I learned about The Board back in college and I still use this in the office as my main task manager tool.  I like to keep things simple and that is why I continue to use it.  The idea is to be guided on which ones to work first based on importance and/or urgency.

Important + Urgent

You will want to work on the tasks that are on the left side of the grid and, naturally, the one at the top left being more of importance.  You will want to "kill" first the tasks in the top-left because these are the ones you are considering as super-important-the-world-will-freeze-over-if-you-don't-do-them kinds of tasks.

Not important + Urgent

The ones on the bottom-left, although are not that important, ought to be considered included in your priorities because of their urgency.  In the office setting, these could range from admin tasks that don't make sense how they play a role in the bigger picture (hello, headcount reconciliation) to just about anything your manager asks you to do because of HIS deadline, not yours.

Important + Not urgent

In my opinion, the box that is most important is the top-right.  These are the tasks, action items or projects that you will place there at the time of inception or at that light-bulb moment.  Really awesome task managers will have more items in this box than in other boxes and keep it that way.  The goal is to make sure the items here are killed before they become urgent, hence, spill over to the top-left.  Get it?

Not important + Not urgent

The last one, bottom-right, has a special place in my heart because most of the tasks that end up here have a way of killing itself off.  That is the way it should be because if they are not important and not urgent, in a few days or even hours they are probably not worth working on it after all.

Try it. You can use a white board, a notepad, or a Word document - It is so simple you'll probably even have fun doing it.

When the next generation iPhone was "found" in a bar, a lot of people doubted whether it was real or not.  Even when Apple was aggressively pursuing the matter by hook or by crook (mostly by hook), a lot still didn't believe it was the next generation iPhone.  Partly the reason for that is because some people saw it as, well, ugly.

Too boxy.  There are seams on the sides.  The buttons were so un-Apple in design.  Screws can be seen at the bottom.

This was my reaction when Gizmodo let the cat out of the bag:

However, when Apple officially unveiled iPhone 4, which is actually what that prototype looked like, everyone drooled!

Exclusive event for the unveiling of the product (WWDC 10), classy photography and website artwork, lots and lots and lots of publicity (paid for and free) - Truly, awesome sales and marketing does matter.

Who doesn't love the animated movie Up.

I wasn't sure if I was going to purchase it off of iTunes since it is quite pricey there.  $14.99 for the standard definition version and $19.99 for the high definition version with iTunes Extras.  But I had a hard time looking for the DVD in physical stores so I went ahead bought in it Apple's online music and video catalogue.

It was worth it - HD is just much clearer than SD and the package brought a lot of extras - which includes a short documentary on the movie creators' adventure to the South American outback to get a "feel" of the outdoor scene (and in the process made me realize how boring my job is).

My 4-year old just can't get enough of it - he still cracks up at the same funny scenes even though he's watched it at least half a dozen times.  So, yeah, definitely worth the money.