{"id":1691,"date":"2012-09-22T08:52:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T08:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2012-09-22T08:52:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T08:52:44","slug":"bit-literac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phspot.ch\/blog\/index.php\/book-summaries\/bit-literac\/","title":{"rendered":"Bit Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title: Bit Literacy
\nAuthor: Mark Hurst
\nBook date: 2007<\/p>\n

Key Points:<\/p>\n

Reduce email in-box to 0 each day<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Read all personal email, then delete<\/li>\n
  2. Delete all spam<\/li>\n
  3. Engage fyi and action items<\/li>\n
  4. a. Delete\/file all fyis<\/li>\n
  5. b. Finish all quick 2 minutes<\/li>\n
  6. c. Move bigger to to-do list<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Induction e-mail<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Read\/delete all personal email<\/li>\n
    2. Delete spam<\/li>\n
    3. Sort by subject newsletters – delete<\/li>\n
    4. Sort by subject\/from fyi\/cc – delete if out of date<\/li>\n
    5. Sort by date, oldest first do as above, delete, or do 2 min, or move bigger to do list<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Clear\/don’t save sent item<\/p>\n

      Manage to-do<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Use electronic simple system<\/li>\n
      2. Time activated<\/li>\n
      3. Easy to move time, priority<\/li>\n
      4. Example gootodo.com<\/li>\n
      5. Create todo by email address<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Media Diet<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Have 1-2 Stars – outstanding paper\/online – example Economist, boingboing.net<\/li>\n
        2. Have 3-4 Scans of different types<\/li>\n
        3. Have a few targets<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          How to read URLs<\/p>\n

          Create bit-literate clipping<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Include URL<\/li>\n
          2. Publication<\/li>\n
          3. Date<\/li>\n
          4. Title<\/li>\n
          5. Author<\/li>\n
          6. Actual text of article<\/li>\n
          7. In BODY of email<\/li>\n
          8. Store paper ones as electronic – SCAN<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Managing Photos<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Maximize – take lots of photos<\/li>\n
            2. Filter – but delete after<\/li>\n
            3. Two-level storage – Year \/ month-event<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Create bits<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Email short to point<\/li>\n
              2. Display\/share best photos<\/li>\n
              3. Website clear from home page<\/li>\n
              4. Front-load content, hook then support<\/li>\n
              5. Or Context, Hook, Support, Optional Appendix<\/li>\n
              6. Context = Document title, author’s name, date, preface<\/li>\n
              7. State the obvious, avoid relative dates, avoid thoughtless\/anger – bits forever<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                File formats<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Photo:\u00a0JPG vs PNG\/GIF<\/li>\n
                2. Audio: MP3<\/li>\n
                3. Text: plain text, avoid attachments<\/li>\n
                4. Proprietary – Word, etc – lock in, upgrades, hidden data<\/li>\n
                5. Text – Mac – TextWrangler or TextEdit<\/li>\n
                6. Text – Windows – metapad,TextPad, UltraEdit<\/li>\n
                7. PDF good<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  File naming<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Use initials-date-topic.extension<\/li>\n
                  2. Hypen faster than underscore, avoid space is good<\/li>\n
                  3. Date, without year for most projects less than a year?<\/li>\n
                  4. Topic optional<\/li>\n
                  5. Name common file, start with space or underscore\/hypen, no date<\/li>\n
                  6. Canvas file and log file, chronological, most recent on top<\/li>\n
                  7. a. Movies, books, health<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Storing files<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. Inside my docs\/etc – projects, and a personal one<\/li>\n
                    2. Two levels – project then optional subfolder, or directly files<\/li>\n
                    3. Optional folder – old, clips, deliverables<\/li>\n
                    4. Personal folder – info, clips, writing, taxes yyyy, yyyy folder<\/li>\n
                    5. Project level – expenses, reg\/login\/nice notes(review time)<\/li>\n
                    6. Is it a place or only place (export emails?)<\/li>\n
                    7. Email export, related project data stays together, easy to transfer<\/li>\n
                    8. File system induction, create old-yyyymmdd, drag old, start to move things to new folders<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Other essentials<\/p>\n

                        \n
                      1. Touch type<\/li>\n
                      2. Learn dvorak<\/li>\n
                      3. Bit lever – misspellings, long words, long urls, managing passwords, typeing html, typing signature<\/li>\n
                      4. Bit lever – Mac – Typinator, TypeIt4me; Windows – ActiveWords<\/li>\n
                      5. Avoid the mouse<\/li>\n
                      6. Macros<\/li>\n
                      7. One touch access<\/li>\n
                      8. Take screenshots<\/li>\n
                      9. Backup<\/li>\n
                      10. Saving bookmarks – del.icio.us<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Bit ownership<\/p>\n

                          \n
                        1. Stored on own hardware<\/li>\n
                        2. Accessible via file system<\/li>\n
                        3. Saved in non-proprietary format<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          Developer tips<\/p>\n

                            \n
                          1. First things first – basics tasks easiest and quickest to perform<\/li>\n
                          2. Way to improve productivity<\/li>\n
                          3. Set better defaults<\/li>\n
                          4. Provide more ways to delete bits<\/li>\n
                          5. Offer more time-based features<\/li>\n
                          6. – time window<\/li>\n
                          7. – future forwarding<\/li>\n
                          8. – time based filing – organization by year\/month<\/li>\n
                          9. – timeout – allow time to sunset item, or ask for renewal<\/li>\n
                          10. Allow advanced users to change non-essential defaults<\/li>\n
                          11. Offer ASCII-friendly features<\/li>\n
                          12. Make common features keyboard-accessible<\/li>\n
                          13. Stop gratuitous attempts to lock in market share<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            Mac vs Windows<\/p>\n

                              \n
                            1. Mac better unless situation around is Windows, or you like Windows<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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