Don't Mistake Newness for Progress

From 43 Folders: Because buying new running shoes is more fun than actually running:

No tool can save you from your own crap behavior, so as you approach these great new apps—and I hope you’ll at least check them out if you haven’t—please try to do it with a bit of perspective about how or why the old tools were not working for you. Consider the patterns that you can observe about how you do your best work and which tasks have benefitted from a certain tool or approach in the past.

This article led me to Trumba, which is indeed pretty and nice, and would help Michelle and I sort our various and sundry appointments out, but just like any other system (or IT project, for that matter) adoption — buy-in — is crucial for success.

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