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Back at full time

Those of you who read this blog (both of you) may recall that I announced a change in hours starting in January. Well, it turns out that CompuMentor needs more of my time than they thought at first, so I will remain at full time after the new year. I will revisit this topic, however, so stay tuned for more exciting news regarding my work schedule.

What will happen in 2005? Will he work four ten-hour days? Will he reduce his hours by a mere smidgen? Will an atomic time-clock speed up the work day by 50%? Only TIME will tell...

Going 80%

Starting in December, I'll only be working four days a week at CompuMentor, instead of five. This is to free up time for me to focus on personal projects, the interminable to-do list, and possibly some independent consulting.

In general, my schedule will be Tuesday through Friday.

RSS Feed Reader: SharpReader

Let me just say that this is the biggest time saver and time waster since email. Many Web sites, not just blogs, make articles available via RSS these days. RSS can be used to syndicate headlines or even entire stories to other Web sites, but is more commonly used by readers to subscribe to a site by adding the URL to a news aggregator, or RSS feed reader.

This is all very abstract, but the point is that with this program new articles on the Web filter into my feed reader as if they were new email messages. SharpReader has a familiar three-pane interface. A column on the left displays my subscriptions, a large panel top right shows new stories in a list view, and below that is a preview of the story.

What's more, SharpReader displays the interrelationships between sites I subscribe to, by allowing me to see how pages interlink. This is easier to use than to describe. So far it seems very interesting but I'm not convinced of the practical value of being able to see that so and so also linked to this story.

http://www.sharpreader.net/

Fast Company | Four Tricks That Save Time

Fast Company | Four Tricks That Save Time