Archives for the 'Observing My World' Category
Review: Divide or Conquer [Genuine Curiosity]
Management books typically aren’t riveting. This one grabbed me from the start.
It’s Diana McLain Smith’s "Divide or Conquer," and the thing that grabbed me were the stories / case studies presented in the book. The first "meaty" one analyzes the "Steve Jobs and John Sculley days" of Apple, and does a phenomenal job of [...]
“You wouldn’t like me when I’m unproductive…” [Genuine Curiosity]
I read an awesome post by Tim Ferriss (author of The 4-Hour Workweek), on Time Management Guru-itis: Mark Hurst vs. David Allen and Tim Ferriss. It’s quite an interesting analysis, and I think it is pretty accurate and insightful.
One of the interesting differences in Tim’s dealio is that it’s very much about how you [...]
Learning from movies [Genuine Curiosity]
At Joyful Jubilant Learning, this month’s theme is Learning from the Movies. I just posted my thoughts on this topic over there.
In actuality, I didn’t write about what I learned from a specific movie. It’s more about some of the collective learnings I’ve gathered from movies, actors, and abominable 3rd movies in multi-movie [...]
A few for Friday (18-April-08) [Genuine Curiosity]
Here are a few of the good links and fun items I’ve run across this past week.
The “Now Defunct Museum”
The Now Defunct Museum is a Squidoo lens dedicated to remembering some of the things that once seemed everywhere, but now have vanished from our everyday lives. Very entertaining - I like the picture of the [...]
Got attention? [Genuine Curiosity]
I love it when things connect. Recently, a couple of connections materialized from a couple of good friends.
First: Ariane Benefit sent me an inspiring post on how she overcame the challenges of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and learned to thrive.
Second: My office-mate Gene shared a book review at Joyful Jubilant Learning (the book was The [...]
How about a Trackberry? [Genuine Curiosity]
A while back I wrote about SameCell as a way to find out when you’re near your friends, and SameCell’s addition of a FaceBook app. The folks at SameCell have been steadily improving their service (I use it all the time and I like it) and have recently added a new twist. You [...]
Thinking of hanging up my jeans… [Genuine Curiosity]
I work at a software company, and our dress code around the office is fairly relaxed most of the time. Therefore, when I’ll be in the office all day and not seeing any customers in person, I usually wear blue jeans.
The other day, I didn’t have any clean jeans so I threw on a pair [...]
Favorite line from a family reunion [Genuine Curiosity]
OK, so this happened a while back, but I just remembered it during a conversation with my mother who’s visiting us this week.
At one of our family reunions, I saw an uncle I hadn’t seen in about 10 years. He’d gone completely bald since the last time I saw him.
Me: “Hey [...]
Old school awesome [Genuine Curiosity]
Ok, so my birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I know what I’m going to start hinting at - this awesome Bluetooth accessory for my mobile phone!
Yep - that’s a Bluetooth handset for use with a mobile phone, courtesy of Thinkgeek. I would love to walk around talking on that thing!
What? You [...]
Do you bear the mark of a professional? [Genuine Curiosity]
My pal Bren (formerly the proprietor of SlackerManager and now the proud pappy of BikeHacks) recently pointed me to an awesome thread on “How to be a True Professional.”
The thread starts with a sincere question, “What makes someone in a true professional…?” and the ensuing comments are very wise. I encourage you to go and [...]