Family Before Phone – Behaviorally-Sound New Years Resolutions
I’ve read a lot of posts and seen a lot of videos and other things encouraging people to get off their phones and live in the “real world.” I even…
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Republic Wireless Review: Cheapest Smartphone Family Plan
J Washburn
I originally posted this on my personal blog (http://blog.jwashburn.com ), but I’m cross-posting here because I know many of you will be interested. A couple weeks ago, I signed up…
Review of the Republic Wireless Beta Phone (Moto Defy XT) & Service
Republic Wireless is a revolutionary (in the disruptive-innovation sense) new phone carrier. Currently it’s shipping the popular Why? They offload as much of your phone calls and data to WiFi,…
The Power of Questions 2: The Golden If/Then Question
The previous article in this series covered how to use closed-ended questions to discover a problem, when you had a clear understanding of the steps the person needs to take…
Using Asana to Manage Your Ward or Auxiliary – MLH Live Hangout #3
Previously I posted about using the excellent, free, “Getting Things Done” tool, Asana, in your ward or other church-related organization. Today, I interviewed Bishops & MLH-contributors Jeff VanDrimmelen and Kurt Francom…
How to Amass 250GB+ of FREE DropBox-Like Cloud Storage with Copy
This will only take you $25 (or less) and 2hrs time (or less), and save you potentially hundreds or even thousands of dollars over the years, vs paying for backup…
The Power of Questions 1: Finding the Problem by Questioning the Basics
The Power of Close-Ended Questions In lots of situations we’re taught that we need to use “open-ended” questions. Meaning questions that can’t result in a “yes” or a “no” answer.…
Optimize Your Life, Presidency, Bishopric, or Council with Asana
A few months ago I was looking for a way to better facilitate communication, organization, responsibility assignment, and delegation for my business. Thankfully, I stumbled across the free webapp asana shortly after. We…
Better than paper strips: Use multimedia in class without a projector
Here’s a simple trick you can use in Elders Quorum or Sunday School: I’m a big geek—let’s just get that out in the open. I’m also a big fan of…
GEEK.Q.P. — Use tech to organize an Elders Quorum
Here’s how we’ve organized our Elders Quorum: We have a Google Sites site, and it links to all the important documents people might need. After the home page, we have…
