Many of us establish goals. Ambitious visions of the future. And these goals are often met with prerequisites. For that, in order to engage on the path of achieving our goal - we must first 'clear the plate' of existing responsibility. To ensure a full time commitment on our road to success.

Problem for me has been dealing with these prerequisites. Seems there is always something (typically involving money or contractual obligation) holding me back from launching ahead with the game-plan to achieve my lofty goals.

If you're like me - then you're already in the driver seat. You've got the route planned out. Keys in the ignition. But you just can't justify turning the damn key.

This dynamic struck me several times in my early business career (and perhaps even more recently than I'd like to admit). It was a curse for progress.

After working hard to make a few big sales - I'd have adequate cash flow - and the sense of urgency would go away. I would then relegate to a more casual pace of work. And then the money would dry up. And the cycle would begin all over again.

It wasn't until I finally realized just what was happening that I could adapt and transform the dynamic into even bigger opportunity.

The dynamic, and my realization, is the concept of a momentum plateau.

Your 'daily focus' is a single area of your life that you will direct full attention to for at least 3 hours; beginning bright and early in the morning.

I've been getting some impressive results using this strategy. For me, as simple as the technique might be - the process of discovery has been a long road. From trying to stuff as many tasks in one day as possible - to chunking out blocks of focus time - and now simply just choosing a single daily focus: I have evolved my time management strategy to near perfection. So if you try my daily focus strategy, as I will break down in this article, I think you'll be delighted with the results. Because if anything, I'm speaking from experience.

When you have just one objective for the day; everything is clear.

And that objective just needs to be really simple: progress. In just one specific area of your life. Whether it's for a client project or a monumental campaign to save your ass - choose a target you can focus on and create progress.

Then, the next day - when you wake up - you'll know exactly what to do.

I've witnessed some really interesting dynamics by following this discipline. Here are some insights; some advantages you might expect from a daily focus routine.

Dropbox is a sweet little tool. I first tried it during a Startup Weekend event; when a teammate suggested we use it to share access to our little project.

Since then, I've found it to be an essential app. And it's particularly useful for working with Drupal. Specifically: for syncing local Drupal sites across multiple systems. And for sharing access to said Drupal sites with other developers.

So here's a quick guide on how to setup a really slick Drupal testing environment. One that will sync across multiple systems and enable quick access for your development partners.

Today marks the first official 'prototype' release of GameGigs - a new community platform for connecting game developers, designers, and (eventually) players.

The project was born at a Startup Weekend (Edmonton); a unique type of tech event geared at assembling teams of random nerds to build random ideas. GameGigs, alongside several other competitive projects, was hammered out over the course of the weekend.

The concept is blatantly simple: connect game developers, designers and visionaries. By providing a platform for the open exchange of code, artwork, and ideas.

Hard to believe, but it's almost been a decade since the original release of Internet Explorer 6. What's even harder to believe is that we still have to maintain cross browser compatibility with it!

Still holding a 20% share on everyday browser use, it's an annoying but justified procedure to make sure website code renders correctly in IE6. That means implementing the workarounds, the hacking, or whatever it takes to get it behaving the same way as a modern browser.

That said, I wanted to share the easiest possible way on earth anyone could possibly test IE6 with Firefox. Just in case someone hasn't already heard of the awesome project known as Spoon.

I have a confession to make. After years of being an avid user and advocate of OneNote, Microsoft's note taking software, I have completely switched to an alternative. A superior alternative. And it's called myBase.

The search for a better note taking program began as a result of a desire for more power. It wasn't that OneNote didn't do its job. Far from. OneNote is designed to work like an everyday life notebook; and it does that exceptionally well. But I wanted something more.

Hell, something tells me there should be more to modern day note taking programs beyond the capability to search and paste images. I mean, I get that Microsoft is trying to emulate the concept of a notebook: but this is 2010. I want something dynamic!

And so, the search for a better note taking program led me to myBase. Here is an in depth review. Along with tips on how to effectively use it.

Hundreds of thousands of Flash developers out there - from animators to programmers - all very loyal to the Flash platform. All very keen to see their years of Flash development experience pay off. But now, their future is uncertain. Do they stick
with a platform that Steve Jobs just said has "had it's day"
or do they move on to alternatives like jQuery and HTML5?

If there was a grand vision for the Flash platform - people wouldn't be mourning in mass right now about the impending death of flash. Sure, it's easy to sit on the sidelines and say what a company could have done. But that's exactly what I'm going to do.

Here is the strategy Adobe should have taken, but never did...

In case you didn't know: Windows 7 has really shitty shortcut management. Gone is the ability to create custom shortcut menus like in the classic Start Bar. Don't get me wrong: it's great to be able to find programs using the built-in search feature in the new Start Bar. But for some of us hardcore nerds - we like to see our own customized summary of icons.

And no, the convoluted mess of the "All Programs" list doesn't cut it. We want something more relevant, more specific, and more efficient.

After trying every utility out there, from start bar replacements to circle docks, I discovered a real winner.

I present to you ObjectDock v2.0: a really cool shortcut dock program for Windows. Frankly, it's the best. I couldn't have designed it better myself. And certainly Microsoft couldn't have: because if they did - it would be included with Windows.