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On This Day...

• 2013: Figuring out my guidelines for time — It’s tempting to estimate the value of the time I spend on various activities and to try to optimize this, [...]
• 2012: Brainstorming breakdowns, assumptions, and possibilities —
• 2011: Sketchnotes: Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Project book tour — Full-size version of my sketch notes from Gretchen Rubin’s talk and book signing of the Happiness Project, Chapters Indigo Bay/Bloor [...]
• 2011: Batch baking for fun and awesomeness — It takes just a little bit more time to make two pans of lasagna instead of one, and it works [...]
• 2010: Learning assertiveness — I’m the youngest of three sisters. Both of my older sisters are adventurous and outgoing. I’m quieter and more reflective. [...]
• 2009: Ways to make winter better — I get hit pretty hard by the winter blues. The desaturated bleakness of the snow-laden landscape triggers an almost-physical reaction [...]
• 2008: social networking — All that’s needed to turn me from an introvert to a people person is the ability to skip small talk, [...]
• 2008: Searching Your Notes — C-s (isearch-forward) and C-r (isearch-backward) are two of the most useful Emacs keyboard shortcuts you’ll ever learn. To search forward [...]
• 2007: I love to make people’s lives better — Last night, I insisted that my mom stop working. I wanted her to be able to spend some relaxed time with [...]
• 2007: Creating Rainmakers — I spotted an intriguing book today. Creating Rainmakers: The Manager’s Guide to Training Professionals to Attract New Clients. The book [...]
• 2007: Driving lessons II — I can still make U-turns. And park. And deal with inclines. And park. I’m too polite, though! <laugh> Whenever I saw [...]
• 2007: PhDcomics guy in Toronto, and I’m not there! — Join the creator of the popular comic strip for grad students, Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD) Jorge Cham on Wednesday [...]
• 2005: The largest Philippine IT organization is running a search for — The Philippine Computer Society (largest IT organization in the Philippines) is running a search for “Digital Pinay 2005.” They’re looking for [...]
• 2005: Geek-out weekend — Had a fantastic weekend geeking out. Saturday’s TLUG technical presentation introduced me to the joys of Squeak, and I stayed as [...]