When I founded Thunderbolt over nine years ago, the web was a very different place. There was no Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr or even Wikipedia. Nine years is a huge amount of time on the web and most sites don’t manage to last half of that, especially smaller ones. So how did we manage to [...]
As you may know, I’m a volunteer for Young Enterprise, a business and enterprise education charity for children and young adults. I did the Company programme when I was at school, in which you and other students meet once a week and run a company for a year. I was then a volunteer business advisor [...]
I recently started a twelve month internship at BT, where due to security reasons, I can’t take a laptop or any removable media to work. As a result, I can’t use my tried and tested system to get things done. At first, I was given one task at a time, so didn’t really need to [...]
The amount of information that we’re bombarded with increases every day. Processing the numerous links to websites, videos and photos is one thing, but how do we keep track of what we’ve seen so that we can refer back to it at a later date? Bookmarks are the traditional solution; file away a link to [...]
Getting Things Done application Things has been updated to version 0.9, with recurring tasks now implemented. The Mac software, which is in beta testing, is designed to help you manage your everyday tasks. I’ve written about it before and along with iCal, use it to keep track of everything I need to do. As well [...]
“It’s possible for a person to have an overwhelming number of things to do and still function productively with a clear head and a positive sense of relaxed control.” The core premise of David Allen’s book Getting Things Done is ambitious to say the least. Yet believe it or not, it is entirely possible and [...]
I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only one with a hectic lifestyle. I have university work to do, Thunderbolt to run and write for, Clan Recruiter to rebuild, a magazine to help design and manage, a social life and various other commitments. With all this stuff going on, learning how to keep it all [...]
I find that I’m frequently distracted when writing and I’m sure other people must feel the same. Fortunately, there are applications here to help us! WriteRoom (OS X) is a full screen text editor which is very simple and great for just concentrating on what you’re meant to be working on. Dark Room is a [...]