Care comes from employees, not institutions
The maintenance people at @waynestate don’t have to wrap the cord on the vacuum so neatly after every use but they do it anyways. Not only does this show the skill and care they put into their work but also reflects an attitude that spreads. You cannot dictate this type of care, passionate employees breed [...]
In: thoughts · Tagged with: care, caring, craft, passion, skill, work
Inbox zero obsession reduces productivity
Always being concerned about that next email, IM or todo list item can really hinder the GTD mentality. Melitiously keeping your inbox at zero and clearing IM’s and email as soon as they come in just to feel fulfilled is really distracting. I keep my inbox at zero pretty much at all times, the downside [...]
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Writing more, maybe enough for a book
Throughout high school and even into college I really liked english classes, I liked the writing and creativity. The construction of a well formed document with flow and coherence. I guess that is why I started a blog, it has been an on and off relationship for a while since high school and when motivated [...]
In: main · Tagged with: book, life, speaking, teaching, work, writing
First day out of the pit
So it has been a full day in my own office and unfortunately I didn’t get much time to myself. The Publications team was gone to a conference so we moved all of their desks and computers to their new working space. I was only in my office for increments of 5 minutes to check [...]
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Time for a new computer
So i broke down today and i bought a new computer. Well it is going to replace my current first generation Mac Mini G4 1.42 Ghz. Basically i found myself pretty much waiting 60% of the time instead of programming. Just having Eclipse, Photoshop, Apache, Firefox and iTunes open grinds this little machine to a [...]
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