Archives for August 2009

Where I Learn Stuff From

Several people lately have asked me where I learn “stuff” from: ranging from technology info, to productivity, to the new primal diet I am on.  I am quite honored that people would ask me this question.  The quest for knowledge is important to me.  I feel any day where I didn’t learn at least 3 [...]

8 Ways to Get Yourself Out of a Rut

“The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.”
-Ellen Glasgow (Pulitzer Prize winning novelist)
We all have those moments in life where it feels nothing new is happening.  We’re just going through the motions doing the bare necessities to survive.  Things which we once enjoyed, have now fallen by the wayside.  We wake [...]

Clear the Junk Off Your Computer

Clutter is the bane of many people these days.  During the tight economy, there has been a surge in the number of people looking to remove excess from their lives.
An often overlooked place where we tend to clutter “stuff” is on our computers.  Many people have dozens of files on their desktop, lots of applets [...]

Embrace Ignorance, Kill the News!

As a followup to my post on my efforts to kill information overload (4 Ways I’m Fighting Information Overload) I have gone exactly 1 week without listening to or reading “news.”  This meant: no accessing my favorite news sites, no talk radio in the morning, and no watching TV news channels.
My solution, in order to [...]

A Must See, Inspirational Video: Carry On

Despite being an avid sports fan, I am usually not one to watch the “sappy” stories that became en vogue as part of the Olympics.  Usually they are over produced, over glorified, and seem to be done to make the reporter look better than they really are.  I’m not saying the stories aren’t stirring, but [...]