There’s a lot of talk in the blogosphere about only doing what you’re really passionate about. If you don’t know what I’m talking about look at daringfireball.net, lazyway.blogs.com or slackermanager.com. It seems to be one thing to really take on your dreams if you’re already someone of note, either electronically or professionally. But what if …
Category Archives: lifehacks
Help Sleepless Nights
Another (near) month without a post. I’ll start by saying my life has been busy. My wife gave birth to our second daughter. She’s a wonderful blessing even though it’s been quite an adjustment. I took 2 weeks of (unpaid) paternity leave time in order to help Cindy adjust to having two at once all …
Quick GTD with Gmail Tip
Check out this beautiful little URL: fancy! This brings me to my Next Action list. Big deal, right? Well let’s rope in some other technology (that I’m already using) to sweeten the pot of gold: I posted the aforementioned URL into del.icio.us (a social bookmark manager that you definitely should be using) so it can …
Out here in the fields…
…I fight for my meals. I could probably write a book quite effective at helping people prevent making the same mistakes that I have made in the past 8 years or so. This is especially true for financial mistakes. Considering a book deal is pretty much out of the question, I’ll drop a few tips …
What gives?
Robert T. Kiyosaki calls it “charity.â€? Catherine Ryan Hyde calls it “paying it forward.â€? Christians call it “Love.â€? The basic principle seems to be this: Give away what you’re good at, what you need or what you hold close to your heart and the eventual reward will be greater than your initial gift. No matter …
Intersections
According to answers.com there are two mathematical definitions for an intersection: 1. The point or locus of points where one line, surface, or solid crosses another. 2. A set that contains elements shared by two or more given sets. In all of the tasks, people and places that make up life, sometimes intersections can save …
An Antithetical Matter
It has been brought to my attention by friends, people I’ve never even met and by the little voice in the back of my head that it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. While this is true, there is good reason. I set out here to offer, support, and field good ideas on productivity …
Public Transportation
Columbia has grown up a little. We have this trolley (made over bus) system that can get you from the one area of town where all of the employers are to the one area of town where the food, entertainment and shopping is. It’s kind of cool, and it almost works. Almost. For starters, there …
GTD with GMail + Futuremail
My good friend Jonathan over at Stark Raving Calm has put together a quick howto on the next step of GTD with Gmail: implementation of the tickler using Futuremail. Be sure to check it out. It’s certainly an action on my plan.
“Shaving the Old Way” – the Review
A few weeks ago I wrote about taking up a new the old way of shaving. I promised myself (and a few others) that I’d sit down and consider how this was working out after I’d gotten the hang of it. Vulfix Super Badger Brush – This is a basic shaving brush made with real …