Entries from August 2008

Google Street View launched in Australia

Date August 5, 2008

After snapping photos last November, Google Map’s Street View has been released for Australia. Even while we knew it was happening, I’m amazed by the extent of the project. It’s not just main city areas that have been photographed, it’s back alleys and small lanes and everywhere in between, including thousands of kilometers of outback [...]

How I’m Getting Things Done (Part 1)

Date August 1, 2008

Until recently, I let a large number of posts slide by me in my feed reader, just because they had ‘Getting Things Done’ or ‘GTD’ in the title. At that stage, Getting Things Done just seemed like some productivity cult or fad that a few people had picked up on and couldn’t stop banging on [...]