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Re: http://chelology.tumblr.com/post/27908264756

Chel Wolverton — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:19:56 -0000

Thanks!

Re: http://chelology.tumblr.com/post/27908264756

Shaun Dakin — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:38:34 -0000

Well said.

Re: Where Google Search Plus Your World Goes Wrong

Krithika Rosenthal — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:07:09 -0000

Don't agree all the way, for one search results include both personal and the rest, and if I don't care for personal results I can choose to not have it show. As for not including other social networks that I can agree is not the best strategy. But Twitter refused to renew contract w/ Google to show real time results and Facebook results that are public I thought were now being indexed by Google

Re: “why you won’t make the hard decisions” and how The Flinch will help you change that

Alan Wilensky — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:18:43 -0000

My life is all flinch all the time. I am a flincher. I have adjusted.

Re: “why you won’t make the hard decisions” and how The Flinch will help you change that

Chel Wolverton — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:32:06 -0000

Definite re-read, but practice will be the most valuable part.

Re: “why you won’t make the hard decisions” and how The Flinch will help you change that

Chel Wolverton — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:31:51 -0000

I hope it's a valuable read for you Rich.

Re: “why you won’t make the hard decisions” and how The Flinch will help you change that

RichLeighton — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:21:22 -0000

Just downloaded.....

Re: “why you won’t make the hard decisions” and how The Flinch will help you change that

DJ Waldow — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:10:40 -0000

100% agree. Just read it - fast. Could not put it down. As I told Julien via email ...

Next: Re-read it. Then: Think about it.Finally: Practice.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Shout Brigade — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:34:01 -0000

Thanks for this post -- so many of my friends have fallen victim to these scams recently -- it has saved me loads of time being able to just forward this on to them. Thanks again - all the best!! - Cary Scott

Re: The Last To Do List You’ll Ever Need

Chel Wolverton — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:20:24 -0000

Yeah, it seems that they are keeping that under wraps. It really very much sucks and I'm having an incredibly hard time finding or using anything else right now.

There's nothing on the marketing that has the same combination of tool and sharing that I'm loving.

Re: The Last To Do List You’ll Ever Need

Aithene / Chris Wilson — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:15:14 -0000

Never mind, I found the answers to my questions here, tho they are a bit vague at best.

http://blog.cohuman.com/imp...

Re: The Last To Do List You’ll Ever Need

Aithene / Chris Wilson — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:09:33 -0000

Has Cohuman informed current users as to whether or not this service will reemerge under a different name or as part of someone's productivity suite? I'll bet its a pain to have finally found a tool you love only to have it pulled out from under your feet like this.

Re: The Last To Do List You’ll Ever Need

Chel Wolverton — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:44:43 -0000

That looks very Basecamp like and exactly what I tend to run away from. There's something about cohuman's interface and the way you can manage things that is very very appealing. Sadly we're at an impasse.

Re: The Last To Do List You’ll Ever Need

Chel Wolverton — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:43:12 -0000

And that made me incredibly happy. I'm not trying to whine about it too much but I am very dissatisfied with anything else on the market when compared to cohuman.

Re: The Last To Do List You’ll Ever Need

Alex Chaffee — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:24:06 -0000

Thanks for the great review. You really grokked the vision that we had when imagining and creating Cohuman -- simple, not trying to do everything but integrating with existing tools, and focused on helping you get things done, but not forcing you to change the way you work.

Re: The Last To Do List You’ll Ever Need

Annie Mueller — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:24:08 -0000

I'm intrigued. Just filled out the form. (Heard about this from Chris Penn on Google+.)

Re: Why you should stop using your inbox as a to do list.

Chris — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:14:41 -0000

Checkout www.Vuuch.com. A very new approach to task/issue lists.

The way it works. You create a web page (http://doc.vuuch.com/vuuch-... that is classified by the type of list it is and then you create activities (http://doc.vuuch.com/vuuch-... which are threaded discussions that can also be classified and updated from anywhere (email, web browser or add-in).

Vuuch removes the need to keep a project issue/task list. Vuuch keeps everyone on the same page.

Re: Why you should stop using your inbox as a to do list.

Chel Wolverton — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:51:36 -0000

I'm glad that it was a helpful reminder to you, Susan! :D

While I think that most of these things are obvious suggestions, it helps sometimes to have someone else say what you need to hear.

Thanks for the suggestion about AwayFind. I'll check it out. I've found that it's never urgent and if it really truly is someone always calls me (or DMs or texts or all of the above ;) ).

