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The Big Picture Provides Intuitive Project Management - Project Management - Lifehacker
via lifehacker.com
Amazing and unique project managament tool. Makes you look at your projects in a new way. This is definitely something to investigate further.
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A vs B - Biscuit Holes at Hardee's
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Priceless - thanks Mark D for sharing this. Best comment - "the "a" hole is too small. LOL
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iBackpack - Backpack Pages Optimized for the iPhone and iPod Touch
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Wow, found this while reading the article from cranking Widgets I just posted here. Cool use of CSS to morph Backpack into an iPhone friendly form factor. I have to give this a try soon.
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Getting Things Done with 37signals’ Backpack - Why I’m Switching Back : The Cranking Widgets Blog
An older article I read and saved and found again. Worth posting second time around as it is a great article of using Backpack for a GTD workflow. Recently been looking at a rogue deployment of Backpack for my own PM needs even though we have some internal tools in development. I am hoping to either use Backpack (or Basecamp) full time at some point or get some of this functionality gracefully fitted into our internal systems. Right now, I am trying to work with a set of tools that stays out of my way and provides maximum "stickyness" for my tasks - ie don't want to move tasks from one place/system to another just to get work done.
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GTD and Evernote
Check out this website I found at darrencrawford.com
Great tutorial/overview on using Evernote as a killer GTD tool. Probably one of the best I have come across so far. Thanks Darren for sharing this with us.
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Joe Stump’s Blunder Move Introduces Chess Wars for iPhone
via techcrunch.com
Finally, a chess game worthy of the iPhone - that lets you challenge and play opponents via Facebook Connect. Like the way it follows traditional move and wait gameplay but without the pesky rank & file notation. God bless tech.
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Coding Horror: Software Engineering: Dead?
control is ultimately illusory on software development projects. If you want to move your project forward, the only reliable way to do that is to cultivate a deep sense of software craftsmanship and professionalism around it.
via codinghorror.com
I recently completed a book via Safari Books Online on Software Engineering. It was an eye opener for me, not so much in what it taught about development as an engineering discipline, but for what it gave me in terms of fodder for debunking a lot of these 80's and 90's prinicples. As a true believer in agile development, I like to read books and articles that challenge my belief system. Usually I come away with a stronger understanding of a concept and a reinforcement of my own ideals. Jeff provides a nice piece on his website codinghorror.com that brought several points into focus for me. Hope you find it useful as well.
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