| Date | Title | Categories |
|---|
| Jan 1 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 31, 2010 |
weekly |
| Jan 2 |
Sick days |
life, sketches |
| Jan 3 |
Momentum and holidays |
life, productivity |
| Jan 4 |
Sketches: If you want to make the most of your next conference, you should blog |
blogging, sketches, tips |
| Jan 5 |
Marking up books |
book, reading |
| Jan 6 |
Moving my book notes online |
emacs, reading |
| Jan 7 |
Emacs, BBDB, and getting your contacts on the Android or iPhone |
android, bbdb, emacs |
| Jan 8 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 7, 2011 |
weekly |
| Jan 9 |
Snippets from life |
life |
| Jan 10 |
Work on the business from the outside, not in it – Book: Effortless entrepreneur |
book, entrepreneurship, reading |
| Jan 11 |
Wrapping up projects and preparing for the next one |
career, ibm, work |
| Jan 12 |
Three tips for cheerful chores |
life, productivity |
| Jan 13 |
Book: Let’s Get Real About Money: Profit from the Habits of the Best Personal Finance Managers |
book, finance |
| Jan 14 |
13,705 steps and counting |
android, life |
| Jan 15 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 14, 2011 |
weekly |
| Jan 15 |
Emacs 24 and the package manager |
emacs |
| Jan 16 |
Switched my Fido plan |
|
| Jan 17 |
Batch baking for fun and awesomeness |
cooking |
| Jan 17 |
Sketchnotes: Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Project book tour |
happy, sketches, sketchnotes |
| Jan 18 |
Of recipes and memories |
cooking |
| Jan 19 |
Fun and rational economic theory: reflections on the book “The Logic of Life” |
book, life, reflection |
| Jan 20 |
Monthly review: December 2010 |
monthly |
| Jan 21 |
Sketchnotes from Quantified Self Toronto meetup #3 |
quantified, sketches, sketchnotes |
| Jan 22 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 21, 2011 |
weekly |
| Jan 23 |
Sketches: What index cards are teaching me about drawing |
presentation, sketches |
| Jan 24 |
Unbaffled |
sketches |
| Jan 25 |
Tweaking fun and nudging myself out of procrastination |
kaizen, life, productivity |
| Jan 26 |
Cross-posting between Lotus Connections blogs and a personal blog |
blogging, ibm |
| Jan 26 |
Draft Lotusphere BoF on working with the Connections API |
conference, ibm, lotus, presentation |
| Jan 27 |
A braindump of tips for other new immigrants from the Philippines |
canada, philippines, tips |
| Jan 28 |
Pre-conference networking tips for the Instructional Technology Strategies Conference |
conference, connecting, sketches, speaking, tips |
| Jan 29 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 28, 2011 |
weekly |
| Feb 4 |
Lotusphere 2011 wrap-up |
conference, ibm, lotus |
| Feb 4 |
A story of pi |
geek |
| Feb 5 |
On appearance and bias: thoughts from the Nerd Girls panel at Lotusphere 2011 |
reflection, women |
| Feb 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 4, 2011 |
weekly |
| Feb 6 |
Monthly review: January 2011 |
monthly |
| Feb 6 |
Disagreement and the road to trusting yourself |
kaizen, life |
| Feb 7 |
Working on estimates |
geek, ibm, learning |
| Feb 9 |
Things to write about: questions for your blogger’s block |
blogging |
| Feb 9 |
Thinking about personal random moment studies |
geek, productivity, quantified |
| Feb 10 |
Hackbuzzbuzzbuzz |
geek, life |
| Feb 11 |
Books to write |
plans, writing |
| Feb 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 11, 2011 |
weekly |
| Feb 13 |
On friendship and getting better at it |
kaizen, life, reflection |
| Feb 14 |
On presenting, anxiety, and moving forward |
speaking |
| Feb 14 |
More about getting 27″ washers and dryers down 26″ hallways |
life |
| Feb 15 |
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Webinar: Energy, Interaction, and ROI |
presentation, speaking, tips |
| Feb 16 |
From zero to hero: a newbie’s guide to learning and building a reputation along the way |
blogging, learning |
| Feb 16 |
Imagine success for social media |
blogging, connecting, kaizen, story, web2.0, writing |
| Feb 18 |
On friendship and becoming more social |
connecting |
| Feb 18 |
Book: Daddy Long Legs, and letters |
book, reading, writing |
| Feb 18 |
LinkedIn tip: Customize your profile URL |
connecting, tips, web2.0 |
