Last week, I finally finished 48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller. The rest of the 48 days are dedicated to getting my music composition business off the ground. I’ve identified my strengths, weaknesses and passion core. I’ve learned what needs to be done to be successful. There are two basic paths …
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Staying on the GTD Wagon (Part III)
I’ve talked about little victories before and I think this is important to keep Getting Things Done. Two tips to help gain little victories: Track the little things. If I’m about to go to the store to go get light bulbs, I’ll go ahead and track the task. I’m not gonna forget to go to …
Staying on the GTD Wagon (Part II)
It’s much harder to stay on top of your GTD if the system isn’t working for you. GTD works, so don’t blame the system. There are a number of small things that can go wrong, however, if you aren’t careful. Exercise regular reviews. If you aren’t reviewing, you aren’t Getting Things Done. I review my …
Staying on the GTD Wagon (Part I)
I’m starting another series on GTD. I hear from a lot of people that they have a hard time staying in it once they start, so this will be a series of quick tips to keep it going. Unify your inboxes. Since I use gmail for GTD, I never fall down on keeping my gmail …
New Beat-Dead Dad Column
You know I’m working on building my personal network, so here’s a little column I wrote for colaspot on the details of my personal “Yeah, I have a guy for that.”
iBook Heat Problems
Remember my iBook hard drive issue? I’ve had a feeling since it happened that it was related to heat. I was having some connectivity issues this morning and noticed that the region directly above my keyboard was hot to the touch. I started googling, of course, and ran across this (significantly old, but useful) information. …
Day 18 of 48
Over the weekend, while working on my daily draft (four lines of text to music each day) I managed to finish up the composition stage on one song. This happened to be a song I really enjoy, and I was able to get it into a rough demo. Today, I spent a lot of time …
The Occupational Adventure (sm): Success checklist
I suppose at some point I’ll just assume that everyone is reading The Occupational Adventure (sm). Today, I’ll still use it as post-ammo though. The Occupational Adventure (sm): Success checklist How many can you check off? For how many can you devise a strategy to check off?
Capture the Song
I’ve got a lot on my mind, so you may notice that I’m frequently publishing short little entries. I’m still capturing at least 4-lines of lyrics to tape everyday, mostly with some accompaniment. Since I’ve gotten back into writing regularly, inspiration seems to come at odd times. Lyrically, I’m always prepared because I’ve got the …
New Layout, Finally!
We’ve finally got the new layout put in. It’s odd that this would come just as other changes are being made in my life. Anyway, thanks to Zack Scott for working on this real hard for me. Please drop by his site and thank him!