I know I disappeared for some while, crazy stuff been happening – three exciting projects, moved to a new country, and some amazing news, all in this video update. Check it out!
http://youtu.be/NrYYZU9mfzo
If you’re interested in the digital magazine I talked about, you can check it out here.
My first app, ‘Inspiring Innovation Magazine’ has just been released on the Apple Newsstand / App Store!
I’m making a video today explaining all about this new iPad magazine, the process and why I wasn’t around (on the internet) for almost three weeks. That’s coming up later today. Meanwhile – check out the magazine at http://bit.ly/InMagApp
The first issue includes a great video interview with the amazing Pat Flynn from The Smart Passive Income blog, a greatly inspiring piece by Farnoosh from Prolific Living giving you 72 reasons to never get a job, and last but not least – an immensely detailed blueprint of how to go from a product idea to manufacturing and selling it – based on an interview with Cahill Puil, co-founder of LapDawg (see him also featured on Tim Ferriss’ 4HWW blog).
Original audio of the interview also included! (Seriously invaluable).
Once again, the address is: http://bit.ly/InMagApp
Enjoy!
Multi-tasking Will Kill You
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2012/06/multi-tasking-will-kill-you/
When I’m playing chess while talking on the phone, not only am I barely able to focus on the phone conversation but my chess rank goes down by about three standard deviations. In other words, the non-phone version of me can beat the phone version of me 95% of the time. That’s a big jump down. And this is a result of doing just two tasks that I’ve done for tens of thousands of hours since I was a kid.
(via Instapaper)
What do you prefer, to complete 10 tasks at only 5% of your potential, or chose the most important one and knock it out the park?
The official Google Android apps market is full of spam and malware.
I’ve seen it in action on a security analysts conference I attended almost a year ago. Ever since I’ve been trying to spread the word to anyone I care about.
Today, it’s you guys.
I know a CEO of a well known credit card company that got his Android phone tapped. The CEO!
Look, I’ve been telling my close friends for some time now. There is a serious problem with security on Android. People put everything on their amazingly clever phone, but take no precautions on what apps they download.
People, you’re giving access to your credit card, to tapping your calls, to your entire world. Why aren’t you nervous? Are you nuts??
I don’t care how amazingly good or clever these Android phones are. I don’t care for their specifications. I care for my privacy a darn lot more.
It took Microsoft years and years to realize that PC applications should be sandboxed. Apple got it right from day one on the iPhone. When will Google admit they got it wrong?
More malware found hosted in Google’s official Android market | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/07/more-malware-found-hosted-in-google-android-market/
Android.Dropdialer, a trojan that racks up costly charges from forced calls made to premium phone numbers, was found in two separate titles … according to a blog post published Tuesday by Irfan Asrar, a researcher with antivirus provider Symantec. “Super Mario Bros.” and “GTA 3 Moscow City,” as the malicious apps were packaged, generated as many as 100,000 downloads…
(via Instapaper)
This article offers people to have to lists to look at every morning. While most of us will recognize the first list, the second one will surprise you.
Everyone has a to-do list. Almost no one has a “don’t do” list. A list of stuff you shouldn’t be wasting your time on, but still you find yourself doing every single day.
Why should you have a don’t do list?
Because:
Never before has it been so important to say “No.” No, I’m not going to read that article. No, I’m not going to read that email. No, I’m not going to take that phone call. No, I’m not going to sit through that meeting.
Why is it so hard for people to say no? It’s not only because we are all trying to please everyone else (although that’s a big part for many people). It’s mostly because we always look for the tiny piece of information that will complete the picture.
It’s hard to do because maybe, just maybe, that next piece of information will be the key to our success. But our success actually hinges on the opposite: on our willingness to risk missing some information. Because trying to focus on it all is a risk in itself. We’ll exhaust ourselves. We’ll get confused, nervous, and irritable. And we’ll miss the CEO standing next to us in the elevator.
Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning http://lifehacker.com/5921433/two-lists-you-should-look-at-every-morning (Via Instapaper)