Week ending September 19, 2010
Posted: - Modified: | weeklyFrom last week's plans
- Work
- [-] Support Classroom to Client: Collect lessons learned and create new material – People are busy
- [-] Build Connections Toolkit: Make GUI – Decided against Java GUI. Will just build everything into Sametime plugin. Need to set up environment.
- [X] Organize Idea Labs: Update invitation template
- [X] Build career: Prototype Drupal site and learn about new practices along the way
- [X] Build career: Mentor people
- Build career: Also talked to my manager about his idea for a very interesting role
- Build Connections Toolkit: Create arbitrary blog feed exporter
- Build Connections Toolkit: Was interviewed by Bruce and Julian (along with Luis Benitez) regarding Lotus Connections for the Taking Notes podcast
- Innovation Discovery: Created and populated Activity for upcoming Smarter Cities event (Jason Wild)
- Picked up "Collaboration Evangelist" as a cool title from @trondareutle
- Relationships
- [X] Plan wedding: Plan BBQ
- [X] Plan wedding: Make checklist and timeline for next two weeks
- Had a facial
- Learned more about rhetoric =)
- Life
- [X] Improve productivity: File inbox items from my Org file
Plans for next week
- Work
- [ ] Support Classroom to Client: Collect lessons learned and revise material
- [ ] Build Connections Toolkit: Add export to plugin
- [ ] Build Connections Toolkit: Track down a couple of bugs
- [ ] Organize Idea Labs: Finalize invitation for E.S. Idea Lab
- [ ] Build career: Co-present "Leading Innovation" at Showcase Ontario
- Relationships
- [ ] Plan wedding: Consider fixing front garden
- [ ] Plan wedding: Clear stuff to throw / donate
- [ ] Plan wedding: Confirm all travel details
- Life
- [ ] Improve productivity: Apply rhetorical principles to blogging
Elsewhere on the Net:
Review: The Checklist Manifesto (Sun, Sep 19, 2010)
How to change Data Execution Prevention (DEP) settings in Windows 7? (Sat, Sep 18, 2010)
sachac: @researchgoddess *boggle* Watch the Ikea kitty ad instead. It'll make you feel better. =) (Sat, Sep 18, 2010)
sachac: Love how W responds to interpersonal conflict by learning more about rhetoric through books, Internet, and conversations. _So_ marrying him! (Sat, Sep 18, 2010)
sachac: @david_hay @hex_cargo E2.0 is how I plug into the brains of many, many people smarter than I am. =) (Sat, Sep 18, 2010)
sachac: @belgort After all, we've already put the work into it, so we might as well make it more searchable. (Sat, Sep 18, 2010)
sachac: @gilsaints88 @blm849 I decided to bike home anyway. The skirt had two layers and it was still warm out, so I wasn't too worried. =) (Sat, Sep 18, 2010)
sachac: Oh dear, restroom's closed. I'll have to bike home in my office clothes instead of changing into bikewear. What would Superman do? (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @belgort How about I make up for smackdown by mostly de-umming podcast? ;) http://j.mp/aybTw3 Six minutes shaved off. Transcript to follow. (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @BilalJaffery Organizational memory and collaboration software for connectedness. (Extra myelin, thanks!) @roonoid @creckling @lbenitez (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @roonoid @creckling @lbenitez Unless you're referring to, say, obsolete procedures and tools we do want people to forget. =) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @roonoid @creckling @lbenitez But that's part of who we are and helps us shape how we're going to do things (or not) in the future. =) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
The $3 iPad (or Other Tablet) Wall Mount [Clever Uses] (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: Awwww, the @torontolibrary stocks @rawn's awesome book "Social Networking for Business". Yay IBMer! =D (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @kittenthebad Fascinating! Liz Wiseman came out with a book called "Multipliers: how the best leaders make everyone smarter". (2010) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @counti8 Awww. =) @remarkk Don't think of your blog. Take notes while you make things happen, and then post notes that might help others. (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @trondareutle I like "collaboration evangelist" more than "tech evangelist" or "Enterprise 2.0 evangelist". Thanks for the idea! =) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @trondareutle Enterprise 2.0 evangelist on IBM card. Tech evangelist, storyteller, geek on my extra card and on my internal/external blogs (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @jrobichaux I've been thinking about adding "toolsmith" to that, possibly replacing/clarifying "geek". =) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @jrobichaux Thanks for nsftools! =) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: Evangelizing Lotus Connections with @lbenitez, @belgort, @jrobichaux and me 37:35 http://planetlotus.org/743e12 #lotusconnections #ibm (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
