I Don’t Feel Like it by Seth Godin–I recently had the same thought. You can kill a couple of hours starting your day in search of the right feeling or you can force yourself to jump in and start working… Continue Reading →
I love the beauty and rebound affect of sharing information. I posted about Merlin Mann’s talk at Rutgers and James remind me that I had given him the idea of keeping separate question lists for different people a long time… Continue Reading →
In a previous post I talked about using time. It is a topic I think about a lot because it often feels in short supply. I know a good part of this is my own doing. I value a lot of things… Continue Reading →
Cable TV is a waste of money to me. I don’t have time for it and other things are more important. I can’t bring myself to pay $70+ dollars a month for content I wouldn’t would watch very much and… Continue Reading →
Paul has already eloquently noted that the release date of Fedora 13 has changed to May 25, 2010. This was disappointing after the AMAZING effort that went into meeting the original challenge–addressing all of the outstanding blocker bugs by May… Continue Reading →
Here is something I landed on a few months ago. I can’t remember where I first heard the idea. Every day I start with a list of things I need to do. I’ve also started a list of things I… Continue Reading →
Like many of the releases before, the end of Fedora 13 is sneaking up on us. Huge thanks to James Laska, Adam Williamson, Jesse Keating, and others who have gathered for several Fridays to beat down the blocker bug lists. … Continue Reading →
I love this quote from Peter Berman’s post titled An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day, Yesterday started with the best of intentions. I walked into my office in the morning with a vague sense of what I wanted to… Continue Reading →
I can’t watch the sketch below without thinking about some of the Fedora mailing list threads that make me want to poke one of my eyes out. If you listen closely I think they might be talking about package updates… Continue Reading →
No, I’m not going to tell you who to nominate or who to vote for. I do have some ideas on what makes a good board member and what Fedora needs to secure its future based on my own observations… Continue Reading →
We need to accept that unforeseen regressions and late changes have consequences. Slipping the full Fedora release schedule when we don’t meet our release criteria is a good way to show that and maintain a baseline of quality for our… Continue Reading →
It’s been a good long run. Come the end of Fedora 13 my board term will be over. I’m not planning to run for election. I’ve been involved with the Fedora Board for almost three years. Two as the secretary… Continue Reading →
The first quarter of 2010 has come to an end and it is time to check in and see how I’m doing on my 2010 goals. 1. Weigh 170 lbs by December 31, 2010 This was an arbitrary number based… Continue Reading →
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