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On This Day...

• 2011: Getting rid of the “I can’t draw”s — In a comment, The Average Jane said that she can’t draw to save her life. I want to say something [...]
• 2010: Limiting my options so that I can focus — We’re fascinated by choice, almost slaves to keeping our options open. Sometimes it’s better to close doors, impose constraints, ignore [...]
• 2009: Weekly review: week ending August 30, 2009 — From last week’s plans: Get back to work Make a presentation to teach people how to use Lotus Connections Profiles Make a presentation [...]
• 2008: Weekly review: Week ending Aug 31, 2008 — Lots of learning this week! The Cintiq tablet I ordered from Vistek arrived the very next day. After learning way too [...]
• 2006: Do one nice thing — Perk up your Mondays by doing (at least) one nice thing! And why wait for Mondays? Do a nice thing for [...]
• 2006: How to proactively network — Whether you have a business card collection that fills a bookshelf or you’re trying to become comfortable with meeting new people, [...]
• 2006: The power of proactively networking — I’ve reached another turning point in my life, another coming of age. I’ve realized the power of proactive networking, and I [...]
• 2006: Thinking about responsibilities: glass, metal, or rubber? — Tim Sanders has an insightful post on thinking of tasks as either glass, metal, or rubber. From his blog post: If [...]
• 2006: Why the Philippines? A story that needs to be told — A chance encounter with Daniel Chmielewski at BarCampEarthToronto led to a conversation about the Philippines and an introduction to Kevin [...]
• 2006: Why I love OpenBC – a new business networking site — Okay, I’m sold. Yes, LinkedIn has a slicker interface and *way* more people, but OpenBC has just a few extra [...]
• 2006: Making friends in unusual places — There is a reason for all things, and there turned out to be a very good reason why I found myself [...]
• 2006: Of BarCamp and conversations — People who have never been to a BarCamp probably have no idea what to expect from this un-conference. In fact, I get [...]
• 2006: Meet up at Shoeless Schmooze! — The end of summer so let’s have a been (or two) and hook up with some friends and make some new [...]
• 2005: Mom’s here! — Yay! =)
• 2005: Geek dinners — Geek Dinners is a well-attended geek get-together blog based in the UK. I want to set up something like that in [...]
• 2005: Marketing in the age of blogs — Most ads boil down to “Buy this so that you can be cool like us.” Cigarette commercials overflow with handsome men [...]
• 2005: Computer literacy project in Ozamiz City, Philippines — From strato887: Hi..gud pm! on-going na yung class namin for computer literacy project for out-of-school-youth, OOo ang gamit namin na office application [...]
• 2003: Wearable status — Twiddler problems: My twiddler’s a little unreliable. I don’t know whether it’s because I’ve got a loose connection – the two [...]
• 2003: Google calculator — I know Google‘s cool, but http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator just shows it’s approaching sentience… ;)
• 2003: FLE — “Fle3 is a web-based learning environment. To be more specific Fle3 is server software for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL). [...]