Re: Why you should stop using your inbox as a to do list.

Susan Murphy — Thu, 05 May 2011 08:34:45 -0000

I love reading posts about managing email. I used to be in quite a state about my email, it was out of control and causing way too much stress. I've implemented many of the things you suggest here and I can tell you it works!

One other great tool I'd recommend to anyone is AwayFind (www.awayfind.com). It allows you to flag certain types of email (e.g. with the word "Urgent" in the subject line), and lets you store a list of "important people" so you get notifications when these types of emails occur. It saves you being bound to your inbox, checking constantly for new messages.

I have completely turned off my automatic email notifications and now I only check when I want to. And you know what? The world doesn't end just because I don't look at my email for several hours.

It's liberating! Thanks for the reminders!

Re: Review: PageOnce

Chel Wolverton — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:46:52 -0000

Nothing online is ever completely secure, period. There's always a chance. That also applies to your banks, etc. You need to practice good habits of paying attention to where you are entering information.

It *is* a risk. In the unlikely event that PageOnce was ever hacked (read: unlikely is the key here), your information would be accessible. I'd consider that PageOnce actually can't afford for that to happen or they'd go out of business so security is probably of significant importance to them.

I wouldn't say you're the only one with these trust issues. I have my own.

Re: Review: PageOnce

wannabeorganized — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:17:56 -0000

Are there any chances of hacking? I mean, logging on to personal accounts on one app seems a little sketchy... Am I the only one with these "trust issues"???

Re: 4 Sanity Saving Tricks for Gmail

mediasres — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:42:59 -0000

I've recently begun the move to Gmail from years of satisfaction on earthlink, and your suggestions are a boon. thank you.

Re: Zipcar Listens to Customers

Aybours — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:58:28 -0000

http://shameonyouzipcar.blo...
On December 15th, 2010 I rented Makeup, a Mazda for an hour and a half. While driving from the Mission District I got caught in heavy traffic around 5-5.30pm. I stopped at the traffic behind a BMW X5. Thinking the lights were about to turn green soon, I gradually took my feet of the brake pedal and softly touched the back of her car bumper. Instantly I pulled the car back and got out to inspect the situation. Like any responsible driver, I gave her my driving and insurance information. Both drivers made a thorough check on the cars. There were no signs of damage to either of the vehicle which did not warrant for a call to the police. A picture of the back of the BMW was taken before I drove off to record the incident and to provide an alibi for myself.(see the pic)

I returned the car early and neither myself nor the subsequent drivers that rented Makeup, could tell the damage, that Zipcar team is accusing me of occurred during my rental period.

Around a month after that fateful second rental I received an email from Zipcar accusing me of damaging the car and I was subsequently charged a $1953.33 fee for the damage. It is appalling customer service to be accused of doing something I clearly didn’t do.

This whole experience soured my view of Zipcar's sharing concept by highlighting a serious flaw in their system. Zipcar lives on the street or in a public car park and the person renting it is responsible for any damage that occurs to the vehicle until the next person takes the car. Unlike a traditional car rental company, there is no employee to check the car when you return it. The car just sits unattended in a public car park where anyone can damage it after it has been returned and the last person to use the car gets the blame.

In all unfairness Zipcar is slapping me with the responsibility of the repair store charges which has no absolute relation to the above account of the incident. I have been totally cooperative and helpful in resolving this issue and hope that they will contact me soon and fix this issue because it has been already couple of months. They are making me wait and see what damage the other had. Since i have a pic of her car, what they are trying to do !???? i will never ever use zipcar again.

Best Regards
N. Aybars Turan

Re: Zipcar Listens to Customers

Cassie Lopez — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:18:55 -0000

Good to know you have warned us here about that. I think the key to success in every service business is to ensure the satisfaction of each client. I'm kinda not used to their idea of responding to their customer. I don't want to say anything absurd to them as I don't have any idea on them. I was just hoping that each people who would be able to read your post should be more mindful enough. Listening to the clamor of the people is the main key to last long in that kind of business.

Cassie Lopez
Wheels For Wishes
Car Donation

Re: Zipcar Listens to Customers

Onplaine — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:27:17 -0000

I tried opening a personal account online last night but could not. Today I called and was told by a customer service that ZIp-car has a known issue with some browsers, and that if I used a different one it would work.
At that time I asked which browser works best... she, customer serv., had no answer...!