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People say that I'm a good person in problem solving. They say that because sometimes I get out of the box solutions, and they see it as something unusual. Well, I'm not a special guy, what I do is always trying to get the problem right, and that is half way to good problem solving.

When I was in university, I had a course named "systems analysis", and one day, the teacher told us a story on this matter, which I will share with you. Every time I'm confronted with a difficult problem, I think on this story and try to use the lessons learned. So, here is the story.

After Microsoft implementation of a new design for their webpage, it seems Yahoo and Google are also testing for new layouts:

• Yahoo's new design, via techblog.com
• Google's new webpage, via jamesyu.org

You can read what other people think in the comments section of the posts mentioned above.

Update 7/Mar/2006: Google is testing date ranges in the search box, see it for yourself in this ego centric url.

I consider myself as someone abnormally concerned with efficiency. I'm always trying to find a way to execute tasks with the minimum waste of resources (time, money, energy, space,...), which is good, in a ecologic and generic way, but can be mind blowing when out of control.

During a day job, I'm pretty like John Doe: normally, I'm carrying more than one project at the same time, some where I'm really working on, others where I'm just waiting for someone to deliver some thing; when I get deep into something I usually forget other tasks, which can be tough, if we are talking groceries; So, I need a way to organize myself, to be as much efficient as i can.

I knew GTD (Getting Things Done) some time ago, and even use it for sometime, just to reach to the conclusion that is had to much overhead for my personal use. But it has some very good lessons in how to organize ourselves to better productivity, So, after some reading and digging, I decided to compile what I think are the best practices you can do to help yourself in being more efficient.

Via Maik, an excelent resource for Ruby on Rails development on Mac OS X, signed by Apple itself.

For all the product managers out there, a brilliant parody on how Microsoft would re-design the iPod packaging. See it for yourself, and please share the lessons learned (via Rui).