Archive for October, 2007
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Writing Your Passions
New posts coming later today. Meanwhile, I thought I’d mention a side project I started yesterday…
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Hacking Feedback
Thought this was a pretty good article on soliciting (and then handling) feedback, harsh as it may be sometimes. It makes a good clarification too – feedback is a gift, but it is only so if it is about specific behaviors or concerns and not intended or worded as a personal attack (because then it’s […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Rebooting Your Lungs
To give yourself one more edge to remaining calm and collected when you’re about to give a presentation, make sure you’ll be able to keep your breathing moderated with this little exercise on how to reboot your lungs. I haven’t tested this out prior to talking to a group yet, but just sitting here at […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Hacker’s Block
Sometimes I experience a sensation that feels like Writer’s Block, but it stems from an inability to decide on which topic to focus on rather than the inability to come up with a topic in the first place. Today I can’t seem to make the decision on what to focus on, so instead, here’s a bunch […]
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
When Bad is Good
Generally speaking, I tend not to shy away from trying to accomplish new things, even when I think I’m probably going to be bad at them. The line for me is usually drawn when being bad at something new might result in physical injury to myself or others (which is, for example, why I have […]
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Watching Time
I am pretty confident that if I asked twenty people to list the six most important things in their life, I wouldn’t get anyone to respond with “watching television”. So why are we spending one sixth of our lives watching TV?
“According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Arrogance and Humility in Design
I found a great resource about design today called A Brief Message. This article on the relationship of arrogance and humilty in design provided a lot more value than I thought two hundred or less words might be capable of.
On a separate note, if you are so inclined, I’d certainly appreciate any support you might […]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Memory Dump
43 Folders recently posted about something I’ve noticed (and been a bit disturbed by) several times in recent years. As we dump into our Blackberries or laptops all of our knowledge of phone numbers, birthdays, and other important information about our friends, family, and colleagues, we’re losing our ability to recall that information without relying on […]
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Going Back To Cali
I’m heading out on vacation for a few days - next post will be Sunday evening or some time Monday. In the meantime, peruse the links to the right if you’re looking for new inspiration in my absence. Or just Google “life hacking” and see what comes up - that’s how I find most of my […]
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Gratitude Sessions
I lacked a name to call it, but I have been doing a version of Gratitude Sessions almost every night for a while now. As I lie in bed thinking about things before I go to sleep, I look ahead to the next few days and identify at least one aspect of each day that […]