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I just read Getting Real book and I really liked it. It was written by guys at 37 Signals , creators of Ruby on Rails and a series of successful online services. The book is about how to be more practical by staying simple and focusing only on currently...

In the last post I talked about estimation points and why they can result in more accurate estimations. In short summary, relative estimation is simpler and more accurate. That's what estimation points are, relative size of one task compared to the...

People need to estimate as part of planning. It can be time (tasks), money (budgeting) and so on. The point is to understand the value of something. We can then decide if it's worth the time or money or in what order should we do/get things. When...

I've always wondered how to present and market Sider , because I sometimes have a problem defining it to myself. Is it a tool to build tools, or a platform to work with information, or both, or something else? I'm having this problem because in...

I'm back to blogging. I'm gonna start by changing how I write posts, making them more un-official, like a journal. Not sure yet how that will work out. I'm also back to working on Sider . I decided to make its development process more transparent...

I haven't written at the blog in a while. I realized that my interest has faded. I've been trying to push myself to create new posts, and that's just no fun. I'm going to take a break from it. I don't feel that I'm done with the blog, so I'm expecting...

You can now use Mindjet Research Accelerator to search through EH forums and blogs. Research Accelerator is a plug-in to allow people search for information using different web services from inside of MindManager , MS Office applications and IE. You will...

I decided to change my blog format a little bit. I don't post as often as I need for the blog to be interesting, engaging and actually successful. Too often several weeks pass before I get to write a new post and I think by the time that happens, you...

In the last post I divided existing information management tools (mentioning some in examples) into either open or strict-type categories. Today I continue by describing what I think is done right and what I would want to see improved. Done right Open...

Whew, finally this version is finished and available for download . It took a lot of effort and much longer than I ever imagined. I've made many mistakes, but also learned a lot. This is a technology preview release. It demonstrates the platform with...

I started working on Sider roadmap . It's helpful to have a good roadmap to maintain focus and work on projects. It's something I should have done it much earlier. I have ideas about Sider 4 versions ahead. At some point, I want to put them all in writing...

In our lives we constantly deal with information. I've talked about what people try to do with it, but there are limits to both our physical and mental activities. To make everything easier we invent tools. There are many different kinds of tools to work...

I'm going to release Sider on 12/15/2006. This is going to be a demo of the platform ideas. I want to show that it's not only possible, but also easy to develop new tools to work with information using Sider . It won't be very useful from practical point...

In my last post I talked about information and what it is. Today's post is about how people use it and work with it. We use information to decide what to do and to communicate. Let's try to see what we can learn from this description, even though it's...