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3 months ago

in Can Virtual Assistants Make You More Productive? An Experiment on SidSavara.com
Interesting. I may have to look into Timesvr. I have had good luck with hiring a local non-virtual assistant. What I found with a VA in India is suddenly I was doing all the physical things like running to the store, etc.
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Sid Savara Hi Mark,
I'm a huge fan of Productivity 501!

Thanks for your comment. I agree - there are some things that a virtual
assistant simply can't do and that requires the help of a real life, in
person assistant. I am working on putting together my thoughts on this
issue, as I've started outsourcing more of my "in person" tasks (such as
hiring a cook via craig's list - I have also recently taken to maids to
clean my apartment, as well as hiring someone to do laundry).

With regards to TimeSvr, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about
how it turns out - I'll keep an eye on Productivity 501 to see updates from
you there about it as well!

1 year ago

in Thing to Remember When Your Kids Are Driving You Frickin’ Insane on The Cranking Widgets Blog
My 16 month old hasn't started asking "why". I'm actually looking forward to that stage a bit. :) My mom is looking forward to it. Evidently I asked "why?" for about 3 years straight. and she wants to see what I do as the parent. I've been looking at buying a copy of an encyclopedias in preparation.

1 year ago

in Why it probably isn’t worth using .Mac/MobileMe on Paul Jacobson
I've used .mac and most of the other services you mention for quite a while. Where .mac really shines is when you have multiple computers running OS X. My assistant and I share the same address book (which we could do with Plaxo), but I can also take a peak at her screen from my computer anywhere in the world using Back to my Mac. In the same way I can connect to her hard drive and vice versa.

For me the .mac account is well worth the small expense--even if I could get similar functionality for free using a bunch of other components. The easy of use is hard to beat and having a reliable system is worth quite a bit.

1 year ago

in Why it probably isn’t worth using .Mac/MobileMe on Paul Jacobson
I've used .mac and most of the other services you mention for quite a while. Where .mac really shines is when you have multiple computers running OS X. My assistant and I share the same address book (which we could do with Plaxo), but I can also take a peak at her screen from my computer anywhere in the world using Back to my Mac. In the same way I can connect to her hard drive and vice versa.

For me the .mac account is well worth the small expense--even if I could get similar functionality for free using a bunch of other components. The easy of use is hard to beat and having a reliable system is worth quite a bit.

1 year ago

in Why Do They Still Make Phone Books? on The Hammer Report
I tend to agree, but there are still a lot of people who use them. I live in a small enough town now, that the phone book is only about 1/4 inch thick and I've actually used it to find people that weren't available on a Google search.

1 year ago

in How Do You Know When She’s the One? on Art of Manliness
I know a guy who runs a bunch of marriage seminars. He contents that a successful marriage is less about marrying the right PERSON and more about doing the right THINGS.

While you can marry someone who is difficult to get along with--most people fail in their actions after marriage. Often both parties turn into jerks. :)

2 years ago

in What Google Can Teach Us About Self-Image on LifeDev
Always act like you know what you are doing.

It is my understanding that they teach doctors this in med school. The idea is that it is going to be much more difficult to help patients get better, if they don't think their doctor knows everything.
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