Nil by mouth – Roger Ebert's Journal (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @belgort Have a nap. You deserve it. =) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: #FF Lotus geeks: @lbenitez @belgort @jrobichaux @notessensei @alanlepo =) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @belgort Yes! And @jrobichaux too! =) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @lbenitez I should develop a radio voice too! (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @kittenthebad Exponential value for the win. =) (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: Had tons of fun recording Taking Notes podcast with @belgort and @lbenitez =) @curiousmitch You'll like it! (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
Puño’s TEDx Madrid Sketchboards (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
sachac: @belgort Just sent you background for podcast tomorrow, in case you find that useful for asking questions and exploring conversation threads (Fri, Sep 17, 2010)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg shows how feminism is done. Again. – By Dahlia Lithwick – Slate Magazine (Thu, Sep 16, 2010)
sachac: Like @kittenthebad's take on dealing with difficult people, being dispensable: http://catehuston.com/blog/2010/09/14/being-dispensable . =) (Thu, Sep 16, 2010)
All Us Christensens: Sweet nothings (Thu, Sep 16, 2010)
sachac: @kittenthebad Thanks for sharing it with others! Getting better at realizing what I'm not hearing or reading. (Thu, Sep 16, 2010)
sachac: Toronto Startup Wknd Sept 24-26: @leilaboujnane and other cool speakers. toronto.startupweekend.org Not going, but looks like fun! (Thu, Sep 16, 2010)
One Life Japan: Experience the Japan Countryside by Bike and Foot (Thu, Sep 16, 2010)
The Diarists' Art (Thu, Sep 16, 2010)
Sweet nothings (Wed, Sep 15, 2010)
findutils – GNU Project – Free Software Foundation (FSF) (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
Being Dispensable (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
sachac: @twitteratti It's fun watching geeks of different persuasions. (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
sachac: @BilalJaffery My sister cooks by feel. She makes awesome stuff, but you have to enjoy it then, as it's probably never going to happen again. (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
sachac: @blm849 I lack the experience to make up for a lack of intuition, so I have to follow the craft approach for now. =) (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
sachac: @trajano @gilsaints88 Tried disabling all the firewalls. Still no joy. Oh well! Will put XAMPP on the XP comp instead, as I can access it. (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
sachac: Okay. @gabrielmansour @lindaristevski and other awesome people. Snakes and Lattes. Friday? Help me keep sane during wedding planning. =) (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
sachac: @blm849 There's an interesting distinction between people who enjoy cooking with recipes and people who cook without them. (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
Blog U.: Naming Assumptions – University of Venus – Inside Higher Ed (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
“You just need to get started” is bad advice (Tue, Sep 14, 2010)
Removing [nid:n] in nodereference autocomplete – Stack Overflow (Mon, Sep 13, 2010)
sachac: @belgort @lbenitez I'm sachachua83, and I'm in EDT. (Mon, Sep 13, 2010)
sachac: Grr, can ping Linux -> XP, Linux -> Win 7, and Win 7 -> Win XP, but can't ping Win XP -> Linux. #fb (Mon, Sep 13, 2010)
Creating a Compound Field Module for CCK in Drupal 6.x | Poplar ProductivityWare |(Mon, Sep 13, 2010)
sachac: @lbenitez @belgort Sure, sounds good. Sep 17? (Mon, Sep 13, 2010)
sachac: So happy. =) People ask, "Where's the wiki so we can share files?" (They mean Activities.) I think it's starting to become expected. (Mon, Sep 13, 2010)