| Feb 19 |
Decision review: Limiting my blog to one post a day |
blogging, kaizen, reflection, sketches, writing |
| Feb 19 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 18, 2011 |
weekly |
| Feb 20 |
Waking up: looking at my data |
geek, life, quantified, sketches |
| Feb 21 |
ITSC guide to conference awesomeness |
conference, connecting, event, presentation, sketches, speaking |
| Feb 22 |
How I spent my Family Day weekend |
sketches |
| Feb 22 |
Kaizen: Thinking about presentations |
kaizen, life, speaking |
| Feb 23 |
Posted revised “Remote Presentations That Rock” presentation |
presentation, sketches, speaking |
| Feb 24 |
Get More Value from Blogging, part I: The Immediate Benefits of Thought |
blogging, life, reflection, tips, web2.0 |
| Feb 25 |
Get More Value from Blogging, part II: The Compounding Value of an Archive |
blogging, tips, web2.0, writing |
| Feb 25 |
Trying out Slideshare’s new Zipcast feature |
presentation, speaking |
| Feb 26 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 25, 2011 |
weekly |
| Feb 26 |
Get More Value from Blogging, part III: Sharing Makes the Blog Go ‘Round |
blogging, tips |
| Feb 28 |
Get More Value from Blogging, part IV: Connecting with People |
blogging, connecting, tips |
| Mar 1 |
Dealing with intimidating projects |
career, ibm, work |
| Mar 1 |
Get More Value from Blogging, part V: Communication Matters |
blogging, tips, web2.0, writing |
| Mar 3 |
Questions and answers from #infoboomSC tweetchat on blogging |
blogging, tips, web2.0, writing |
| Mar 4 |
Get More Value from Blogging, part VI: Let’s Get Down to Business |
blogging, business, career, tips, web2.0, work, writing |
| Mar 5 |
Presentation experiment: Shy Connector, Six Steps to Sharing, and other presentations in March! |
presentation, speaking |
| Mar 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 4, 2011 |
weekly |
| Mar 6 |
Monthly review: February 2011 |
monthly |
| Mar 8 |
Can’t see cross-domain images in your Flash file? Make a crossdomain.xml |
geek |
| Mar 8 |
Quick notes from Emacs Org-mode talk at GTALUG |
emacs, presentation, speaking |
| Mar 9 |
Leveling up as a developer! |
geek, ibm, work |
| Mar 10 |
Trying MemoLane (social timeline) |
web2.0 |
| Mar 11 |
Math and energy |
learning, life, teaching |
| Mar 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 11, 2011 |
weekly |
| Mar 13 |
Get More Value from Blogging, Part VII: Inspiring Yourself and Inspiring Others |
blogging, tips, web2.0, writing |
| Mar 14 |
Coconut buns and the economics of home awesomeness |
cooking, family, life, love, reflection |
| Mar 14 |
Continuing experiments with Slideshare’s Zipcast web conferences |
speaking |
| Mar 15 |
Recipes: Coconut cocktail bun recipe |
cooking, cookordie |
| Mar 16 |
Thinking about a developer setup template |
geek, ibm, kaizen, work |
| Mar 17 |
Decision trees and self-challenges: how my laptop’s recent battery failure is a great excuse to think |
analysis, decision, geek, kaizen |
| Mar 18 |
Cats: 0, toilet paper monster: 1; also, ArtRage and Autodesk Sketchbook Pro |
cat, drawing, family, life, sketches |
| Mar 19 |
Spring! |
gardening, life, sketches |
| Mar 20 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 18, 2011 |
weekly |
| Mar 21 |
Pirate kitties |
cat, sketches |
| Mar 21 |
Learning more about Websphere and web service development |
development, geek, ibm |
| Mar 22 |
Shanghaippy birthday, John Grimme! Recipe: Lumpiang shanghai |
cooking, family, sketches |
| Mar 23 |
The three argumenteers |
sketches |
| Mar 26 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 25, 2011 |
weekly |
| Mar 27 |
Filling in the learning gaps |
sketches, teaching |
| Mar 28 |
On typing in Dvorak |
geek, tips |
| Mar 29 |
Helping kids learn about automation |
teaching |
| Mar 29 |
More thoughts on time analysis: correlations and revealed preferences |
analysis, geek, quantified, time |
| Mar 31 |
Becoming a faster developer |
development, geek |
| Mar 31 |
Quid est nōmen tuum? Nōmen meum est “Sacha” |
learning |
| Apr 1 |
Running the Selenium IDE testing plugin with Firefox 4 |
development, geek |
| Apr 2 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 1, 2011 |
weekly |
| Apr 3 |
Starting up our garden |
gardening |
