This is a terrific video from This American Life's Ira Glass on having the work ethics to get better at the creative work — even when you know what you’re making isn’t as good as you think it should be.

He believes you should continue doing more and more work, and perfecting your craft, even though your current work may suck ;-)

Video: Part 1
Video: Part 2
Vide0: Part 3 (above)

Affluenza;
An unhappy condition of overload,
debt, anxiety and waste resulting
from the dogged pursuit of more.

PBS Documentary: Part 1/6 (above)
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One of the producers of the documentary (Dave Wann) has also written a book called: Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle. The book follows along similar lines to "Affluenza," and discusses concerns of overconsumption, and it's effect on personal, community and planet level.

Have you ever wondered what is the true meaning of Procrastination? Well, here it is ;-)

Authors of The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich and One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success at a recent Authors@Google presentation. This is a long video, but I think it's well worth watching.

Have you seen the "Searching for Bobby Fischer"? I've watched it several times, and have found it to be an inspiring movie. Here is a small clip:

The story is loosely based on Josh Waitzkin's life story. Here is a two part interview Josh Waitzkin had on ABC News regarding his latest book The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

(Direct Link: YouTube )

Google has released a new, free Google Apps Team Edition designed to implement Google Apps collaboration with others in your group/team. All you need is to have the same domain name in your email addresses to be able to share/collaborate with your team members using Google Docs, Gcal, Gtalk, and a Google Start Page to bring it all together. You can even share Calendars in Gcal !

(Direct Link: YouTube )

This is how Andy Rooney (of the 60 minutes fame) keeps track of his things: ;-)

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By fixing the amount of time we spend on a given set of tasks, we can focus on doing the things that matter, give us motivation to start, prevent overruns and use our “null” times effectively. In contrast, if we worked on things until completion in one sitting, we’re less likely to start on complex tasks, more likely to overrun on open ended tasks and leaves us with less time and motivation to work on the next set of tasks.

Source: David Seah

Merlin Mann, a well known productivity guru and creator of the popular 43 folders website in a presentation at Google Headquarters talks about Getting Things Done, the importance of getting your inbox to zero, and strategies for dealing with high volume email.

Webware 2007 is complete and the awards are given based on public voting.

Here are the Apps I personally use on regular basis. They are mostly Free for the user (except for eBay & PayPal which I tend to use less and less) :

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