Yesterday, another parcel arrived from amazon.com – yes, of course, my new bluetooth adapter. I will say that until recently, I was neither a fan of bluetooth nor camera phones, but now I am an advocate of both. I use gmail’s label & star system for GTD and the camera phone has added a new …
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Kicking Instant Gratification Syndrome
A friend and I were discussing instant gratification syndrome and the causes, side effects, and work-arounds. It seems that the current generation of hipster-geeks has been handed everything on demand and that microwave ovens, broadband connectivity, cell phones, and instant messaging have infected us with this strange disorder. Examples: iBook On the Slow Boat – …
Persistent Card Hipster PDA Hack, New Gear
The other day it occurred to me that the use of a persistent card or two in my Hipster PDA may become useful. I happened upon this after moving into a new house and I kept noticing things that needed to be purchased (important, but still at a semi-leisurely pace). Rather than using a regular …
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Big Move, 43 Folders Wiki
This weekend saw the intense drama of a family move. My wife, my infant daugher, and I loaded our lives into a 26-foot truck and brought it 5 miles down the road to the first home we’ve ever owned. I’ve moved a few times in a few different ways, but I can say now that …
Sprinting over IMs and emails.
Nine years ago, if prompted by question or doubt I would have explained that “email will be forgotten about in a few years, after having taken a back seat to Instant Messaging and the next higher standard of super-instant communication.” Where I devised that theory is beyond me – I was much younger then and …
Don’t be fooled…
Let my first post serve as a disclaimer for anyone tempted to claim that I’d have my home-locale retrofitted to be a mini San Francisco, Seattle, New York, or Tokyo. I love home more than anything and have avoided moving to much larger cities because of that. Let my purpose be the opposite – an …