Rework has a chapter called “Meetings are Toxic.” Like several chapters in the book, this one closed with some punchy advice. If you must have a meeting they suggest the following: Set a timer. When it rings, meeting’s over. Period…. Continue Reading →
The other day I received two emails from separate companies letting me know that their database marketing vendor Epsilon had been hacked, both using the same text for their message. Dear Customer: We were notified by our database marketing vendor, Epsilon,… Continue Reading →
With two major projects in flight and a third one heating up I’ve been looking for a better way to feel less overwhelmed by the torrent of email–a way to recapture the feeling of peace that comes working late on… Continue Reading →
One of my 2011 goals is walking several mornings each week before work. Most mornings I head out between 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. The world is incredibly peaceful at this time and I love the stillness and being in… Continue Reading →
Rework (affiliate link) by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson was on the read eventually list, but it called out to me as it was waiting to be re-shelved on a cart at the library. I was already in the… Continue Reading →
Thankfully Sankarshan didn’t follow through on his threat to petition that I post productivity tips every week because I’ve definitely been off of my blogging game. The early morning blogging routine has been replaced with exercise and methodically working through… Continue Reading →
From Richard Hughes’ blog on February 2, 2011, In GNOME 3.0, we’re defaulting to suspending the computer when the user shuts the lid, and not providing any preferences combobox to change this. This is what the UI designers for GNOME… Continue Reading →
I’m continuing to run RHEL 6 on my laptop and encountered a recent challenge getting a Java based collaboration tool called Elluminate Live! (now known as Blackboard Collaborate) to run on it. The necessary package is installed by default in… Continue Reading →
I’m following Fedora from afar these days, mostly from the planet and occasionally through people I know at Red Hat. Apparently some people are not happy with the direction Fedora is perceived to be going. This doesn’t come as a… Continue Reading →
I liked the quote below from a book called The Noticer by Andy Andrews (affiliate link). I copied it into my journal several months back and came across it while searching for the highs and lows of 2010–a journal is… Continue Reading →
Another insight from How to be an Adult in Relationships (page 47) hit me as I thought about a new project I recently took over. I get a strange vibe discussing it with some people–an underlying assumption that no good status… Continue Reading →
I recently started reading an interesting, fairly dense book called How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving (affiliate link) by David Richo. By dense, I mean it isn’t a book to be read quickly… Continue Reading →
The fourth quarter of 2010 has come to an end as has the year, so it’s time for a final evaluation and wrap up of the year since the first and second, and third quarter check-ups. Here’s how things went,… Continue Reading →
How (and why) to Stop Multitasking by Peter Bregman— “Research shows that heavy multitaskers are less competent at doing several things at once than light multitaskers. In other words, in contrast to almost everything else in your life, the more… Continue Reading →
With less time to live on the edge in Fedora-land these days I went looking for less excitement by way of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for my Dell XPS M1330 laptop. I was motivated to take a step back… Continue Reading →
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