“Since new folks visit 43F each day, I thought it might be valuable to return to one of our most popular evergreen topics to review some ‘best practices’ for keeping a good to-do list. While a lot of this might be old hat to some of you, it’s a good chance to review the habits and patterns behind one of the most powerful tools in the shed.”

“Yes, all the talk today about Google and blogs is about the launch of Blog Search, but equally newsworthy to me is the recent post about Dr. Lee on Google’s official blog. Straight from the handbook of ‘what not to blog about’ on a company site comes a single post that discusses (1) a currently-pending lawsuit, (2) a judge’s decision in a case that hasn’t yet gone to trial, (3) a personnel issue regarding a current employee, and (4) their relationship with Microsoft, their biggest competitor. I guess the moral of the story is that it’s good to be a lawyer, but don’t try this one at home, kids. Congrats to Google for being way more open with their personal business than they are about their products.”

“Clearly annoyed by all the attention on small teams, Mena Trott goes on the record to defend big (relatively speaking). Her comments are important because she’s in a unique situation — she’s seen Six Apart go from 2 in a bedroom to 80+ spread all over the world. Her perspective is valuable and respectable. And her passion is clear.”