| Apr 4 |
The Busy Person’s Guide to Learning from the Network (a guide for IBMers) |
ibm, learning, presentation, tips, work |
| Apr 4 |
Setting up Ruby on Rails on a Redhat Enterprise Linux Rackspace Cloud Server |
development, geek, rails, ruby, work |
| Apr 5 |
Helping kids learn algebra |
learning, life, teaching |
| Apr 6 |
Why we use more than math textbooks and general-purpose resources |
learning, teaching |
| Apr 7 |
Spousonomics: Using economics to master love, marriage, and dirty dishes |
analysis, book, love, reading, research |
| Apr 8 |
Decision review: Battery |
geek |
| Apr 9 |
Writing more about life |
blogging, decision, writing |
| Apr 10 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 8, 2011 |
weekly |
| Apr 11 |
On developing a reputation for project work |
ibm, mentoring, work |
| Apr 12 |
Math study group: Positive and negative numbers |
education, learning, life, teaching |
| Apr 13 |
Still cold? Wear a hat to bed |
life, tips |
| Apr 14 |
Using behavioural economics to motivate yourself when working on risky projects |
analysis, career, work |
| Apr 15 |
Three cat life |
cat, kaizen, life |
| Apr 17 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 15, 2011 |
weekly |
| Apr 17 |
Study group update: negative numbers, exponents, and awesomeness |
learning, life, teaching |
| Apr 18 |
Learning from my mood data |
geek, quantified |
| Apr 19 |
Making better use of travel time |
kaizen, life, time, travel |
| Apr 20 |
Compost magic and happiness |
gardening, life |
| Apr 21 |
Mr. Fluffers: Stray or not stray? |
analysis, cat, decision, life |
| Apr 22 |
Back in the garden, the perennials are coming back |
gardening, life |
| Apr 23 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 22, 2011 |
weekly |
| Apr 24 |
Monthly review: March 2011 |
monthly |
| Apr 25 |
Writing macrons in Linux for Latin pronunciation |
emacs, geek, learning |
| Apr 26 |
Stuff or experiences |
analysis, decision, finance, life, reflection |
| Apr 27 |
The enemy of your enemy is your friend: mnemonics and negative integers |
education, learning, life, teaching |
| Apr 28 |
Remote training that rocks |
ibm, presentation, speaking |
| Apr 28 |
Giving a presentation using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro and a web conference |
kaizen, presentation, sketches, speaking |
| Apr 29 |
Study group: Flashcards and the Leitner method |
education, geek, learning, life, teaching |
| Apr 30 |
"An Easy Method for Beginners in Latin" and macron-insensitive search for Tiddlywiki |
geek |
| Apr 30 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 29, 2011 |
weekly |
| May 1 |
Negative productivity and learning from oopses |
geek, productivity, tips, work |
| May 2 |
Thoughts from marriage: Learning together |
learning, life |
| May 3 |
Cucumber, Capybara, and the joys of integration testing in Rails |
geek, rails |
| May 4 |
On people changing companies |
career, work |
| May 5 |
Tweaking married life for everyday happiness |
life |
| May 7 |
Rails: Exporting data from specific tables into fixtures |
geek, rails |
| May 8 |
Condensing requirements into use cases |
ibm, learning, work |
| May 9 |
On kids and the learning of tangible things |
life |
| May 10 |
Rails: Paperclip needs attributes defined by attr_accessible, not just attr_accessor |
development, geek, rails |
| May 11 |
Back from the Netherlands |
family, life |
| May 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 6, 2011 |
weekly |
| May 13 |
First foray into community-supported agriculture |
cooking, kaizen, life |
| May 14 |
Cattus Petasatus |
learning |
| May 15 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 13, 2011 |
weekly |
| May 16 |
Rails: Preserving test data |
development, geek, rails |
| May 17 |
Finding the bright side of business travel |
travel, work |
| May 17 |
Walking outside my comfort zone – bike? push/kick scooter? |
analysis, decision, kaizen, travel |
| May 18 |
Ordered a Kindle with free 3G |
geek, kaizen, travel |
| May 20 |
Travel updates: GPS, Pearl Street, Vibram toe shoes |
geek, kaizen, travel |
| May 20 |
Waiting for my Kindle |
geek |
| May 21 |
Presentation draft: Mentoring on the Network |
mentoring, presentation, speaking |
| May 21 |
