Circaviso: A New York Idea Agency

Jan 22 10

Idea: work-at-home wednesdays

by Michael Mayes

Yesterday and today were meeting days – 14 hours of meetings from Thursday morning at 9am to today at 4pm. Makes it hard to get things done.

Caroline (@mentalkitchen) said "You should ask for Work At Home Wednedays. You go to the office Monday and Tuesday and then you get the next day to do some work at home based on what came up those first two days. Then you head back in for the last two weekdays ready to make progress and take care of business."

Love the idea – has elements of Four Hour Workweek all over it. Just not sure how to make it happen in my office. But at a minimum, I am going to try to keep my Wednesdays meeting free.

BTW – for more of Caroline's ideas check out her blog over at Mentalkitchen.

Jan 5 10

Starting from zero in 2010

by Michael Mayes

I finally got myself an iPhone. But that's not the point here. It's about this blog being an active place. Keep an eye out for updates from me on lots of things including:

websites and technology that I am using and testing
product development ideas and innovations
NYC and west village culture and events
travel, photography, music and design
productivity and process

I'm looking forward to writing on weekly themes and sharing with you. Leave me some comments and let me know what you want to see.

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Feb 12 09

Timothy Leary At The Internet Archive

by Michael Mayes

: Image via Wikipedia

Perhaps you are always wishing you could listen to a little Timothy Leary over morning coffee, like me? Well, now, thanks to the Internet Archives, you can.

Videos, lectures, and other content is available to stream, embed, or download

The 30 min documentary, the Psychedlic Experience, is one of my favorites.

Original site at http://www.timothylearyarchives.org/

I wonder who out there today is writing and thinking things similar to Leary – who is the psychological innovator of the 00's? Leave a comment with any reading suggestions!

The Timothy Leary Archives Now Being Hosted At The Internet Archive (laughingsquid.com)
Leary on Drugs, The Writings and Lectures of Timothy Leary (laughingsquid.com)
Timothy Leary videos at Archive.org (boingboing.net)

Feb 8 09

Is tumbletape the online playlist sharing tool I am looking for?

by Michael Mayes

: Image via CrunchBase

Today, I found tumbltape while reading the tweets I follow that came thru last night. With the shutdown of muxtape, I've been thinking about how someone might come back with a new idea to fill the gap.

There's opentape, which does the same thing but you'd have to host files on your machine, and not through tumblr account. I actually want to host my own files, so maybe I'll have to check out opentape, too.

My tumbletape playlist: