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The Wastefulness of Decluttering; or How to Make Less Count for More | Zen Habits

The Wastefulness of Decluttering; or How to Make Less Count for More | Zen Habits:

It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.’ ~Bertrand Russell

"The balance between ideal simplicity and functional simplicity can be hard to achieve but once you..."

“The balance between ideal simplicity and functional simplicity can be hard to achieve but once you find a way that works for you, everything else follows.”

- Uri (myself)

Canned – iPhone App Designed by Sky Balloon

Canned – iPhone App Designed by Sky Balloon:

Send a canned message in under 2 seconds!* It’s as easy as launch, select, send!

We have all been in the situation. Perhaps while driving (which I in no way advocate), or in a meeting, you need to send a quick text message to someone. Usually, it’s the same person or group of people – your spouse, your daycare, your team. Usually, it’s the same message – “Stuck in traffic, running late.”, “Stopping at the store, what do we need?”. You get the picture.

Canned solves just this. Set up pre-addressed and composed SMS messages to save, select and send. Either to one person or a group. It does one thing and it does it well. Also, it’s only 99 cents. This is a home screen app for sure.

(via whyareyoulikethis)

(via whyareyoulikethis)

Minimal Mac: What's in your Simplenote?

Minimal Mac: What’s in your Simplenote?:

Patrick at Minimal Mac asked “what’s in your Simplenote”?

• brain dumps
• links
• reminders
• my wife’s fav food in several places
• things to do
• ideas
• etc, etc, etc

What's in your Simplenote?

Some of the old timers may remember one of Apple’s most famous ad campaigns – “What’s on your Powerbook?”. In it, celebrities and some regular folk were pictured with their Powerbooks and revealed in text were some of the things they used it for. Even back then, I was highly fascinated by the tools people use and how they use them and this fed that crave quite nicely.

With the new release of Simplenote, I thought it might be fun to list just a few of the notes I have in mine with the hopes that others will share theirs as well. If you do decide to post yours up somewhere, @reply me your name and a link to your list on Twitter and I will update this post with it as my time allows. Sound fun? Great, here we go…

What’s in my Simplenote?

• Bits of words and wisdom – Where I keep nice phrases and well written sentences I run across on the Internet.

• Yay me! – Where I keep a little list of meaningful accomplishments. I look at this whenever I’m feeling down about myself. It also came in handy for performance reviews back when I had a “real” job.

• Home Stats – Any measurements I take around the house I keep in here so that, for instance, I always know how big the dining room is or the cubby holes in my office desk hutch. Things like that.

• My wife’s standard order at Chipotle – So I don’t have to call first if I’m picking some up for dinner or lunch.

• My personal manifesto – Things I believe in.

OK, your turn. What’s in your Simplenote?

Mike Morrow

Jonathan Gold

Caleb Chandra

Ben Brooks

Stacie Huckeba

Ian Hines

Kevin Houle

Simple Software

Ash

Myke Hurley

Kyle Baxter

Kev Rodgers

Jocelyn Richard

Eddie Smith

Randy Murray

Dennis Lenaerts

Eric Anderson

Scott Clitheroe

Ben Crowder

Randy Botti

Billy Adams

Jasmin Wong

Sean McArthur

Y. Konstantakopoulos

Chris Bowers

John Roux

Jack Mottram (who, as usual, displays mad ninja skills)

Pat Dryburgh

Mark Szymanski

Alex Carp

Ken Clark

Ian Broome

Blue Perez

Cristian Anca

Hidden Radio Pull up on the cap to reveal the speaker and...

Hidden Radio

Pull up on the cap to reveal the speaker and increase the volume. Lower it to reduce volume and turn the radio off. Twist the cap to change the station.

Fantastically minimal.