I really like software tools that make me more efficient. Over the last few months I have really come to love and rely on Text Expander and Mind manager. Text Expander helps me quickly insert text blocks, mostly into emails. I have a few scripts that I use all the

At Gist, we have a team of just north of 20 very productive people, investors and advisors. We run an Agile development shop and try to apply Agile to everything we do. A fundamental value/activity of Agile is the lowly “status report”. Status reports are critical to keep everyone

I have used almost every mail client there is. At Gist, we are a Gmail Apps shop, and I use and like the Gmail interface, especially now that we have Gist integrated with our Gadget. That said, I also using MacMail again as it gives me 2 key features, a)

I am fortunate to have great friends and family. I experienced so much of this over the long weekend. First, we had a wonderful Korean dinner party, hosted by Rich and Susie. This was an auction item and included a smorgasboard of fine dishes prepared from local sources. My favorite

I’ve watched and given lots of presentations, but I had to share this one specifically because it is really good. Tim Ferris, author or “4-hour work week” does everything right in this presentation. Here is what I really like; – great headline that is easily remembered, shared and tweeted – “How

On Saturday, I was given an opportunity to speak to a room full of entrepreneurs at the Startup Day, put on by Marcelo Calbucci and the crew at Seattle 2.0. My topic was “raising money from angels and VCs”. I think my presentation was flat and mis-targeted, so here

I was lucky to see FOTC last night at the Paramount in Seattle. They were great! Funny, energetic, original, authentic… just rockin’. Here is the playlist, which I was fortunate to get; Go see them if you have a chance. http://www.flightoftheconchords.com/tour/tour.php

I was at a leading law firm this morning talking about Gist and other tools we are using to make use more efficient at gathering and/or processing information. I started this list; All the time; www.gist.com – gives me all the email messages, tweets, news, blogs… about the

Thanks to the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce for having me keynote the 2009 Eastside Business Awards. I have provided a copy of my slides here.T.a. McCann_ East Side Business Awards Keynote www.stoweboyd.com – the master of “flow” and the man responsible for the “juggling with technology” anecdote