Blog posts this week

• How to be dispensable, and why you should document and automate yourself out of a job
• New note-taking workflow with Emacs Org-mode
• Old notes on staffing a virtual conference booth
• Rhetoric
• Tips from remote workers
• What can I do to help make the world more equitable?
• Week ending September 19, 2010

Elsewhere on the Internet

• sachac: @alanlepo 200 people is an older startup, though. ;) I'm thinking tiny. (Sat, Sep 25, 2010)
• sachac: #FF my first five followers when I joined in Feb 2007: @matthewburpee @gabrielmansour @Minger @clothbot @thomasknoll http://bit.ly/first5 (Fri, Sep 24, 2010)
• sachac: @counti8 @CatherineOmega Oh, that sounds like a classic application for “Waiting For” in GTD – pick any GTD-happy tool. (Fri, Sep 24, 2010)
• “Chance Favors the Connected Mind” [Video] (Fri, Sep 24, 2010)
• sachac: Most of the cool Gen Yers I know who might be thinking about Enterprise 2.0 / collaboration are working in startups. Hmm. (Fri, Sep 24, 2010)
• sachac: @TaniaSam Hope you feel better soon! Have plenty of chicken soup. (Fri, Sep 24, 2010)
• The Best-Kept Secret to Frugal Living (Fri, Sep 24, 2010)
• Applying The Fisch Flip To Your Conference Model (Fri, Sep 24, 2010)
• sachac: RT @johannabragge: Analyzing informal networks RT @EskoKilpi MIT Sloan: The Collaborative Organization http://bit.ly/cxmFt9 (Fri, Sep 24, 2010)
• The Collaborative Organization: How to Make Employee Networks Really Work – The Magazine – MIT Sloan Management Review (Fri, Sep 24, 2010)
• 13 Books Well Worth Reading: The Cream of the Book Review Crop (Thu, Sep 23, 2010)
• sachac: @ian_g Oh, thanks! I didn't see 12-passenger vans on their website, but since you told me they had them, I asked their customer service. (Thu, Sep 23, 2010)
• On Leadership (Thu, Sep 23, 2010)
• Latest Happenings in the QS World (Wed, Sep 22, 2010)
• Junction v1.05 (Wed, Sep 22, 2010)
• sachac: Autumnal equinox and super harvest moon tonight, apparently. Enjoy, Northern Hemispherers! #fb (Wed, Sep 22, 2010)
• sachac: @andypiper Of course! @belgort @jrobichaux you should totally interview @andypiper for awesome Lotus evangelism with an English accent ;) (Wed, Sep 22, 2010)
• sachac: @ian_g Good idea! Pity they don't stock 12-passenger vans, though… (Wed, Sep 22, 2010)
• sachac: @andypiper You don't need a podcast to know that @lbenitez and I like Connections… ;) (Wed, Sep 22, 2010)
• sachac: @blm849 Thanks! But no 12-passenger vans at Hertz, it seems. (Wed, Sep 22, 2010)
• What are we working for, really? (Wed, Sep 22, 2010)
• sachac: Considering renting van from Zoom Rent-a-Car. Mixed reviews on Internet, but hard to tell what's real. Go for it, or run away screaming? #fb (Wed, Sep 22, 2010)
• The Myth of the Exceptional Life (Tue, Sep 21, 2010)
• Hyperbole and a Half: This is Why I'll Never be an Adult (Tue, Sep 21, 2010)
• Starwood Hotels Explore Second Life First (Tue, Sep 21, 2010)
• Niagara Falls to Niagara-on-the-Lake – Road biking trip – Everytrail (Tue, Sep 21, 2010)
• Mac's Bikes – Bike Rentals and Tours Niagara Falls (Tue, Sep 21, 2010)
• MIT OpenCourseWare | Writing and Humanistic Studies | 21W.747-1 Rhetoric, Spring 2006 | Home (Tue, Sep 21, 2010)
• sachac: @kittenthebad Oh, yeah, Northstar… =) @lbenitez has more info on that too, I think! (Tue, Sep 21, 2010)
• Comparison of Average Moving Cost Estimates for Different Methods (Tue, Sep 21, 2010)
• Runtime Error on Opening Files (Mon, Sep 20, 2010)
• How To Go From Idea To Launching With Paying Customers In 8 Steps | Jason L. Baptiste (Mon, Sep 20, 2010)
• 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)