Baumkuchen (Mon, Sep 13, 2010)
Barbecue on a Budget: Throw a Cook-Out for 20 for Under $120 | TradingMarkets.com (Sun, Sep 12, 2010)
sachac: @hypatiadotca Happy to drop them off at the HackLab open house if Tuesday's not rainy. =) With jam, too, for toast and stuff! (Sat, Sep 11, 2010)
sachac: #FF @lindaristevski @ian_g @blm849 @skemsley @taniasam @hypatiadotca @hilarity_ensues @accordionguy @ianirving and other friends in Toronto (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
sachac: @mikesansone Thanks for the #FF! =) (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
sachac: @hypatiadotca All win belong to you. =) Have you decided re location? Want jalapeno peppers? Our garden overfloweth, but not enough to can. (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
IKEA Lets 100 Cats Loose in Store – TIME NewsFeed (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
Ikea Happy Inside Cats Video (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
sachac: @blm849 Oh, absolutely. =) Lies, damned lies, and statistics, and all that. ;) (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
sachac: Ikea cat ad makes me feel happy inside: http://vodpod.com/watch/4408918-ikea-happy-inside-cats (more home-like than cookies baking in oven) (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
8 recommended books on visual thinking (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
For every site a make file (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
sachac: @lbenitez Good luck! I think the #ibmexperience is awesome. =) (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
sachac: @jamiemcquay Congratulations! May you have many more anniversaries to come. =) (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
sachac: City of Toronto has sense of humour, yay. =) E-waste: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/09/city-of-torontos-e-w.html (pity about backslash) (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
sachac: @debh2u Thanks for the #FF, and for sharing those slides with your friends! =) (Fri, Sep 10, 2010)
sachac: @blm849 But it's so fun exposing people's actual behavior using statistics, like the post you linked to… ;) My, what a datastore. (Thu, Sep 9, 2010)
sachac: @kittenthebad Sometime, when life settles down a bit for both of us. =) The good thing about happiness is that it's a timeless topic. (Thu, Sep 9, 2010)
The Joy of Less (Thu, Sep 9, 2010)
sachac: @kittenthebad Doing awesome! Attended virtual networking thing for IBM remote employees yesterday, had fun, wrote up notes. Posting soon. =) (Thu, Sep 9, 2010)
sachac: @blm849 Fascinating! I'm always up for statistical analyses and models of communication. See also: okcupid blog. (Thu, Sep 9, 2010)
Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: How To Tell Who Is Influencing Whom in a Group Discussion (Thu, Sep 9, 2010)
sachac: @blm849 Or a cat with pointy bits. =) (Thu, Sep 9, 2010)
Are You Saving Too Much? (Thu, Sep 9, 2010)
Spigit Offers Release S3 to a Maturing Market (Thu, Sep 9, 2010)
Getting a job: Is there a motherhood penalty? (Wed, Sep 8, 2010)
ChessBase.com – Chess News – Male chess players show elevated aggressiveness against women (Wed, Sep 8, 2010)
sachac: @allanschoenberg We need fewer rockstars (http://j.mp/b5yjbg) and more humans. ;) Thanks for the rec, @jgombita! (Wed, Sep 8, 2010)
sachac: Accidentally in Code » 10 Things I Learned About Presenting in Extreme Blue: http://disq.us/m6akl (@kittenthebad) (Wed, Sep 8, 2010)
Accidentally in Code » 10 Things I Learned About Presenting in Extreme Blue (Wed, Sep 8, 2010)
Blog:Tomas Roggero » Blog Archive » Lifestream Documentation and Debugging(Wed, Sep 8, 2010)
sachac: @MarcinMokaPhoto Hello to you too! =) (Wed, Sep 8, 2010)
Teach a Kid to Argue – Figures of Speech (Wed, Sep 8, 2010)
sachac: @heidigoseek I find I can't stand listening to nonfiction – reading is so much faster. Fiction, though, when read really well… Awesome! (Tue, Sep 7, 2010)
sachac: @heidigoseek We regularly raid the library for audiobooks, movies, and magazines… =) Yay libraries! (Tue, Sep 7, 2010)
sachac: @heidigoseek We're big fans of the Bartimaeus trilogy, read by Nathaniel Parker. =) (Tue, Sep 7, 2010)
The Philippine Traditional Costumes (Tue, Sep 7, 2010)
FILIPINO GIRL PAPER DOLL CARD TOPPER SET OF 2 by kirakirahoshi (Tue, Sep 7, 2010)
Why Is Knowledge Sharing Important? A Matter of Survival (Mon, Sep 6, 2010)
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