EffectiveUI has moved its Denver location to a warehouse right across from Coor’s field, in lower downtown (LODO) Denver.   It is a fresh start for me as I have a new work environment, a new project in eBay Desktop, and a new work neighborhood.   Since the warehouse is under construction right now we are all in the same room working with architect like hover lamps.   I will try to post a picture soon.   So far the lighting has really helped me concentrate on my work.   Also being in the same room as everyone else means I never feel like I am missing out on anything so oddly I am able to concentrate better so far.   EffectiveUI has provided us all with noise cancelling headphones but everybody works quietly most of the time anyway as we all get into development or design mode.

At this time I am also re-dedicating myself to some self-management techniques which I won’t drone on about but I will highlight a few.  I am big fan of David Allen’s Getting Things Done and along those lines I am using 2 really good tools, Journier and iGTD.  iGTD is an amazing implementation of GTD for the Mac that I have used ever since it came out.  It has so many features and integrations that it will fit well with whatever Mac mail, journal or other tools you use.  Journier is my journaling tool and it allows for rapid entry of journal entries, tagging, smart folders, blogging, audio, video and other features.  I use it to keep notes on every phonecall, meeting, everything I do during the day, mind sweeps, and everything else that doesn’t go into iGTD or this blog.  The tagging and smart folders provide a very flexible form of organization to help you easily keep track of your notes and thoughts.

Back to work on eBay.