Comments on: Winning the Fight Against “The Little Things”

By: Trip Around the Blogosphere 7-30-2007 | Pajama Professional

Trip Around the Blogosphere 7-30-2007 | Pajama Professional — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:22:17 +0000

[...] at Zoomstart gives some great advice on tackling the little things. You know, the minutiae that clutters your to-do list, stopping you from working on the big [...]

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:17:15 +0000

Thanks Mani.

Sxc does have some great pics, and all the sites I mentioned have helped give me a huge chunk of my time back.

By: Mani Karthik

Mani Karthik — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:51:19 +0000

Indeed a great theme Shane. And the pics are lovely. Sxc has got some few good ones eh?

Cheers!
Mani

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:57:26 +0000

Hey Gregg,

Yeah, I’ve found a few at stock.xchge and morguefile, but there’s a better variety and quality at iStockphoto. And the cost is well worth the time I save … but more about that in an upcoming post!

By: Gregg Hawkins

Gregg Hawkins — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:43:05 +0000

I definitely like the new theme. It still has the same basic look, but the new features/design aspects still stand out. I like it! Great work

It always takes a long time to find the right picture for your post…I’m in the same boat as you! I usually end up getting pictures from deviant art, stock.xchng, and flickr.

-Gregg

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:13:26 +0000

Martin,

Thanks! I think little things are tough because:

1) There’s so many of them (they gang up on you suddenly)
2) There are no real “goals” or incentives/passion to doing them

But … they gotta be done.

Hey Anthony,

You’re lucky you missed it. The black sidebar just made everybody go cross-eyed I think (including me). haha

Definitely check out Made To Stick. I had 3 books that are THE book to have on different business subjects. And now I have 4.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:45:54 +0000

Shane,

I haven’t been online much in the past few days. Just saw this post in my feedreader, and clicked right on through. The design looks great! I missed the black sidebar(though I can see it in the photo). Anyway, looks really good… I plan to check out “Made to Stick”.

By: Community Building Blog

Community Building Blog — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:40:42 +0000

Congratulations on the redesign – looks good! I know all too well what you mean about the little things creeping up on you. Oh, and why is it that it’s always the ‘little things’ that often take the longest to complete?!?

- Martin Reed

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:35:35 +0000

Hey Robin,

Dragsters are an interesting idea. Personally I prefer opening up on a winding seaside highway to the quarter mile thing, (but I practice a lot more sanity on the road these days).

If there’s something that doesn’t make sense, just let me know! I’m continually working to make my writing more accessible – one of the reasons I’m reading “Made To Stick” as I mentioned. It’s an absolutely brilliant book for writers, marketers, and communicators of any type.

If you’ve got a new header pic picked out, email it to me. I can crop it to the right size and help you get it uploaded to your site.

By: FortuneWatch - Robin

FortuneWatch - Robin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:33:04 +0000

When I first visited your site I was expecting a picture of a Drag Race Start as the header. Whichever way your site looks I am a permanent visitor, you have great content, although sometimes the content flies a little over my head…lol but it doesn’t stop me from keep coming back. Gotta thank Jon for introducing me to your site.

I need to change my header, but still begging for help, this stuff is too techy for me mate.

Take care and cheers, always a pleasure visiting your blog.