Notes from the airport: Missed my flight; not the end of the world after all |
travel |
| May 22 |
Victoria Day weekend: back to the garden |
gardening |
| May 23 |
Gardening: Horticultural investments, social dividends |
connecting, gardening |
| May 24 |
Experimenting with standing desks |
geek, kaizen, life |
| May 25 |
The flow of opportunities in a large company |
ibm, work |
| May 26 |
Taking a break while working on presentations |
speaking |
| May 27 |
Developing a workflow with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro |
drawing, sketches, speaking |
| May 28 |
Weekly review: Weeks ending May 20, 2011 and May 27, 2011 |
weekly |
| May 29 |
May 29, 2011: bagels, banana bread, bok choi, bath stuff, and books |
life, sketches |
| May 29 |
Dealing with a bad calendar week |
geek, kaizen, life |
| May 30 |
Made a kitty soap holder |
sewing |
| May 30 |
Seasons and salad days |
cooking |
| May 31 |
Learning from Mr. Collins: Practice, conversation, and what to do when someone says something mean |
communication, life |
| Jun 1 |
VMWare, Samba, Eclipse, and XDebug: Mixing a virtual Linux environment with a Microsoft Windows development environment |
development, drupal, geek |
| Jun 1 |
Hungry hungry compost and other garden updates |
gardening |
| Jun 2 |
It’s Bike Month in Toronto! |
|
| Jun 3 |
Monthly reviews: April and May 2011 |
monthly |
| Jun 4 |
Decision review: calendars, development, standing desks, toe shoes, Kindle, bike, CSA, Autodesk Sketchbook, blogging |
decision, kaizen, review |
| Jun 4 |
Bike ride in the rain |
|
| Jun 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 3, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 6 |
Plans for summer: Relationships, work, gardening, biking, drawing and photography, making, and finances |
planning |
| Jun 6 |
Made a stuff sack for J- |
life, sewing |
| Jun 7 |
Negative optimization |
geek, rails |
| Jun 8 |
Thinking about our development practices |
development, geek, kaizen |
| Jun 9 |
Drush, Simpletest, and continuous integration for Drupal using Jenkins (previously Hudson) |
drupal, geek |
| Jun 9 |
Sketchnotes from Democamp Toronto 29, June 2011 |
democamp, geek, sketches, sketchnotes |
| Jun 10 |
Managing configuration changes in Drupal |
development, drupal, geek, work |
| Jun 11 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 11, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 12 |
Getting things ready for the next week: cooking and gardening |
gardening, kaizen |
| Jun 13 |
This is what my blog looks like on paper |
blogging, life, reflection, writing |
| Jun 13 |
Decision review: Kitchen counter computing (ad hoc standing desk) |
decision, geek, kaizen, review |
| Jun 14 |
Cook Or Die Season II: Community-Supported Agriculture |
cooking, cookordie |
| Jun 14 |
Kaizen in the little things: The way the door opens |
kaizen, sketches |
| Jun 15 |
Make-ahead meals |
cooking |
| Jun 16 |
Personal projects |
decision, kaizen, life, productivity |
| Jun 16 |
Getting the hang of community-supported agriculture |
cooking, cookordie |
| Jun 17 |
Gardening notes: Cut-and-come-again lettuce |
gardening |
| Jun 18 |
An abundance of cilantro, now freezing in cubes; strawberries and peas |
cooking, gardening |
| Jun 18 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 18, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 19 |
Thinking about speaking topics |
braindump |
| Jun 20 |
Switching back to Linux as my development host |
development, geek, work |
| Jun 21 |
(500) days of salad |
cooking |
| Jun 22 |
Portal 2 and teachable moments in argument |
communication, life, teaching |
| Jun 23 |
Portal 2 |
geek |
| Jun 24 |
Mindful spending, experiments, and living in line with your values |
analysis, decision, kaizen |
| Jun 25 |
Strawberry rhubarb baking |
cooking |
| Jun 25 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 25, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 26 |
Writing your way past “What have I been doing with my life?” |
blogging, kaizen, life, reflection, writing |
| Jun 27 |
Learning from the speeches of grade seven students |
learning, speaking |
| Jun 28 |
Drupal notes from helping a client improve her development environment |
drupal, geek |
| Jun 29 |
