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Wall Street Journal on managing introverts
Often, it feels society as a whole see introversion as a problem that needs to be fixed. Being around people should invigorate not enervate. Sadly, for introverts such as myself, being with people is a drain. Careful in how you read that, because too often it gets interpreted as if people are vampires sucking energy [...]
Android App of the Week: CallTrack
If you are a fan of Android apps, you are probably already aware of this wonderful, amazing tool. I know several luminaries of the web have already spoken about this app and I hate to jump on the bandwagon but I fell in love with this tool. It wasn’t love at first sight, though, since [...]
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Tagged Android, CallTrack, Droid, organization, problem solving, projects, scheduling
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Android App of the Week: Thinking Space
I have a soft spot for apps that help capture my creative impulses. I usually rely upon note taking apps or voice recording apps to capture my insights through the day, but sometimes I will run up against an abstract issue that needs to be puzzled out. Thinking Space is an application that allows the [...]
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Tagged Android app, brainstorming, creativity, mind maps, problem solving
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How to Manage a Pessimist
Pessimists are people too and deserve the same respect as everyone else. Okay, that isn’t as great a rallying cry as I thought it would be.Β In life, there are people who will be pessimistic and people who will be optimistic.Β You and I will end up working with some of these people.Β Optimists, while [...]
Three Lessons From an Afternoon of Moviemaking
A week ago, several friends of mine and I got together to make short movies.Β We really didn’t expect to get much done because when we get together we don’t tend to be very focused.Β Yet, we all really wanted to get some things accomplished. We had only one complete script and two ‘improv’ type [...]
G.I. Joe Was Right
This is a tale of two days. The first day I felt overwhelmed, I was incredibly testy, and in general unable to do my job effectively.Β I so felt at wits end that I almost quit, walking out on the job.Β For anyone who knows me that is not me.Β I may complain a lot, [...]
