Yesterday, I listened to This Week in Google 3 (TWIG) on the way home from the office. They talked about a TechCrunch article detailing new features of Google Reader. Though I don’t believe I’ve discovered my one-stop-shop to find or disseminate information I digest and enjoy on a daily basis, I feel Google Reader is heading in a good direction. The hard part is just incorporating it into my current routine. As soon as I arrive at the office, I check email, voicemail, and then it’s off to Google Reader and Twitter. I do all of this before 8AM. It’s not that I intentionally make this a habit. It just is.
So, in the spirit of early adoption, I’m going to attempt to use one of the new social features of Google Reader. It is the sharing of items from Google Reader in my Google Profile and distribute to social sites like Facebook, Twitter… My first share is
Visualizing the Flow: Polar-State Based Personal Kanban with Habit Trackers via Evolving Web by Jim Benson on 8/1/09. You can find it at google.com/reader/shared/derek.huether
What is my new habit? Share at least one item I read in Google Reader to my Google Profile and Twitter on a daily basis. Enjoy!
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A little over a month ago, Agile Zen started following me on Twitter. They are creators of a very clean web-based kanban solution. Around the same time, I connected with Jim Benson. Jim is a collaborative management consultant. He is the CEO of Modus Cooperandi, a consultancy which combines Lean, Agile Management and Social Media principles to develop sustainable teams.
Though I’ve used information radiators like kanbans in the past, I’ve been working in a non-Agile PMO for the last six months and it’s all very foreign to them. Thanks to reading the works of David Anderson, Jim Benson, and AgileZen, I’m back in the game. I’m using AgileZen on a daily basis for everything from business deliverables, to an entrepreneurial project, to my wife’s honey-do list.
My actual task completion velocity has noticeably increased in the last month. I attribute that to AgileZen having a very easy to use product, Jim musing on a daily basis on the topic, and most importantly limiting what I’m working or focused on.
You can read one of Jim’s recent postings [here]
You can check out AgileZen [here]
I wish I could thank all of the kanban supporters out there that I follow on a daily basis. These 3 really have to be mentioned. If you’re interested in Kanban, look them up.
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In anticipation of my upcoming iPhone application release, I figured it was time to stand up a new website with the purpose of distributing my own brand of tools, templates, and talk. The Critical Path will remain as my blog. But, selling products requires branding. By following me on Twitter or reading this blog, I think people will enjoy the HueCubed brand.
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Wow, where did the time go? A little over a year ago, I found the need to start blogging. Little did I know how energized I would become. Other then learn as much as I can about my craft, I want to share my knowledge and experiences with other project managers or those who wish to become project managers. Since logging onto Twitter a little over a month ago, I have discovered a whole new world of people to exchange ideas with. What will happen in the next year?
1. Launch at least one project management centric iPhone application
2. Author an article pertaining to project management and have it published in a refereed journal (e.g. Project Management Journal or Crosstalk)
3. Publish a Project Management centric book and offer it on Amazon.com
4. Monetize the things I enjoy doing
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