February 2012
2 posts
Every Tweet Could Be Your Last
For the past several weeks, I’ve been pretty quickly re-evaluating my social media intake. It’s one of the moves I’m taking to stop consuming so much and start producing more.
I started off by using Unsubscribe (an awesome service) to remove myself from a metric-crap-ton of newsletters I’ve been receiving. I’m as close to Inbox Zero as I have ever been.
Then came...
January 2012
2 posts
How to Get to Inbox Zero
Log into Google Mail and choose the “Select All” option by clicking the selector box and choosing all.
Click on the link that says “Select all conversations in Inbox” (the number will vary).
Choose “Archive”.
Profit!
(Listen: Archive lets you search your messages later. And if you are nervous of “I should get back to some of those people”, get...
“Hopelessness is a real cause of failure.”
– How To Practice (His Holiness the Dalai Lama) by https://findings.comThe Dalai Lama His Holiness, Jeffrey Hopkins Ph.D. (via Findings.com)
December 2011
2 posts
November 2011
1 post
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Make Knowledgable Food Choices
My buddy Jeff sent me a tweet earlier today from OMGFacts that got me thinking (and probably not in the way you’d expect):
Yes, the Snickers fact is true and so is the cheeseburger fact. This actually comes from a NY Times article that annoyed me just as much. It completely misses the point.
When I started my diet, I used a book called The Best Life Diet which is ultimately a set of...
October 2011
1 post
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ING Hartford Half Marathon: Complete
After starting in March of this year, I wanted to set (what I thought) was a semi-impossible goal: run a half marathon this year. After a few 5Ks and a cancelled 10K, today I was able to sock away basically the perfect-for-me performance on my first half marathon in Hartford.
We got in a bit early because we were concerned about the road closures. That gave me more than enough time to get read. I...
July 2011
2 posts
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Run, Run, Running
Well, its been a bit since my last running post but I think its about time to add some more.
Susan G Komen 5K in Hartford
This was my first ever 5K and boy was it fun. The race had thousands of people (which, later, people told me isn’t a good idea for your first 5K). I found myself trying to just get into a stride for the first mile because there were so many people of different skills...
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Pizza on the Grill
My friends Peter & Christine suggested we try to make our home-made pizza on the grill instead of the pizza stone. It was a great success! I’m going to replicate their strategy here to share but ultimately it is their recipe (so thanks to them).
Grilled Home-made Pizza
Whole Wheat Pizza Dough (pre-made; ours is from Whole Foods)
Olive Oil (we did flavored Oregano Olive Oil)
Your...
May 2011
7 posts
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Help Me Run For Breast Cancer
(I’ve emailed this to close friends and colleagues. I’m hoping that, with social media, a few more my “digital friends” will help too.)
Its extremely rare that I would ask for help in my fundraising efforts so I’m hoping that you’ll read this email.
In my quest to get fit and lose some weight, I’ve been looking to run a 5K race. After a little inspiration...
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Diet For The Rest Of Your Life
Thats the question I think you need to ask yourself when you start a diet or fitness program. Most people think to themselves, “Oh I can do diet X for the next 4 months to lose my weight.” The first major problem with this is obvious: diets don’t produce results when you aren’t on them.
If your diet is a temporary choice, you will lose weight (most likely) up until you...
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How to Start Running: The Molasses Method
A lot of my co-workers have been asking how I’ve started running again. Aside from working with my coach, I’ve been working on my own running plan.
I hypothesize that most “unfit” people who start running completely overdo themselves (I can say this because I was one too). You go to the gym, choose a number of miles you want to do, and turn up the treadmill to some speed...
The Way Newspapers & Digital Media Should Collide →
A brilliant article about how “Freemium” should work in the digital newspaper space.
The End of Journalism As We Know It →
A great looking documentary about a “A Year Inside The New York Times”. Sometimes some things are meant to die. Rebirth is then newspaper’s only hope.
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How Losing Weight Is Easy (If You Do It Right)
I started this adventure when I realized I was overweight. Well, overweight is how I like to say it as technically I’m obese (thanks, BMI). I initially started with a *very* aggressive diet plan that I won’t name. At the time I was telling myself that I wasn’t going for the get think quick plan, but I really was. I found the rules VERY difficult to follow especially when it comes...
WatchAmazing video of the coffee bean: from roasting to brewing. Really great.
April 2011
1 post
The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To... →
Really excellent post about how, as much as we try, we are finite.
January 2011
4 posts
1 tag
“Quit the “Cold Turkey” approach. If you had enough willpower to do...”
– I see a lot of people this time of year trying to ditch their social media: Facebook, Twitter, etc. That won’t help you once you go and add an account again. Try and find the balance first by creating a simple routine instead.
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Persistence as a Skill
As I was working on my creative project on Sunday, I began to realize something as I was banging my head against the wall. I reached a point where I was getting nowhere. I couldn’t figure out why the piece of code I was working with didn’t work the way I expected. Every fiber of my being was telling me to just stop. Stop, take a break, it isn’t worth it, deal with it later....
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“Baby Step: Don’t use your smartphone, iPad, laptop in the bedroom. Buy a...”
– Mission accomplished, and it actually felt great. I won’t recommend something if I don’t do it myself.
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The Analog Conversion
I’ve been reflecting on 2010 and short of actually coming up with resolutions I’ve found a way to improve in 2011. I think the biggest change I’d like to make is to change my focus.
I thought that multi-tasking was a skill that improves the amount of work we can accomplish, but especially in 2010, I’ve found it do a bit more harm than good. In manual or task oriented...
October 2010
3 posts
Value of Time
Today I had a moment of utter clarity: my water heater kicked the bucket. While the plumber was here, he noticed that our toilet was running consistently. I noticed this a few weeks back but was nervous about doing the repair myself. I knew it would take a few hours to do to replace the stop valves and would likely require me to turn off the main water line since the water valve below the...
“Innovation doesn’t always mean iteration. Some innovations require leaps...”
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Citibank Adding New Digital Credit Cards, Misses... →
I can’t help but think that these new digital credit cards completely miss the point. I’m not naive to think that changing payment card technology is easy, but lets not waste time “innovating” a 30 year old technology. Lets just skip and move straight to mobile: everyone has a mobile phone, lets make that a payment option. Thats called innovation. This is just life...