For me, there are some good hacks for making sure I remain a happy individual. A lot of these are what I call small luxuries. When I spend so much time working and dealing with personal projects, I really value services that let me skip responsibilities or save time. This may mean taking a taxi, hiring a PA, or my most recent find: Wash and Fold Laundry.
I HATE doing laundry — it requires that I set my leisure time to a schedule. I can’t recommend highly enough delivery wash and fold. I call the day before, a really nice guy shows up the next morning and takes my bag full of laundry. The next morning the same guy comes back and gives me my laundry, clean, folded and packed so neatly.
The best part about this is the guy who runs the Wash and Fold I use is clearly running this himself and is incredibly nice. He has done same day turn-arounds for me (and my roommate and co-workers), he has brought laundry to my office and my house on a last minute change, and he has gotten to know me.
I can’t recommend his company enough, Alabaster Cleaners is AMAZING. If you want a wash+fold service in SF please give them a try. Tell Anwar that Tyler Willis sent you! You can call him to set a pickup time: (415) 368-9006
The Deets:
$1.50 per pound
Free Delivery
Can do dry cleaning (and do it well)
Minimum order is $20.00
Hope you make use of this service, I literally couldn’t be happier (and I’ve heard the same from friends I’ve reffered).
I love this kind of film contest - one that focuses on the intersection of positivity, creativity and technology. It’s right up my Alley (digital film guy and all). So it’s with great happiness that I’m announcing this contest!
The 2008 Nokia Mobile Film Awards are rewarding filmmakers that represent one of four positive themes in a video shot on a mobile phone. The films will be part of Pangea Day, occurring on May 10th. Pangea Day is about promoting peace through familiarity with other cultures, and if you’re not familiar with it you should watch this GREAT presentation on the event from TED).
OK, here’s the details:
I will judge all entries left in these comments for creativity and originality. The winner will be notified on May 11th and will receive an AWESOME prize package, courtesy of Womworld. The Prize is a Nokia N82 phone, a carrying case, tripod, memory card, headphones and speakers!
Here’s the rules:
Your video must be shot on a mobile device and be no longer than 2 minutes. It MUST be uploaded to share.ovi.com/pangeadayAND linked in the comments to this blog post. You can pick from the following four topics:
Film an act of kindness.
Film the best part of today.
Film the next thing that makes you smile.
Film the next person to inspire you.
That’s it, simple eh? I want to give that phone away to someone - so get cracking on submissions.
*UPDATE* I’m sweetening the pot with my own prizes! Along with the awesome prize package, I’ll also give you two free hours of consulting time figuring out a strategy for using mobile video and video promotion to benefit what your goals are AND one free year of RapOuts Premium Promotion.
So now the prize package is valued at over $2,000 - get those films in (deadline is April 30th)!!
