Beside the lake, beneath the trees; fluttering, dancing in the breeze
An update from yesterday’s entry: I’m sticking to my resolutions (½ hour on email and blogs per day, more drawing and reading, and a tighter productivity system). Despite the difficulty; I’m currently out of town. Of course, the first few days of any major change are relatively easy. Big changes are 900-pound gorillas; easy to […]
All at once, I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils
Why no updates here in a week? I’ve been sick. And I’ve been busy—always a dangerous combination. This coincides with a lot of recent thoughts about, um, my life. My productivity system has lain essentially undisturbed for a week. This has led to thoughts about the source of productivity, and its importance. This, in turn, […]
How (Not) To Focus
Don’t give your brain too much credit. I posted about this recently on the Getting Things Done forum: the Dangers of the Projects List. A little background: A GTD user manages work through a couple of different lists, that track work on several different levels: larger Roles in life, specific Projects identified with actual end […]
Why You Should Use Vimeo Instead Of YouTube
YouTube is the grand-daddy of online video sites. But it’s not the only online video site. Vimeo is one of the sites aiming to take on YouTube. They’re doing it by focusing on a slightly different audience: Vimeo actively pushes its users to upload only personal videos. This isn’t a place to post TV clips […]
P.T. Barnum Saves the World
This was a random, wonderful discovery at my local comic shop, and one of the advantages of and reasons for local comic shops. Barnum tells the story of P.T. Barnum, who gets drafted as a special agent to stop a mad Nicola Tesla from assassinating President Harding in a bid to take over the world. […]
TweetDeck
Been playing around with TweetDeck, a Twitter desktop client. This lets you not only read your Twitter stream, but also split your stream into separate streams for just certain groups of folks (personal friends, business contacts, etc.). It works well for its stated purpose, though the tweets take up a lot of space compared to, say, the main Twitter website. So you can […]
The Benefits of Focusing On Today
This may seem like a simple, obvious topic. But the important things usually are. I’ve stopped worrying about later in the week. Oh, I’ll put down reminders and mark my calendar. But I don’t think about it. I focus on today. What can I get done today? Because that’s all I’ve got. I don’t even […]