I thought this would be a good brainstorming exercise. This is a partial list; as I get used to delegating, it'll get better. (Actually, this blog is a better design notebook than any paper one I've ever had - I just need a way to sketch easily in here...)
- Get me off mailing lists that just won't unsubscribe me.
- Summarize podcasts and YouTube videos with spoken words that I can't understand (read: nearly all of them)
- Call for product information / warranties (for instance, my drumset's electronics have spazzed out again.)
- Email me directions and store hours for local providers of some product that I want to get
- Monitor my LinkedIn and Facebook accounts for Critical Mass Of People That I Should Respond To Now
- Balance my books (enter these receipts into my system, please)
- Schedule appointments (meetings, talks, etc.) and remind me to prepare for them. And booking plane flights and long-haul bus/train tickets. Yay for not dealing with that stuff this summer!
- Find teachers for things I want to learn. Books, tutorials, and equipment, too. Like learning scouts!
- Evaluate (online) software for me
- Wake-up calls
- Exercise routine and piano practice inspiration emails ("training reminders"). Actually, hm. This gives me an idea.
- Mini-research sprints
- Keeping me fed with new information (pushing the books I want to read onto the Hold list for the library, then poking me to pick them up)
- Selling things on craigslist, ebay, amazon, etc. for me. Well, listing them, anyway.
- Find other, more specialized people for me to outsource bigger jobs to.