We’ve figured out how to make phone talk sexy. I feel like it’s my job, as your friendly neighborhood Simplifier to make systems talk sexy. Just think, instead of being the subject no one wants to talk about for their business, it could be a scintillating and fresh topic du jour. I mean systems are [...]

The one-hundred-thirty-seventh issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Simplifier, titled “New Habits Easified”, is now archived on our newsletter archives page. Read the full issue here. Listen to the audio version here. Subscribe to The Simplifier here.

Here is the audio edition of our newsletter The Simplifier Issue #6.17 – “New Habits Easified” NOTE: The links that are mentioned throughout this recording can be found in the web version of this newsletter. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (If you don’t see an audio player or link above, you can access [...]

For the last few months, I’ve been working with a particularly stressed out client. With three kids under five, a home office and a plethora of projects on her plate, she’s still feeling at wits end even though we’ve reclaimed her office and she’s slowly adopting a ToDo/project manager. The last time I was there, [...]

Storing large photos, prints, and unframed art work is easy with a portfolio. With a few simple materials from the craft store, you can make your own to store or transport 2D art.

When’s the last time you called someone on their cell phone, got voice mail, then forgot what you were going to say after all the automated options (“press 1 for more options, press 4 to leave a call back number, press 5 to send a fax, press 44 to leave a call back number, send [...]

by Lance Brown — Oh, to be a Weeble®! Remember them? Those little round-bottomed plastic figurines? If you know Weebles, you probably remember their core philosophy: “Weebles wobble, but they don’t fall down.” On top of that, of course, Weebles don’t have jobs or responsibilities. They have no bills to pay, no passions driving them [...]