ScribeFire – Blogging Plugin for FireFox
I am writing this post using ScribeFire, a plugin for Firefox that enables you to blog direct from the browser.
I have been using Safari as my browser of choice for the last year or so but Firefox 3 really has got my attention and I feel a switch to Firefox is real close. It is the plugins such as ScribeFire, Delicious, and a host of SEO related tools that really attract me to Firefox.
Check out this great video below for an introduction to ScribeFire and some of the features it brings. It looks like a great tool but one that has to be learned and hopefully it will save me time and improve my writing ability so I blog more.
GTD Panel at the Upcoming Office 2.0 Conference
The Office 2.0 Conference starts tomorrow from the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco. Really wish I could make this one but living in the UK it makes the journey a bit too far and expensive right now although the content looks great.
I was very happy to read on the MindJet Blog that the sessions are going to get recorded and then turned into webinars by Veodia.
The conference has some great speakers including Robert Scoble and the keynote speaker, a certain Mr David Allen.
GTD and Productivity Links – 31st August 2008
Yet another busy but productive week for me. Hope you have all enjoyed your weeks. Sure does not seem like a week since my first post with my weekly GTD and Productivity Links.
Here are my links for this week.
I will be back tomorrow with more about the little email experiment that I have been doing..
Old But True – Set Targets to Achieve Goals
On the 14th of September I am running the Cancer Research UK 10K Run at Harewood House in Leeds. I am raising money for Cancer Research and also getting fit in the process.
You can sponsor me online by following this link and all the money goes to Cancer Research, so please feel free to give generously.
Motivating ones self to go out running is one of the hardest things to do. How many people do you know, maybe yourself included, who have started a personal fitness regime with great vigor, only to give up after only a few sessions? Go to any gymnasium and ask about the number of members, and then look at how many members are in the gym at any one time.
Email Productivity Experiment
Email is one of my main communication methods and in a quest to try and improve my productivity, I am going to start a little experiment into getting the most out of email. Hopefully, this is going to lead to an ebook that I have been planning for a while. This ebook will outline my methodology for dealing with Email in the most productive way based upon my experience and knowledge gained from the books and methods I have studied.
So, to start this experiment, I am recording the number of times I check email per day, over a few days. I am out on a client site today so probably will not check it as much as if I was in the office.
GTD and Productivity Links – 24th August 2008
In a bid to ramp up the content and readership of this site, I plan to start a new section of this blog with a collection of weekly links.
I am very active in the GTD, Productivity and Motivation arenas and I think it is great how many blogs are appearing right now.
I find some great things to read so it only makes sense to have a weekly summation of the weeks best links that I have found whilst surfing the web for relevant information.
Woopra – Track Your Web Site Visitors in Real Time Better than Google Analytics
At the Bloggers Meet-up I attended on Friday I had the chance to get a beta invite code for Woopra.
Woopra is a Web Site Analytics program similar in operation to Google Analytics. These type of Analytics differ from the log based Analytics Apps such as AWStats that is provided with most hosting accounts. The reason these differ is that these rely upon Javascript code on each page in order for the Analytics program to work.
In order to start using Woopra, you have to register for an account at the Woopra website. You can then add your websites to your account. If you have a beta invite code, your sites are enabled immediately. If not, you have to wait until they release some more codes and approve your site. I am unaware how long this takes at present.
Northern UK Bloggers Meet-Up
On Friday night I attended the first UK bloggers meet-up that was held in the Old Broadcasting House in Leeds City Centre.
The event was organised by Jamie Harrop and Chris Garrett. The aim of the event was to bring together local bloggers who were interested in organising some regular meet-ups and all day events similar to the WordCamp and BarCamp events.
For this first meeting, Jamie Harrop did a presentation about the new Analytics Tool, Woopra. Jamie gave out some Woopra Beta Invite codes in the meeting and I downloaded and installed Woopra for this blog and I must admit that I am very impressed with it so thanks to Jamie for a great presentation.
Not Getting Things Done – NGTD
Just a quick bit of humor for how not to get things done courtesy of the Look Shiny Blog.
I guess if you want to get things done, follow the exact reverse of everything said in this video.
Well, it made me laugh anyway :)
Thank You – 2015 RSS Readers and Counting
On the 25th of January 2008,. I wrote a little note thanking all my readers as I had just hit the 1000 RSS subscriber mark.
Well, I am happy to say that I am now over the 2000 RSS subscriber mark, peaking at 2061 RSS Subscribers.
I guess 3000 is the next goal. It has taken me 7 months to go from 1000 to 2000. With an increase in posts and a slight widening of the subject matter I have set a goal to ready 3000 by the start of 2009. Fingers crossed that I do it. Just need to spend more time writing about the cool little time saving and productivity hacks that I utilize in order to fit everything into my very hectic life.
