September 2010

Date	Title	Comments	Categories
Sep 30	Book: How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic	4	book, reading
Sep 29	Book: Thank You for Arguing	3	book, communication, reading
Sep 28	Book: Getting to Yes	1	book, communication, reading
Sep 27	Systematically eliminating choices	7	life
Sep 26	Week ending September 26, 2010	2	weekly
Sep 25	How to be dispensable, and why you should document and automate yourself out of a job	11	career, tips, work
Sep 24	New note-taking workflow with Emacs Org-mode	18	emacs, kaizen, notetaking, org, productivity
Sep 23	Old notes on staffing a virtual conference booth		conference, connecting, event
Sep 22	Rhetoric	15	communication, love, reading
Sep 21	Tips from remote workers		ibm, tips, work
Sep 20	What can I do to help make the world more equitable?	2	Uncategorized
Sep 19	Week ending September 19, 2010	1	weekly
Sep 18	Getting past generation-based conversations	2	gen-y
Sep 17	Welcome, listeners of the Taking Notes podcast!		lotus
Sep 17	Tips for entrepreneurs		entrepreneurship
Sep 16	‘round the bend	2	Uncategorized
Sep 15	Towards equity		Uncategorized
Sep 14	Filipiniana	3	clothing, filipino, philippines
Sep 13	Week ending September 12, 2010		weekly
Sep 12	Getting the WordPress Lifestream plugin to work on my blog	5	geek, wordpress
Sep 11	Emacs Org mode and publishing a weekly review	7	emacs, kaizen, org, process
Sep 10	Monthly review: August 2010		monthly
Sep 9	Stuff is just stuff, and experiences are just experiences	13	life
Sep 8	Labour Day painting		life, sketches
Sep 7	Redoing things		family, life
Sep 6	Week ending September 5, 2010		weekly
Sep 5	Fit for You: Thinking about my priorities	2	career, life, reflection
Sep 4	Thinking of autumn	1	gardening, life
Sep 3	The value of constraints		life, productivity
Sep 2	Book: Leading Outside the Lines		book, management, organization, reading, work
Sep 1	It’s okay if you can’t remember or spell my name; being human	8	connecting

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