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Headlines for Tuesday:
- When you're between freelance projects... 08:42
- Broadband Mechanics is hiring 09:12
- Harry Potter alter-ego 09:43
- Awful advertising antics and how to fix trade shows 13:32
- Toastmasters speech! Ack! Ack!
Tasks
Priorities - A: high, B: medium, C: low; Status - _: unfinished, X: finished, C: cancelled, P: pending, o: in progress, >: delegated. Covey quadrants - Q1 & Q3: urgent, Q1 & Q2: important
| B | X | @0800-0900 Quick chat with Dominique |
| A | X | @1500-1700 Q1 Attend lecture in BA1230 from 2005.10.11 (mie1407f) |
| B | X | @1800-2000 Q2 Attend Toast IT at Metro Hall, 55 John St., 3rd floor - Toronto from 2005.10.11 |
| A | X | @1930-2030 Learn _tons_ of good stuff from GG |
| C | X | @2100-2400 Attend TLUG meeting |
| A | X | Return bike on Tuesday |
Priorities - A: high, B: medium, C: low; Status - _: unfinished, X: finished, C: cancelled, P: pending, o: in progress, >: delegated. Covey quadrants - Q1 & Q3: urgent, Q1 & Q2: important
| A | X | Organize my Toastmasters folder |
| A | X | Find random procrastination-related bits on the Net |
| A | X | Lay index cards out in rough outline |
Notes
1. When you're between freelance projects...
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Check out Clair Ching's insightful guide to what to do in between freelance projects. =)
2. Broadband Mechanics is hiring
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Broadband Mechanics is hiring. They're looking for
blogging-related hacking - RSS/syndication, blogging APIs, XML-RPC, REST, and all that sort of stuff.
You can work from anywhere in the world.
These people are cool. I met one of them--Phillip Pearson--at a programming competition when I was in high school. He has good karma. Wouldn't mind working with BBM, but I should concentrate on my thesis first. =)
And they support open standards. Yay Broadband Mechanics!
3. Harry Potter alter-ego
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And if Marcelle is Voldemort, I'm mostly Hermione. Not that that will surprise anyone, really...
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4. Awful advertising antics and how to fix trade shows
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Don Marti, Clair and I have been talking about
horrible advertising antics. Don told us it gets even worse. Check out Press Release: Sexy Viruses Personified, Steal the Show. Sheesh.
He has awesome tips for holding a good technical trade show. Check out Doc Searls' advice, too.
The next seven days
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| % Dinner | Thai food |
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