Meaning and acknowledgement |
book, education, learning, teaching |
| Jun 30 |
Context-switching and a four-project day |
drupal, geek, rails, work |
| Jul 1 |
Four-day weekend ahead |
planning |
| Jul 1 |
How I organize my personal finances |
finance |
| Jul 2 |
Getting a grip on a large database migration |
drupal, geek |
| Jul 3 |
Fifty kilometers on my bicycle |
|
| Jul 4 |
Embracing Pollyanna |
happy |
| Jul 5 |
Organizing my digital life |
geek |
| Jul 6 |
Hacking Drupal views and taxonomy: looking for 100% matching of terms |
drupal, geek |
| Jul 7 |
Planning for summer |
education, life, planning |
| Jul 8 |
In an imperfect world |
life, reflection |
| Jul 9 |
Thinking about activities to share with others |
analysis, kaizen, life, reflection |
| Jul 10 |
Weekly review: Two weeks ending July 9, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Jul 11 |
Monthly review: June 2011 |
review |
| Jul 12 |
On cherry tomatoes, frugality, and wanting |
life |
| Jul 13 |
Love, web development, and imaginary friends |
geek |
| Jul 14 |
The first blueberries from our garden |
gardening |
| Jul 15 |
A zucchini a day keeps the vegetable drawer okay |
cooking |
| Jul 16 |
Cake was not a lie |
cooking |
| Jul 17 |
An elephant love story: Real stories of Manila Zoo |
life |
| Jul 18 |
Piano lessons |
life |
| Jul 19 |
Dealing with web development and stress |
work |
| Jul 20 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 16, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Jul 21 |
Dealing with a heat wave in Toronto |
life |
| Jul 22 |
Starting piano again |
learning |
| Jul 23 |
Rhetoric and the Manila Zoo; reflections on conversations and a request for insight |
|
| Jul 24 |
Public transit day |
life |
| Jul 25 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 24, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Jul 26 |
Cats in high places |
cat |
| Jul 27 |
Sketchnotes from Quantified Self Toronto meetup: Conferences, pollution sensing, and growing old at home |
quantified, sketches, sketchnotes |
| Jul 28 |
Piano lesson week 2 |
learning |
| Jul 29 |
Long weekend ahead |
sketches, work |
| Jul 30 |
Mornings at our house |
cat, sketches |
| Jul 31 |
Software and making pots |
geek, sketches, work |
| Aug 1 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 31, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Aug 1 |
Looking back at life as a 27-year-old |
review, yearly |
| Aug 2 |
Rhetoric and advocacy: the value of a different approach |
|
| Aug 3 |
Learning by imitation: getting inspired by Exploding Dog |
sketches |
| Aug 4 |
Drupal and JQuery 1.5: Fixing the JSON encoding of ampersands |
drupal, geek, work |
| Aug 5 |
Drupal, HTML Purifier, and embedding IFRAMES from YouTube |
drupal, geek, work |
| Aug 6 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 5, 2011; thoughts on discretionary time |
review, weekly |
| Aug 7 |
Jalapeño jelly |
cooking, life |
| Aug 8 |
Drupal: Overriding Drupal autocompletion to pass more parameters |
drupal, geek |
| Aug 9 |
Decision: Piano lessons? |
analysis, decision |
| Aug 10 |
Lessons learned from project M |
drupal, ibm, kaizen, review, work |
| Aug 11 |
Thinking about blogging and planning ahead |
blogging, planning, writing |
| Aug 12 |
Living an awesome life as a 27-year-old: a year in blog posts |
blogging, review, yearly |
| Aug 13 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 12, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Aug 14 |
Reflections on creativity |
life |
| Aug 15 |
Volunteer notes: Free Geek Toronto |
geek |
| Aug 16 |
Discovering Yourself through Blogging (free teleconference Aug 16, 6 PM PDT, 9 PM EDT, 9 AM Philippine time) |
blogging, life, sketches, writing |
| Aug 17 |
Session follow-up #1: Discovering Yourself through Blogging |
blogging, presentation, speaking |
| Aug 18 |
Thinking my way through a tough MS SQL Server 2000 replication problem |
geek, ibm, work |
| Aug 19 |
Git bisect and reversing a mistaken patch |
development, geek |
| Aug 20 |
Kids’ cartoons and learning piano |
learning, life |
| Aug 21 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 19, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Aug 22 |
Thinking about outsourcing transcription or doing it myself |
