Danny O'Brien talks on Life Hacks

Danny O'Brien gave a great talk on how alpha geeks manage their life. I was enjoying the talk and didn't take notes, but Cory Doctorow did. Some highlights:

• Alpha geeks use shells
• Alpha geeks use text-editors like BBEdit, vi, and emacs
• Alpha geeks try every application, but usually end up back with editors and email. They don't trust complicated apps.
• Private, secret blogs and RSS are taking the place of todo.txt files and email alerts.
• Alpha geeks write scripts to take apart dull, repetitive tasks
• All alpha geeks back up. They've all learned the lesson.
• Alpha geeks make their ideas public, but hide their scripts.

This says what they do, but Danny also offered insights into why, which are somewhat surprising. Read the notes.