Morning projects
I've got some work projects I'm working on that require a few hours of uninterrupted time to really hammer them out. I'm trying to create a morning schedule to help me find the time and really get some good work done: Wake up and make coffee. Pet the cat. Read (or write) a book for 1/2 hour to an hour. Work on the project for an hour to two hours. Only then, check email. This gets me a great start to the morning. It's nice to start the day with coffee and book. But it's really nice to start the Read more…
Back From The Great Midwest
I had a great time in Minnesota over the weekend. This was my first time visiting as an Alumni Council member for my alma mater Carleton College. I get to venture back twice a year! Once in the beautiful spring and once in the beautiful fall. Pretty much the best two times to be in Northfield, Minnesota. Along the way we got to meet up with Mary's family and also a couple Minnesota-based clients. So really, pretty great! Since it came just two weeks after the NYC/DC trip, though, I'm pretty happy to be off a plane for awhile. Lots Read more…
Back at Carleton for the weekend! Here’s my senior year dorm. My window was the top right one.
It’s a beautiful spring day here.
For all the Carls out there … Happy Friday!
Taken at Carleton College
If you get your computer stolen …
So. You learn a lot when your computer disappears. Here are some things I'm glad I did beforehand (and then some things I wish I'd done). Sugarsync. I love this service. It's cross-platform (Mac and PC). I choose which folders to back up and any changes that I make in that folder sync to the web. Over the course of the last two years I've seen three hard drives fail (two Mac, one PC) and all of them had everything restored thanks to Sugarsync. Most users can probably get away with their free version, but I pay a few bucks Read more…
Troubleshooting
Nothing like a few small fires to provide focus. I think today is going to be one of those days. Not bad, not good, just focused and in troubleshoot mode. Actually, maybe that is good. Being focused and fixing problems feels pretty good when you get to relax at the end of it. So, here's to a good day!
Where did that last hour go?
I’m trying to get better at using my time consciously. For me the difficulty in doing this is usually in front of the computer, not the TV (where it used to be, in high school and college–“wait, how many reruns of Friends did i just watch in a row?”). Now, I just keep clicking. Clicking on Google Reader, Twitter, Facebook, newspapers, Wikipedia … and at some point I look up and I say, “Whoa, where did that last hour go?” Sometimes it will happen when I’m supposed to be working. A page will be slow to load, and so I’ll Read more…
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