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Earth to MTA: You Have No Communications Skills, and SMS Doesn’t Work on The Subway

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

On Wednesday, the MTA will vote on a measure to enable subway riders to specify their home station and time of day they ride, and be able to get relevant service alerts via SMS to their mobile phone.
Thats great - and, quite frankly, way overdue, but probably not terribly useful.
Why? Because in my experience with [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · MTA · New York Subways · Service Advisories

David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” - The Compulsory GTD Productivity Post

February 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I almost hesitate to write a post about David Allen’s productivity bible “Getting Things Done” - seriously - what has not been said? But I will, because its very relevant to busy NYC professional commuters - especially as more and more Manhattan workers spend more of their time working from home.
Even if you don’t typically [...]

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Tags: Books · Mobile Productivity

Should I Load Up on MetroCards Today to Beat the Fare Hike?

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Our straphanging pals over at SecondAveSagas reminisce about the days when repeatedly sending out each member of your family to purchase subway tokens was the thinking man’s way to beat a fare hike.

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Tags: Fares · MTA · New York Subways