[Long-ass video clocking in at a whoppin' 5:05] Salutations, and apologies for the distinctly lengthy, somewhat self-indulgent, purportedly “useful” video above. In my defense (and I’m nothing if not defensive), I’m both: (a) woefully (or not) out of practice; and (b) pressed for the kind of time needed to write a shorter letter. We’re looking [...]
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This post is #45 in a series of 50 dedicated to the art and life of writing, in support of the 50 for 50 Project to benefit WriteGirl. If you like it, or if you think it could have been improved by a better writing education for its author, please give generously. And pass it on. Yes, you have [...]
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The lost days of summer
This post is #44 in a series of 50 dedicated to the art and life of writing, in support of the 50 for 50 Project to benefit WriteGirl. If you like it, or if you think it could have been improved by a better writing education for its author, please give generously. And pass it on. Between the hacking, [...]
This post is #31 in a series of 50 dedicated to the art and life of writing, in support of the 50 for 50 Project to benefit WriteGirl. If you like it, or if you think it could have been improved by a better writing education for its author, please give generously. And pass it on. FOR THEM OF [...]
This post is #17 in a series of 50 dedicated to the art and life of writing, in support of the 50 for 50 Project to benefit WriteGirl. If you like it, or if you think it could have been improved by a better writing education for its author, please give generously. And pass it on. A few years [...]
[watch Travel baggie hack on YouTube; running time 3:01] Amazingly simple tip that has helped quell my (considerable) anxiety about arriving or departing without mission-critical dongles, USB cords and other electronic doodads when traveling. Required: the appropriately-sized zippy freezer bag for electronic crap an index card and writing device What you do: make list of [...]
[Watch "Create your own 'flix' queue" on YouTube; running time 3:34] I’m a big fan of Netflix streaming video, but there are also other groovy things on the Internet that I might want to watch sometime, “sometime” being “later, not now while I’m busy trying to stop procrastinating with these other five things and get back [...]
[Watch "Curbing (online) impulse spending" on YouTube; running time 2:24] What this is: Having taken quite the hiatus from earning money last year, even dealing with it, you might say, I’ve been getting very serious about becoming a grownup with money. I promise not to turn this blog into a big, long, snoozy preachfest, but [...]
[watch "Better Yogurt Through Post-It Notes" on YouTube; 3:03 minutes] Like last week’s video, this crazy little how-to is more about systems thinking, viewing things though the lens of friction reduction, than it is a nutty one-off hack about closing browser tabs or sticking Post-Its on things. Actually, when you really think about it, most [...]