analysis, decision, kaizen, speaking |
| Aug 22 |
“Hello, Monday!” comic series launched on IBM intranet home page; now I’m a comic artist! |
ibm, sketches |
| Aug 23 |
Built a USB foot pedal using the Arduino Uno |
geek |
| Aug 24 |
How to set up more frequent merge replications in SQL Server 2000 |
geek, work |
| Aug 25 |
Re-setting up my computer |
geek |
| Aug 26 |
Practising drawing |
sketches |
| Aug 26 |
Mailing non-Emacs users your Org notes |
emacs, org, tips |
| Aug 27 |
Code and circuit for a six-function Arduino-based USB footswitch |
geek, sketches |
| Aug 28 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 27, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Aug 29 |
Drupal debugging story: Rules defined in multiple Features |
drupal, geek, story |
| Aug 30 |
Batch cooking |
cooking, kaizen |
| Aug 31 |
Getting rid of the “I can’t draw”s |
drawing, sketches |
| Sep 1 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 1): Blogging and introverts |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Sep 2 |
Notes on transcription with and without a foot pedal |
analysis, decision, kaizen, review |
| Sep 3 |
Starting up my experiments in delegation again; the difference between what I want to do and what I want to see |
delegation |
| Sep 4 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 2, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 5 |
Thinking about improving our freezer use |
cooking, kaizen |
| Sep 6 |
Drupal: Finding nodes through autocomplete |
drupal |
| Sep 7 |
Decision: Not getting an Ontario Science Centre family membership |
analysis, decision, life |
| Sep 8 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 2): Growing into blogging |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Sep 9 |
Dusting off my Sony Vaio U1 |
geek |
| Sep 10 |
Tweaking the fingerprint settings on my Lenovo X220T |
geek, laptop |
| Sep 11 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 9, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 12 |
Thinking about getting better at decisions |
analysis, decision |
| Sep 13 |
Deliberate practice, typing faster, and Emacs |
emacs, geek |
| Sep 14 |
Free Geek Toronto: Notes from the build session |
geek |
| Sep 15 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 3): Blogging and other social tools |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Sep 16 |
Learning new tricks about learning: maps and history |
learning, life, sketches, teaching |
| Sep 17 |
Back to school, back to study groups |
life, teaching |
| Sep 17 |
Monthly review: June, July, and August 2011 |
monthly, review |
| Sep 18 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 16, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 19 |
IBM Comic: Watson on helpdesk duty; variants |
ibm, sketches, work |
| Sep 20 |
Update on typing: Added AutoCorrect hotkey script, now clocking in at 118wpm |
kaizen |
| Sep 21 |
Planning for currency conversion |
decision, travel |
| Sep 22 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 4): Parenting |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Sep 23 |
Working with the Editorial Calendar plugin for WordPress; on scheduling posts |
blogging, geek, tips, wordpress |
| Sep 24 |
Batch cooking, community-supported agriculture, and gardening |
cooking, gardening |
| Sep 25 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 23, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 26 |
Quantified: How I spent seven weeks |
analysis, geek, quantified |
| Sep 27 |
From the feeds: entrepreneurship, teaching, biking, riding |
|
| Sep 28 |
Getting better at working at the office |
kaizen, work |
| Sep 29 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 5): Getting started |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Sep 30 |
Converted my Arduino foot pedal into a Teensy foot pedal! |
geek |
| Oct 1 |
It turns out that “I suck” moments are more negotiable than I thought |
happy, life |
| Oct 2 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 30, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Oct 3 |
Tracking and organizing my clothes: substituting mathematics for fashion sense |
analysis, clothing, geek, organization, photography, quantified, rails |
