productivity
The inaction and frustration that comes from feeling overwhelmed wastes energy and doesn't shrink your growing todo list. That's why making progress on the important action items is so key -- it's essential that you build some momentum, just take a bite-sized chunk out
agile
Time management is always tough, and lots of people have written some great things on the topic, such as David Allen's Getting Things Done. A connection I made recently that I found fascinating was the intersection of agile software development practices (Ken Schwaber's books Agile Project
productivity
Meetings can be horrible, horrible events. My least favorite part is when a new work product (document, spreadsheet, website, etc.) needs to be created, and no one has taken the initiative to create the first draft. This first draft seems so overwhelming to create initially, sometimes because there’s a
technology
Twitter gets a bad rap from people who don't want to read what people ate for lunch. But there are some redeeming qualities for twitter for some people: 1. Twitter is a great way to get targeted news (I like to read about Silicon Valley startup companies, so
productivity
After getting back from Peru a few weeks ago, and getting sucked back into the intense pace of my life here, I've tried to carve out time to reflect on the contrast of culture and life in Pucallpa, Peru and the suburbs of DC. While there are many
technology
Back in June of this year, Steve Jobs made a comment about the iPad and tablet computers and his vision of computing: "PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them… This transformation is going to make some people uneasy. The PC has taken us a
miscellaneous
Last weekend my company co-sponsored the 4th annual Run for Wounded Warriors at Burke Lake Park. The event raised over $20,000 for Wounded Warrior Project, a great cause that supports wounded Veterans. The weather was great (much warmer than last year). I'm glad so people came out
technology
I'm not even sure what you call it, but I'd like to find a open source or hosted (software as a service) service solution to allow me to create simple web applications, primarily related to simple database and workflow systems. There seem to be several services
miscellaneous
My company is co-sponsoring the 4th annual Run for Wounded Warriors on 3 Oct 2010 at Burke Lake Park in Fairfax Station, VA. Come out for a beautiful 4.7 miles run around Burke Lake, and support this great cause. Everybody will get a t-shirt and some great food on
technology
Billmonk.com is finally completely dead (to my knowledge). I've enjoyed the free web service since Feb 2006, but after months of random error messages it appears to be complete dead. As I try to recreate my outstanding IOU's, I've been shopping for alternatives
technology
Here is some free software for Windows that I enjoy: * Paint.net - photo editing * CDBurnerXP - burn CD’s and DVD’s * WinDirStat - little app that shows you the size of your folders (very useful if you’re trying to clean out your hard drive) * Crimson Editor -
technology
So I was thinking to myself in class last night while we were discuss various network security topics that email providers should digitally sign (with public-key encryption) their emails to verify that the emails aren’t being spoofed. I figure, one of the big problems with spam is spammers who