Thoughts on Digital Organization
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Our second group discussion centered around one question: “How have you adapted your business to remote work?”
We hosted a live conversation with small business owners on how they are working together in the COVID environment.
LitWorld is an international non-profit inspiring kids to make reading a central part of their life. But communication was becoming a struggle.
Every business idea starts with a simple goal - to bring something good into the world. You see a way to change the status quo, to make life better, or to solve a problem. So why do most businesses fail? It comes down to people, and more specifically the amount of people, in the organization.
Do this first, and delegating becomes easy. Skip it, and you'll never find peace in your digital life.
Young BK Professionals are leading the charge for young entrepreneurs in Brooklyn, and The Astro Lab joined them for their first major outreach event of 2018.
There's a void in our world. And it grows larger every day. Yet simultaneously it's become less overt and tangible, harder to identify, yet it encroaches further. You can sense it right now as you listen to my voice.
We're in the throes of a digital war. Kingdoms once mighty have fallen. Insurgents and rebels are gaining foothold. Yet unfortunately, everyday individuals are the pawns being laid to waste on the battlefield.
Software design is nothing new, engineers have been duking it out over the years, whether it's command line interface vs. graphical interface, mouse vs. touch input, or open file structure vs. closed file structure. And now we stand at another crossroad. What is the ideal mobile experience?
Hundreds of years ago, before the invention of the airplane, satellite, or GPS, astronomers sought an answer to the most basic of questions: "Where am I?"
Kate Adams is an an actor and performer in Los Angeles with a modern sensibility and a deliberate style. So when it came to focusing her online presence, she needed to make a strong impact. From shaping a website to building a digital press kit, there was plenty of work to be done. During a recent visit to Brooklyn, she sat down with us to talk about her tech workflow.
There are few ideas in technology that excite me these days. Nearly everything is designed to steal more of your attention, leaving you stressed and confused with too many choices. We need more focus, not features.
Holland is a self-love advocate who runs a lifestyle blog titled Her Love Lessons. A major component of her work involves sharing visual quotes, images, and inspirations with her base. So a neatly organized photo library was a must - we shared coffee over video chat and talked about her flow.
Robert’s company, WIN-911, provides a software platform that makes factories and public infrastructure operate more efficiently in seventy countries throughout the world. So when he had the opportunity to make his own digital life more efficient, he signed up without hesitation.
As tech has burrowed itself deeper into our world, as we carry more unnecessary devices, and as we say “yes” to more things, we must be more thoughtful about what we allow into our world and not let our tools master us. And the answer isn’t just to “take a break.” It’s about reconfiguring our digital landscape so we can function as peaceful and effective humans...
Clifford runs a music production studio in Brooklyn, and his storied career has more years than both of his kids combined. His attention to detail with sound is top-notch, but when it came time to sorting out his photos, he needed some outside help with digital organization.
Write down your daily routine. Start with breakfast and end with laying your head down on the pillow. Now separate your work time from your personal time. Now separate into commuting, eating, hygiene, socializing, etc.
Although he’s only been in the city for a few months, Xander is already the archetypal multitasking New Yorker. Aside from his work in venture capital, he’s launching a new professional sports league focusing on olympic wrestling. Needless to say, he’s busy - all the more reason to look closely at his digital life so he could run on all cylinders.
We were recently featured in an article by Shutterstock on the importance of visuals when it comes to technology design.
Heather works at a home maintenance startup where she helps customers get their appliances, services, and processes in order. Yet at home, she was needing some help herself - over 50,000 photos had become scattered across different platforms, and she was dangerously close to losing all her data.
Point Made Animation is a full service production studio that delivers compelling videos for educational, commercial, and entertainment purposes. We talked with Co-CEO David Grupper about his ever-shifting business.
One of my clients is famous for living with less. He made the cover of a design magazine with his 350-square-foot apartment that converts, flips, and adapts to whatever his needs are. Not a single inch of his space is ignored, and everything has its right place. His home is beautiful and simple, it looks amazing, and it functions exactly as intended. But here’s the catch...
Behind every great product is often a system of organization that doesn’t match the quality of work being put out. Companies focus on delivering such great content that they often forget to tidy their own shop. The problems, like stars, become impossible to count.
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity, but right now Mila is not feeling very lucky.
Frank worked for a major university in New York for 12 years and built up a sizable address book in the process. He left the job to pursue non-profit work — told his colleagues he’d keep in touch when he left.
They say you can learn a lot about someone by the way they keep the entryway to their home. That table that holds all the junk, you know. The computer desktop is the digital equivalent of your front hallway — it sets the tone for the rest of your environment.
Ruth is an acclaimed children’s book illustrator who recently released her fifth book, Georgie’s Best Bad Day. We met up in Brooklyn to talk about her workflow.
Tyler is a transgender writer, speaker, and media personality with a voice that cuts through the noise and speaks truth to power.