Organization
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A Small Internet Kerfuffle
→: A Small Internet KerfuffleBackground Last week after a series of twitter rants, I wrote up what concerned me about the “Male Allies” panel at GHC (Grace Hopper Conference) this year. A surprising number of people read and shared it, and whilst (of course) some people disagreed, or thought that ABI (Anita Borg Institute) does so much good it’s…
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7 Reasons To Work From The Gym
→: 7 Reasons To Work From The GymMy coworking space lately has been the gym. Which might seem odd, but is actually brilliant. Here’s why. 7. Hydration I have this habit of running around and forgetting to drink water, but nowhere is water-drinking more encouraged than the gym. Also clean, women’s bathrooms are nice. 6. No Animals I understand, the trendy thing is to…
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The Aristechracy
→: The AristechracyIn the 1980s “a computer in every home” was a crazy dream. But the rapid rise of technology until that (in the West at least) became normal has created a lot of opportunity. And, a new aristocracy. The Aristechcracy. Many Aristotechs think the Aritechracy is a meritocracy, This is because they are a) delusional and…
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The Myth of the Intersection of Creativity, Energy, and Time
→: The Myth of the Intersection of Creativity, Energy, and TimeThere’s a common myth that makes side projects close to impossible. It’s thinking that side projects can only happen at the intersection of energy, creativity, and time. That’s a pretty high bar. That intersection doesn’t come around all that often. For me, it’s usually about day 3 of a 3 day weekend. The UK has 8 public holiday…
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Time Blocking
→: Time BlockingThe thing about knowing more about what you’re doing, is that more people want to talk to you about it, and you have less and less time to actually… do it. And so people block their calendars with “Do not Schedule” and “Make Time!” and presumably try to be diligent about actually enforcing this. But…
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The Procrastination Project
→: The Procrastination ProjectThere is something I’m working on that I’m really excited about, that if we have hung out in person I may well have talked about, but it has been going nowhere. So “I’m working on X” has really only been true if “work” is defined as “not getting around to and feeling really guilty about”.…
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Thoughts on Being Productive
→: Thoughts on Being ProductiveI’ve been reading Manage Your Day to Day (Amazon), which is a nice book on people’s personal approaches to productivity. It’s reminded me of some things, and given me some things to reflect on. I used to be really into productivity, but now I have some things that I keep in mind, and that works…
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5 Strategies For Making Progress on Side Projects
→: 5 Strategies For Making Progress on Side ProjectsI get asked on a regular basis how I manage to maintain a blog (and other side projects) on top of my job, especially since I almost never write anything specifically about my job. I actually wish I was better at and more productive on my side-projects, but that might be step zero – to let…
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The Burnout Equation
→: The Burnout EquationI wrote about burning out, and the aftermath, and my post-burnout-phase. But the other day a friend and I were talking about burnout in general terms, and seeing other people burn out, why that is, what it looks like. It’s interesting, because we know it when we see it, but we don’t talk about what it…