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Wish You Were Here - Weather Widget for Your Blog
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Living in Southern California, I’m constantly amazed at how consistently beautiful the weather is here. Not a day goes by when I don’t hear about a blizzard on the east coast or the unholy amount of rain in the Pacific Northwest.
Now, I can make all you guys jealous with the fancy iBegin Weather Widget (pictured at left). Plug in your US/Canada city name (or US Zip Code) and it quickly shows off all manner of weather info, including current conditions and upcoming forecasts! Very slick stuff.
Setup is a snap, and you can style it to your hearts’ content right on iBegin’s site. Set all of your colors and attributes and such, then plug in the code that’s generated for you. It’s that easy, kids 
Now, if only you could all have the super awesome weather I’m downright taking for granted 
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My Single Best Tip for Productivity
My good friend GTD Wannabe over at her blog of the same name did one of these meme taggy thingamajigs. Against my better judgment, I’ve decided to participate.
Looking back on the different habits that have made me the productivity guru I am today (lol), this was a fairly easy decision. Of all the little tricks and whatnot I’ve picked up during my GTD travels, I can sum up what I consider to be the simplest (yet most useful) in three little words…
Friday Fun: Personal Stuff and The Best Video Ever
You all might have noticed that things have slowed down a bit here at the old CW. Well, there are a couple of reasons why:
First, I’ve recently accepted an offer with a new employer doing web development with PHP, Flash and other stuff (which I’m terribly excited about). This coming week will be my last week at my current job, so I’m hip-deep in documentation and baton-passing. I’ve also got quite a bit of learning ahead of me, so most of my evenings are spent with my nose in books about programming languages. Fun stuff, indeed.
Getting Nothing Done: An Open Response
A blogger named Z.D. Smith recently posted an entry to his blog titled “GND” (which, I can only assume, means “Getting Nothing Done”) where he (eloquently, albeit with a healthy dose of bitterness) lambastes GTD/productivity bloggers, as well as GTD, itself. From the post:
Can Tivo Save Your Marriage?
(Disclosure: I don’t work for Tivo or anything)
Before you dismiss this notion out of hand, I invite you to examine this hypothetical situation…
Tom and his wife Jane are seated in the living room. As per usual, Jane is in possession of the coveted remote control and happens upon yet another rerun of the classic 90’s sitcom, Friends. Tom, most annoyed, makes his feelings known in the form of a loud sigh and a quick jerk of his head back, forcing his eyes to the heavens as if to ask the Almighty “Seriously, why must I be subjected to this?”. Jane, obviously aware of her husband’s displeasure, takes a moment to think back on the many episodes of “that crappy CSI” that Tom loves so much, and feels justified. Surely, this chess game cannot continue without further strain on a once-loving marriage that has been reduced to a simple power struggle over what television program to watch. Yes, something must be done - but what?
My New Favorite Productivity Application
After spending several months flirting with all manner of web applications, notebooks and the like, I think I’ve finally settled on my GTD implementation of choce. Backpack, a product by the venerable 37 Signals (makers of Basecamp), is simply fantastic.
When considering my previous idea about the two types of web-based GTD systems, Backpack is as close to a perfect marriage of the two that I’ve come across. I bet you’re probably wondering why I say this…
As a Thank-You for ‘Following’ Me, I’ll Stop NoFollow’ing You
So, since I’m feeling particularly altruistic and sappy, I’m going to hook you guys up (and this is aimed specifically at all of the entrepreneurial bloggers out there)…
I’ve decided to remove the “nofollow” attribute from all links the comments. If you don’t know what this means, here’s a 2-sentence synopsis:
Basically, any link that contains the
rel="nofollow"
attribute (in the HTML) will not be followed when search engines are crawling a website, so the target site won’t get credit for being linked to by the source site. And there is no second sentence. Read more about this on Wikipedia.
