomerang is a plugin for Gmail that makes it easy to follow up on and delay certain emails.  What Do I Do With It? Delayed Sending – Write an email now, [...]

January 11, 2011 Posts
Thing We Like: Dogs In The Office

Thing We Like: Dogs In The Office

Dogs In The Office? A recent article in Crain’s examined the idea of having dogs in the office. The results were very positive. They found that having dogs at work improved productivity and enhanced the team’s sense of community. I work from [...]

January 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