Archives for the 'Fun and Freedom' Category
The Toddler’s Way of Getting Things Done [How to be an Original]
Grown-ups make things way too complicated. This is the toddler’s approach to getting everything you want.
Mastering six words is enough
Yes — No — Mama — Papa — That — Bah
Those are all the words you need to get around and get things done.
Variation in volume seems more effective than variation in vocabulary.
Don’t ask, just do
If [...]
How To Get Unstuck [How to be an Original]
You’re faced with a situation, a problem of some sort that requires your attention to solve. You’ve worked on it a lot, but now you’re stuck. You’ve looked at it endlessly, played with it, yelled at it, growled at it, even punched and kicked it. But it’s not working. You’re stuck. Know the feeling?
Other people [...]
21 ways to tell you lost the attention of your audience [How to be an Original]
For fun. Actions of people I actually observed during meetings and more or less in order of appearance. If you see this happening when you’re presenting, you are boring the people! Redo your story, redo your presentation or drop it altogether.
People start staring outside
People make strange faces suppressing a yawn
People start looking at their watch [...]
A useful waste of time: video games [How to be an Original]
Today is Fun and Freedom Friday, the day that anything goes.
A trip down memory lane
I’m a sucker for video games. I played them a lot, starting with my brother way back in the 80’s on Apple and IBM clones with games like Apple Panic and Lode Runner. Lode Runner was really challenging, since we played [...]