TED | Talks | Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight (video)

This is an incredible presentation! I am tempted to say all kinds of things, but first you need to see it TED | Talks | Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight (video)

I need to pay attention to Jill's insight, and i have to make that choice. i have lived far too much in the left, and i need to live in the right!

peace.
randy

Quote of the day

"Americans will always do the right things after all the other possibilities have been exhausted"

- William Churchill

Tagging and foldering « Jon Udell

Tagging and foldering « Jon Udell

Dilbert Gets It

I know i'm not the only one who thinks Scott Adams has a spy in my company, but it sure feels that way. Check out this Dilbert Comic gem and let me know if you have the feeling too.

Flight Patterns

I have always enjoyed and been fascinated by avation. I grew up close to a small airpot in Oklahoma City, and i have fond memories of going the the fence and watching the planes. I have also had the pleasure of workin in the industry supporting American Airlines in the late 90's. I got to see their maintenance facilities up close.

I also like maps and mapping, so i found myslef fascinated by this video on YouTube called Flight Patterns. I watched this over and over and I still come back to it on occasion. I hope you like it as much as I do!

Value Your Time

I have been working hard to get back into the GTD mode. I started last week with over 1400 emails in my inbox, and as of right now there are 4 items left. I needed a little refresher course in GTD so I reviewed a great series by Merlin Mann titled Inbox Zero Series. Merlin is a GTD guru and email Ninja. His blog 43 Folders is one of the most well read in the GTD world.

The last article in the series Better Practices for staying (near) zero inlcudes this nugget on Valuing Your Time:

Well, I promise you, this is some serious, practical, non-hippie advice. It’s day-one stuff, kids, because if you don’t learn to value your time, you will quickly find a volunteer army of slackers who will be more than happy to help waste it for you. “Time burglars,” the newly-efficient Bart Simpson might have called them (”You can’t just go off Focusyn!”). Email is the most dependable modern location to witness your time being frittered away by strangers, but you are now officially Vice-President in Charge of Ensuring That Your Time is Not Wasted by Strangers. Congratulations on the promotion.

This also means not half-assing the attention you pay to the task at hand; do email when you do email — don’t just flip through it while thinking about Lost or fretting over your thinning hairline or wondering how you’ll paper train your new Labradoodle, Barney. Take these tasks seriously, and stop depending on email as your fickle source for status, affection, and thumb exercises.

Serious, straightforward, no bullshit advice.

Peace.

Shuttle Discovery takes off at night

This is a very cool picture of the Space Shuttle Discovery taking of at night. very cool shot!