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Entrepreneurship, Productivity and Getting Things Done

Outsourcing the Laundry

by Byron Alley • March 26, 2013 • 0 Comments

Should entrepreneurs do their own laundry? Of course this question applies to anyone whose profession requires a jam-packed schedule with barely any non-work time. The question most recently came up as a response to my recent post about choosing tasks…

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Productivity and Getting Things Done

Making OTG Days Work with Other People

by Byron Alley • March 18, 2013 • 0 Comments

In the last few weeks I’ve gone public about my Off The Grid Days and it’s made all the difference. I first conceived of the “Off the Grid Day” concept in 2005, and it worked.Over the years I’ve had to…

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Business 101, Economics 101

Economies of Scale vs Scope

by Byron Alley • February 26, 2013 • 2 Comments

Two of the most valuable concepts in economics for entrepreneurs are about how growth can improve your bottom line: Economies of scale tell you how running a bigger business can increase your profit. Not just your total revenue, which is…

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Productivity and Getting Things Done

OTG and Working From Home: Two Things to Avoid

by Byron Alley • February 20, 2013 • 2 Comments

So this week I’ve made some new discoveries and decisions about scheduling and the OTG concept. For one thing, I’ve learned that to best benefit from my OTG days I need to remove two things from my activities those days:…

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Entrepreneurship, Productivity and Getting Things Done

Off the Grid Day

by Byron Alley • January 21, 2013 • 5 Comments

Three days a week I go off the grid. Not in the extreme sense of disappearing to a remote island, but in the sense that I’ve taken the “no email day” concept a bit further, for a full work day…

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Product Design, Technology, Usability

Tablets and Keyboards: The Way the iPad Should Work

by Byron Alley • December 28, 2012 • 0 Comments

Bump to connect. That’s what I’d like to see for pairing wireless keyboards with tablets. I don’t own an iPad, or an Android tablet for that matter. I’ve had the iPhone since it became available in Canada, and I’m on…

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The Coffee Shop Test and VR

by Byron Alley • February 25, 2020

The coffee shop test is my way of evaluating a new technology with one simple question: Could I use this device at a coffee shop? That is: as a normal social person, would I use it at a coffee shop…

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Popcorn’s Trendspotting: Updated

by Byron Alley • October 25, 2015

Back in the 90’s Faith Popcorn wrote The Popcorn Report, a best-selling business book on popular trends, where she made a strong distinction between mere passing fads and longer-lasting societal trends. Her analysis was so effective that even today you can see that…

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