I used to put my hours on a time card. I used to slot it into metal container made especially for that purpose. I didn’t punch in because that would have required too much investment on the machine that actually made the punches. I would just carefully scrawl the time …
Image via Wikipedia To a large extent, my wife bases her day on how good her breakfast is. To be sure, she has a weekday regimen of fresh bananas, yogurt and Puffins (a decently healthy cereal that has the namesake animal on the front). But, on the weekends, all bets …
Because we aren’t done living just yet. Posted via email from The Throughput
I have been asked a number of times in the last few weeks the following question: “What would make this interesting for you?” It is such a disingenuous question. It is like asking, “What can I change about what I have just said so that you don’t run out of …
It’s your fault when you don’t answer email. It’s your fault when you require phone calls in order to advance the conversation. It’s your fault when you don’t check in with the social networks that collaboration is happening within. It’s your fault when the people that talk to you don’t …
In thinking about budgets in tight times, it may be easiest to think about all of the things that we are paying for and then see exactly what it is that we can cut back on. It makes sense that we wouldn’t spend much time at all agonizing over what …
Image by rshannonsmith via Flickr My son has never liked being changed, not even when he was very small. He is absurdly strong and his hips seem to have the superhuman element to them that allows for him to swivel out of all but the tightest grips. He screams and …
Image via Wikipedia I believe in serendipity. It is one of my strongest held beliefs, actually. It is the way in which I find much of the passion that I have for technology, education, and business. I make contacts on Twitter and at Coffee Shops that have very little chance …
I have stopped telling people that things can’t be done. I used to say it all of the time, but I haven’t for quite some time. I used to make up time limits and proclaim things impossible without fully investigating. I used to portray things as hard than they actually …
Image by bigcityal via Flickr We have preferences and we have workflows. We know where things are in our offices and on our devices. We don’t have to relearn every keystroke on a daily basis. We establish comfort zones all around us so that we can rise above the minutiae and …