I came across a great quote from sociologist C. Wright Mills today that immediately reminded me of the Getting Things Done system:
“To capture what you experience and sort it out…you must set up a file…. Whenever you feel strongly about events or ideas you must try not to let them pass from your mind, but [...]
Entries from February 2007 ↓
Was C. Wright Mills a GTD pioneer?
February 10th, 2007 — Productivity
The five minute dissertation will be televised
February 9th, 2007 — Academia
An excellent short video by a professor at Kansas State is getting a lot of press today and has already passed 520,000 views on YouTube. I read about it on LifeClever, but what actually got me to watch it was Seth Godin’s post called The Five Minute Dissertation. He says:
Publish or perish indeed. Now that [...]
Television, the drug of a nation
February 6th, 2007 — Humor, Productivity
While I was waiting in line at the post office today a middle-aged woman behind me commented on the wall-mounted TV tuned to CNN:
“Why is there a TV in the post office? I just came from the bank and there was one there, too.”
“That’s crazy. I’m tempted to get one of those remotes that turns [...]
You call that a Bible quiz? This is a Bible quiz.
February 4th, 2007 — Miscellaneous
You know the Bible 98%!
Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic! You agree with Jeremy that this blurb is excessive! You grow [...]
How to use your Apple Remote with PowerPoint presentations
February 2nd, 2007 — Productivity
Back in November when I was preparing to speak at a conference in Boston, I started wondering if anyone had come up with a way to use the Apple Remote as a device to advance slides in a PowerPoint presentation. I didn’t have time to get one of those USB presenters, but I also wanted [...]
Hairy Potter
February 2nd, 2007 — Miscellaneous
This is a tangent, but did anyone else think it was just a little too coincidental that on the same day it became possible to pre-order Harry Potter and the Deathly Gallows, we learn that nude pictures of Daniel Radcliffe (the actor who plays Harry Potter in the movies) are being used to promote a [...]
Graphic designer David Yun tackles CIA world religion data
February 1st, 2007 — Miscellaneous
The other day I surfed over to look at the graphic design portfolio of one of my closest college friends and former roommate, David Yun. He’s now in the graphic design program at Yale and putting together a growing collection of work (employers take note!)
The project that really caught my eye was his visualization of [...]