Category Archives: Misc

DaddyRockstar.com Goes Live

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With the help of a few I consider to be great dad’s, I have launched a new website www.DaddyRockstar.com. The site is geared towards Dad’s of all stages. From the nervous expecting dad to the aged, experienced pop. Daddy Rockstar hopes to serve as a resource for it’s readers by providing parenting tips, reviews, health news, toy recalls, etc.

What do I hope to get out of this? By aligning myself with great dad’s and publishing the articles they write, I hope to become one myself (I am in the nervous, expecting dad category!)

How I Stay Organized

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Following the principles of Getting Things Done (or GTD) I use Remember the Milk as my method of capturing all of my To-Do’s. It is an online to-do list manager who’s functionality is as great as it’s name is silly.

There is a great review and how-to for Remember the Milk (Get Organized with Remember the Milk – from lifehacker.com), I just wanted to shed some light on the program for anyone who hasn’t heard of it yet.

I spent a long time trying to find the killer app of task management. In fact, I wasted more time transferring my tasks to the next best thing to come along than I saved using the applications to begin with! I tried offline apps (MyLifeOrganized, TiddlyWiki) and online apps (Tada List, Todoist) and finally arrived at RTM; I’ve been an active user for over two years now.

For me, the concept is simple:

Capture
I can capture my tasks as I come upon them in many ways:

Access
I can access my task from wherever I am:

Go ahead and try it out, it’s free and they have great support.

Donate with “Gifts In Kind”

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Gifts in kind giving is a great way to give this holiday/New Year season. Often times there is a lot of overhead involved with your cash donations where gifts in kind have a more direct impact on the charity itself. Money aside, there is also the feeling that you have actually made a difference when you donate your time or materials.

Have a look at the websites of your favorite charities (here’s one, here’s another) to see what services or materials they are in need of. You may find services they need that you are expert in (a web developer for a charity in need of a website; a homeless shelter that needs their front stairs replaced, etc).