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February 5, 2006

Great Podcasts: 43 Folders/37 Signals

It's been a lazy Sunday (although I did get out for a run around Greenlake - yay!), and I've spent a hunk of it in front of the computer working on a personal coding project. This has given me an excellent opportunity to catch up on some of my podcasts. Two stood out, and I wanted to recommend them.

The first of these comes from the 43 Folders folks (iTunes podcast link), who produce a show all about productivity and "Getting Things Done". In this episode, "Honor Thy Energy", Merlin talks a lot about how truly productive people learn their personal biorhythms so they can schedule types of work for when their minds are most ready to deal with it. I completely agree with the premise - in my case, it means I do a lot of my creative/thinking/writing stuff in the mornings, and my e-mail-responding/busy-work after lunch.

(Interestingly, there's even a book on Amazon all about this, "The Power Of Full Engagement", that I own, but have not yet read.)

The other great session was an interview that Jason Fried (of groundbreaking Web2 dev shop 37 Signals) did with the guys over at the Web 2.0 show (iTunes podcast link). Fried covered a lot of the same ground that he did when he spoke at Web 2.0: 37 Signals uses a deliberately-small development strategy so they can focus on solving specific, small problems that delight customers. Listening to him talk really took me back to my startup days, and I'm in full-on admiration that Fried has managed to enjoy enough financial success to keep doing what he loves.

Worth 40 minutes of your time, for sure.

Posted by Gavin Shearer at February 5, 2006 6:05 PM. Posted to Entertainment.

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