Monthly Archives: August 2008
Time
Time and time again, I’m surprised by the effect of time on human behavior. Time is tracked and managed. Time heals wounds. Time is ever-present yet always passing. Driven by our watches, distracted by our clocks, time dominates our thinking. Yet half of the time, our focus on time distracts us from the beneficial aspects of time as the moments occur. So take the time this time around to spend a little more time smelling the roses. Time is money yet time is priceless. Time is ticking away so take …
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Textless Tuesday: Meet Monkey
Meet Monkey BBC’s come up with the perfect way to follow the Olympics: an Adobe Air-based desktop application that lets you follow your favorite Olympic sports, set reminders, view the medal table, etc… You’ll certainly love the art if you like the Gorillaz (same artist). Plus, everyone loves monkeys so this is the perfect excuse to have one of the furry bastards around until you feel the need to move on to other forms of entertainment. The fact that you don’t actually have to do much is the more obvious …
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Prioritizing For A Less Than Ideal Economy
It would seem as though we are going through what could be a prolonged global recession. Banks collapsing, easy credit gone, rising fuel and food prices, the continually weakening dollar. None of these portend good things. If you haven’t already felt the effects of these less than ideal economic times, chances are you will in the near future. If you rely on subscriptions, sales, or advertising for your cash flow, less consumer spending means less money in your pocket. The entire American economy is something of a huge bubble right …
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OCECD & Reactive vs. Proactive
How often are you checking your e-mail? Is it the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night (not a good idea)? How does inbound communication, like calls, IMs, Facebook messages, tweets, and texts affect your daily schedule and productivity? If you’re like me, chances are you check your e-mail at least a few times a day and dare I say quite a bit more. I know I check my e-mail at least 20 times a day and on a slow day I’ve received at …
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Mothers and Facebook
I know a technology has reached maturity when my mom starts using it. I remember, my mother was always fairly familiar with technology. However she has always been behind the curve compared to my generation and people more familiar with technology. My parents started using e-mail in the mid 90′s. They didn’t really start taking advantage of smart phones and PDAs until 2002-2003. They’re both in their fifties now, err, I mean mom is 38. And when they do adopt new technologies, they usually end up using them fairly regularly, …
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