January 2012
4 posts
December 2011
10 posts
12 Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012 |... →
Pretty great list here. I especially like #12.
David Allen's advice on making GTD simpler to... →
I agree with the post, it is hard to get any simpler than this. Also, this is a great basis on which to build any productivity system, further proof that one does not have to be canonically GTD in order to GTD.
Thinking Time — Shawn Blanc →
It’s easy to forget that, as a writer, you don’t have to have your fingers on the keyboard to be doing your job. Sometimes your best work is only realized when you are away from the very place where that work will later be put onto the page.
So, so, true. My best ideas, and my best writing, never come when I’m actually writing. The come when I’m not writing.
“If you want to reach peak performance, you have to find the limit. Finding the...”
– Seven degrees of slip - (37signals)
Handful of Suns
each morning I awake to the sound of the girl at the end of the hall
the sun is on she tells me though it’s not not this early or this late in the fall
she believes she sees light which is enough for me to rise and respond to her call
what matters more than sleep is these mornings while she is still so very small
in life with a child you have a handful of suns either...
Scripting News: Our short attention span →
I wonder if a walk across the country in summer wouldn’t be something to do. And not directed anywhere. Not a march on Washington. We’re not taking back the country, or occupying anything. Maybe lots of people walking to completely random places. From New York to Spokane. San Diego to Bangor. Burlington to Austin. Everywhere you go, people walking. Visiting strange parts. Having a...
November 2011
21 posts
Path: Introducing Path 2, the Smart Journal →
thepersonalnetwork:
We’ve built a host of new features that make it easier to share even more on Path — your thoughts, the music you’re listening to, where you are, who you’re with, when you wake and when you sleep, and as always, your photos and videos.
I’ve used Path for a while and it has stood the test of time on my home screen. I liked its approach from the beginning. That was, a way...
Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion -... →
The amount of money the central bank parceled out was surprising even to Gary H. Stern, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis from 1985 to 2009, who says he “wasn’t aware of the magnitude.” It dwarfed the Treasury Department’s better-known $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. Add up guarantees and lending limits, and the Fed had committed $7.77 trillion as of March...
The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin | Magazine →
Fascinating account of the world of virtual currency. Unsurprisingly, it to is subject to the same control that all trading from the dawn of time has been – trust. And, since all currency is simply a construct for the exchange of trust, guess what happens to the currency when the faith is shaken?
The Partisans Will Never Find Us Here: Minneapolis... →
Civic achievement, banal as it sounds, can be found without following a flow chart during a public meeting at City Hall. It is a buzzing park, a painter turning a street corner utility box into art, block after block of thriving independent businesses, a festival for every obsession and persuasion—it’s growing, engaged immigrant communities. Minneapolis is all of these things. It is not a...
The Subjectivity of Perception – David Byrne →
What we see and what we experience of the world is largely a lie, made up by us to satisfy some deeply evolved needs and tendencies.
It's always about the princess...
Beatrix came home from school a couple of days ago and demanded… Demanded!… To watch Star Wars. At first, I wondered at what point she even became aware of it and if she knew what it was about. So I asked.
She explained, “It’s about that Princess with her hair all done up like this (makes twirly motion with her pointer fingers around her head) and the little green man...
Winter Stew
1 small onion chopped
2tsp Olive Oil
8 cloves of garlic, minced
3 lbs of seasonal long storage root veggies (carrots, turnips, parsnips, rutabagas. celeriac, sunchokes)
6 cups of vegetable stock
3/4 cup of half-n-half
— Saute onions in oil
— Add chopped roots and garlic; sauté for ten minutes
— Add vegetable stock and bring to simmer
— Simmer until veggies are tender (approx. 30 min)
—...
Cabin Porn →
Inspiration for your quiet place somewhere.
Pictures: Ten Least Crowded Places in the World →
The desert is reclaiming buildings in Kolmanskop, a Namibian ghost town that was once home to a working diamond mine.
Eventually, nature will reclaim us all.
October 2011
12 posts
2 tags
“I’m not a writer, I just drink a lot about it.”
– Dessa in Mineshaft
Nextdoor Offers Private Social Networks for... →
The San Francisco company on Wednesday is opening a social networking site for neighborhoods so that anyone can create a private online community, where members can recommend a plumber, offer up a lawn mower for sale and vent about a barking dog plaguing the block.
I could see this being not only useful but also a good way to get people to actually meet their neighbors.
Jon Bon Jovi opens “pay what you can” restaurant... →
Soul Kitchen is a new restaurant opened in Red Bank, New Jersey, by Jon Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea. The establishment offers a “pay what you can afford” payment model, and serves wholesome, gourmet food made with fresh ingredients grown in the restaurant’s garden, and other local produce.
I’d say this is quite a bit more than half way there.
“You have to do stuff that average people don’t understand, because those...”
– Andy Warhol
Letters of Note: Attempted Fax Cover Sheet →
You’re welcome to this for READINGS if you wish. What I’d ask is that you (or Ms. Rosenbush, whom I respect but fear) not copyedit this like a freshman essay.
Classic DFW. So, so, good!
An interview with William Powers author of... →
It’s kind of a paradox: In order to get the most out of the connection it’s crucial that you know how to disconnect and how to use the disconnected time.
I actually just started reading Hamlet’s Blackberry so this interview came at just the right time.
“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Frank Lloyd Wright Did Care » The Frank Lloyd... →
A Wright house isn’t a building, it’s a philosophical text about family, nature and landscape. An inglenook is important — it draws family and friends into conversations. Views into the surrounding landscape are important — they connect us to nature. An Apple product isn’t about buttons and screens, it’s about eliminating barriers between the user and what the user chooses...
My Running Game
This was originally posted to my Google Plus account but I am cross posting it here per the request of several people who are not on Google Plus.
So, I’ve taken up running again after a break this summer. I feel bad for taking the break but I’m one of those people who sweat profusely when exerting even the tiniest of effort anytime the temp is above 75 degrees. About the only thing I hate more...
September 2011
3 posts
1 tag
3 tags
WatchPrivate Library (by David Vegezzi)
I long for this.