There’s a tool that can cut your image filesizes in HALF without meaningfully degrading their appearance. But hardly anyone seems to be using it. TL;DR: TRY IMAGEOPTIM! [Disclaimer: I had intended this to be a lengthier and more technically detailed post about image optimization. I saved a draft of it two months ago… then got… Read more »
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How to get your gmail inbox settings back
Lose your customized gmail inbox settings after trying the new category tabs? I did. Here’s how to restore them. I tried Gmail’s new inbox tabs, didn’t like them, and tried to revert back to my original settings by unchecking all the tabs. But there was a surprising, unwanted side effect: my “inbox type” reset to… Read more »
On Having a Good Boss
You know you have a good boss when you can take a project you own that isn’t going as well as it should, bring its status to their attention, and get this kind of response. Me: “Things aren’t going well. I’ve got a late-breaking blocking issue. Even if/when that’s resolved, the results of this work… Read more »
How to Want What You Have
Please read Timothy Miller’s amazing book, How to Want What You Have: Discovering the Magic and Grandeur of Ordinary Existence I’ve been encouraging all my friends and family to read this book. The author is a Cognitive Psychologist (with a PhD and decades of experience with his counseling private practice) who examines the underlying causes… Read more »
CEO Breakfast – How to Build a Global Brand and a Great Company Culture
Last week Sheila (Care.com’s founding CEO) invited me to join her for a private “CEO breakfast” event hosted by Northeastern University at the Four Seasons hotel in Boston. It was attended by entrepreneurs and top executives from various industries. She shared her personal story and related it to the topic at hand: how to build… Read more »