The “zero-effort” time-saver series is a collection of short tips that I actually use to save time and be more productive. The key is things that are actually useful, cost basically nothing, and don’t take huge amounts of effort to implement. First up: tear your sugar packets along the long side rather than the short…
Read MoreThis article on the caloric math behind drinking ice water to lose weight reminded me of something I wrote a number of years ago. My friend John was at Comedy Central doing on-air promos at the time, and they were running a contest for “Absolutely Fabulous,” looking for story ideas. The idea I submitted was…
Read MoreWe had a previous investment in an online consumer products retailer. One issue that we were facing in rebuilding (unfortunately) the site’s backend from the bottom-up was re-branding the product line into several market segments that we were going to market through distinct URLs, designs, and strategies. My goal was to do all of that…
Read MoreA recent Springwise newsletter described Perkler, a website that helps people (primarily Australians, given that it’s an Aussie company) manage their perks, loyalty reward card offerings, credit card offers, and even some potentially redeemable rewards (such as cashing in airline miles for some sort of gift certificate). It’s an interesting application of an idea I…
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