Matthew Lang

NB's Productivity series continues ...

Among competing tasks the one with the highest long-term pay-off should be selected.

— Productivity 12 by Nicholas Bate

... are going to love this.

It appears that Twitter is dying. It's losing money and credibility. John A De Goes looks at the major problem Twitter has. It's a product.

May be Patrick can help you?

Blogging on Facebook. A chance for the masses to have more of a say online or just another way to keep people in the walled garden of Zuckerberg?

I want to bring blogging to Facebook. I think it's the only way we can get back on track, by giving the sources great tools to communicate with people who are thirsty for ideas and information. But we can't do it without linking, styles, titles and links to rich media. We can't boot up a culture of free thinking inside a silo without these basic features of the web. We need to be able to get our ideas into this space so they can engage with the people here and connect with ideas that live outside of Facebook.

— I still want to bring blogging to Facebook by Dave Winer

I might have been set against this in the past, but Dave's arguments for blogging on Facebook make sense. It's another way for people to connect.

Turning my ideas into reality is what I want the most out of life. So that’s what gives me the deepest happiness.

Then I realized that all the best, happiest, and most productive times in my life, were when I was completely cut-off.

— Disconnect by Derek Sivers