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Social engagement and collaboration on evolving digital platforms with a few productivity challenges on the side.
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When I was building my business I found I would work more for the sake of working more, not because…
When I was building my business I found I would work more for the s...
Paul Jacobson
Dec 27, 2016
Isn’t this idea that work trumps everything else a curious one?
Isn’t this idea that work trumps everything else a curious one?
On the one hand it is understandable to think that it does. After all, we need to earn a living and we often need to make personal…
Paul Jacobson
Dec 22, 2016
The tools I use to be productive with ADHD
The tools I use to be productive with ADHD
I just read an article about how many people with ADHD rely on services like Evernote to keep their tendencies to go off chasing squirrels…
Paul Jacobson
Oct 15, 2016
When 140 characters are not enough to rant
When 140 characters are not enough to rant
The media went a little crazy with what is essentially unsubstantiated speculation about a few characters, I think.
Paul Jacobson
May 17, 2016
You agree to online contracts all the time
You agree to online contracts all the time
This article was written by Alicia Koch for the Web•Tech•Law blog.
Paul Jacobson
Apr 11, 2016
Bossy people can’t build capable teams
Bossy people can’t build capable teams
If you want a capable team, don’t boss them around. This may come as a shock to some “managers” who believe that their function as…
Paul Jacobson
Feb 29, 2016
Newsflash: Treating employees like children doesn’t work
Newsflash: Treating employees like children doesn’t work
When I was last a manager I couldn’t help but draw analogies between raising children and managing employees. Now, having been both an…
Paul Jacobson
Feb 1, 2016
6 course corrections around business failure
6 course corrections around business failure
Nathan Jeffery is an entrepreneur, developer and speaker (among other things) who I have mentioned a couple times in the past (including…
Paul Jacobson
Jan 31, 2016
Instapaper + Outliner = Research Bliss
Instapaper + Outliner = Research Bliss
Instapaper has become so much more than a reading app to me. It has become a fantastic research tool too. As good as it is, it could be…
Paul Jacobson
Jan 3, 2016
Too often we just don’t work on meaningful projects, let alone receive reminders that the work is…
Too often we just don’t work on meaningful projects, let alone rece...
Paul Jacobson
Dec 12, 2015
Does this mean you are able to transfer all your legacy posts to Medium or is this just for new…
Does this mean you are able to transfer all your legacy posts to Me...
Paul Jacobson
Dec 12, 2015
How the blockchain could revolutionise your next contract
How the blockchain could revolutionise your next contract
Contracts are necessary in our commercial world. Imagine a future where you could execute complex contracts that execute themselves and…
Paul Jacobson
Oct 30, 2015
A digital workflow vision in our lifetimes
A digital workflow vision in our lifetimes
I love Microsoft’s Productivity Future Vision videos. I am not a huge fan of their current products but I love their thoughts about future…
Paul Jacobson
Oct 9, 2015
Consumers respond to ads with “block all”
Consumers respond to ads with “block all”
Seth Godin’s post titled “Ad blocking” is spot on (as usual):
Paul Jacobson
Sep 19, 2015
The trouble with online defamation
The trouble with online defamation
This article was originally published on Web•Tech•Law on 2011–10–26
Paul Jacobson
Sep 5, 2015
Privacy is contextual and social, less legal and technical
Privacy is contextual and social, less legal and technical
This article was originally published on Web•Tech•Law on 2014–09–01
Paul Jacobson
Sep 5, 2015
I think my writing career reached a milestone today. I was described as “Bon Jovi for Medium…
I think my writing career reached a milestone today. I was describe...
The analogy got me thinking about 80s rock, analogue tape cassettes and digital content distribution. I’m not nostalgic for magnetic tape…
Paul Jacobson
Apr 5, 2015
Advertising need not be so alienating
Advertising need not be so alienating
David Ulevitch wrote an interesting post about the the downsides of algorithmic advertising and a purely data-driven approach. I…
Paul Jacobson
Feb 26, 2015
Make it personal, make it meaningful
Make it personal, make it meaningful
I was asked to write a short post for a marketing company and came up with this piece. It’s a little more of a marketing piece that my…
Paul Jacobson
Jan 4, 2015
How hubris broke the Social Message
How hubris broke the Social Message
A parable about a digital tragedy.
Paul Jacobson
Apr 23, 2014
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