by Benjamin Ellis | Jan 31, 2011 | Milestone Planner, planning
This is a stressful time for many of our UK friends, who have had to complete a self-assessment tax return. Here are a few tips to make it easier next time around, which probably apply to many things. It is all to easy to leave big things with a deadline until the...
by Benjamin Ellis | Jan 1, 2011 | Milestone Planner
A Happy New Year to you and yours! Around the planet millions of people are making, or have made, New Year’s Resolutions. But will they stick? This is a 101 on how to make those promises last. It was prompted by a tweet from the man behind Thinking...
by Benjamin Ellis | Nov 16, 2010 | Milestone Planner
Jim and myself have been on the road for a couple of weeks, talking with new, existing and future users of Milestone Planner. We’ve learnt lots, and back at the office the coffee bill has gone down! A lot of the new learning has gone into our latest release...
by Benjamin Ellis | Oct 29, 2010 | Milestone Planner, planning
I’m down at Likeminds this week, so I thought I’d follow up on the word cloud Jim shared yesterday with a cloud of the afternoon’s twitter discussions about Likeminds. A slight bit of self-interest, as I did my keynote in the afternoon ;) -but there...
by Benjamin Ellis | Oct 28, 2010 | Milestone Planner
We love word clouds at SocialOptic. They are a great way of getting a quick overview of a huge amount of information. So given that I’m back at the ranch while Benjamin is speaking at the Likeminds conference today, I thought I’d try and get a feel for...
by Benjamin Ellis | Oct 22, 2010 | Milestone Planner, planning, Productivity
Can You See It? There were some great discussions at this week’s TVSMC meet up about observing and visualising work, particularly in talking with Simon Bostock. The challenge is that “knowledge work” isn’t as visible as “traditional...
