So far, Yahoo’s acquisition of del.icio.us has given me worse — even non-existent — service.

I’ve seen messages like this twice in the past few days:

del.icio.us is down for emergency maintenance. we’ll be back as soon possible.

Now I love del.icio.us, I really do. I hope I won’t have to export all my bookmarks, though, if this continues to happen.

Let’s hope I’m overreacting!

You’re going to see some changes here over the next day or so. I’m changing the design.

Google leadership breaks their time into increments of 70, 20 and 10 percent. 70 percent is spent on the core business, 20 percent on related projects like Google Desktop, and 10 percent on new businesses like Blogger or Google WiFi.

How cool — Google recognizes that stepping out of the bounds of our core duties can breed innovation and new ideas. Being cooped up inside an arbitrary bubble can stifle thinking.

Books and articles tell us that when we’re hard at work on a project and we hit a roadblock, we should take a walk or a quick break. I propose extending this solution. Don’t wall yourself off from the outside world. Take 10 percent of your time and spend it on something fresh and new. Take 20 percent of your time and spend it on an ancillary idea that strikes you as having potential.

Via Business 2.0.

Casey’s onto Day 47 of Whiskerino 2005.

Beard me.

Sometimes I think I’m weird. When working with or leading a group, I’m usually pretty optimistic. I want to get things done, and done well — and I’ve found that being positive gets things done most effectively. Yet sometimes I work with people that aren’t particularly optimistic. That’s when I think I’m weird.

Maybe it’s selfish — I think I’m right and my ideas are out there, so I’m going to be optimistic because I want my ideas to succeed. Or maybe I want to see the best in the situation, so we’ll all look good. I don’t know. There are lots of variables.

But as it relates to procrastination, having a positive outlook apparently helps one achieve more and get things done more effectively.

Think of it as the “abundance mentality” and the “scarcity mentality.” bmindful writes:

…how is the abundance mentality superior? It leads to opportunity because you believe it is everywhere, riches because you believe there is plenty to go around and enjoyment because you are able to celebrate other people accomplishments instead of loathing someone for stealing your ‘piece of the pie’.

And for a more extensive description:

So how does this all relate to procrastination? Well, people with a scarcity mentality usually procrastinate because at first glance the task they should be getting on with seems all too hard because of all the perceived obstacles and problems. With an abundance mentality you look at possibilities and opportunities rather than obstacles and problems meaning you don’t have any reason to put it off, and a few good reasons to get on to it right away! Curing procrastination isn’t the only reason to adopt the abundance mentality though. As I mentioned before, with the scarcity mentality, everything becomes a pie. Each pie only has so many slices. To get more pie, you need to take it from someone else, and to keep it you need to prevent others from taking it from you. With the abundance mentality there is no pie, there is enough of everything, for everyone. There is no jelousy, selfishness or insecurity. You become a more generous, giving, well rounded individual and everyone in your circle of influence, yourself included, is better for it.

So now you have a reason to be abundant and happy.

Now go and do something awesome.

Via Lifehacker.