| Oct 4 |
From the feeds: Saving money, making money, balancing life, reading books, and making rainbows |
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| Oct 5 |
Learning browser-based testing with Selenium |
development, geek, work |
| Oct 6 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 6): Looking back |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Oct 7 |
Decision review: Marrying W- |
decision, life, review |
| Oct 8 |
Tweaking my Windows 7 setup more: Emacs on all virtual desktops! |
emacs, geek |
| Oct 9 |
Monitoring multiple WordPress sites for comments using Yahoo Pipes |
blogging, geek, wordpress |
| Oct 10 |
Geek travel: Planning outfits using matrices |
geek |
| Oct 11 |
From the feeds: Ramen, personal assistants, productivity, co-schooling, and being yourself |
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| Oct 12 |
Working with FTP sites |
geek, linux |
| Oct 13 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 7): Learning how to write |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Oct 14 |
Decision review: Working at IBM |
career, decision, ibm, review, work |
| Oct 15 |
The joys of development with Selenium web-testing |
development, geek |
| Oct 16 |
Weekly review: Weeks ending October 7 and October 14, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Oct 16 |
Passioneer survey (Submit your answers by Oct 18) |
passion |
| Oct 17 |
Monthly review: September 2011 |
monthly |
| Oct 18 |
From the feeds: Writing, more writing, journalism, and automation |
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| Oct 19 |
Jetlag-assisted early days |
life, travel |
| Oct 20 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 8): Slow life down and speed it up |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Oct 21 |
Figuring out how to plan for a month |
kaizen, life, planning |
| Oct 22 |
Stories from the trip: Making my peace with endings |
life, reflection, travel |
| Oct 22 |
Sketchnotes from Quantified Self Toronto Oct 21 2011 |
quantified, sketches, sketchnotes |
| Oct 23 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 21, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Oct 24 |
Geek travel update: Mostly as planned |
geek, quantified, travel |
| Oct 25 |
Thought roundup: Podcasts, drawing, cats, and towels |
Tidbits |
| Oct 26 |
Practising drawing: variations on a theme |
drawing, kaizen, sketches |
| Oct 27 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 9): Learning from others |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Oct 28 |
Decision review: Switching from Rackspace Cloud to Linode |
decision, geek |
| Oct 29 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 28, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Oct 30 |
Stories from our trip: Furry caterpillar |
family, life, travel |
| Oct 31 |
Quantified Awesome: Data from waking up 3 hours earlier than normal |
kaizen, life, quantified |
| Nov 1 |
From the feeds: Selling benefits, not features; caramel apples; graphic novels for kids |
Tidbits |
| Nov 2 |
Planning an Emacs-based personal wiki – Org? Muse? Hmm… |
emacs |
| Nov 3 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 10): Difficult situations |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Nov 4 |
Decision review: Cat boarding |
cat, decision, review, travel |
| Nov 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 4, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Nov 5 |
Quantified Awesome: Development-driven behaviour and integrated tests for life |
development, geek, quantified |
| Nov 6 |
Monthly review: October 2011 |
monthly, review |
| Nov 7 |
Quantified Awesome: How much music do you have? |
geek, quantified |
| Nov 8 |
Visualization resources |
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| Nov 9 |
Thinking about how to get even better at bulk-cooking |
cooking, kaizen, life, productivity |
| Nov 10 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 11): Looking back at the year |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Nov 11 |
Decision review: Metropass instead of biking to work in November |
decision, travel |
| Nov 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 11, 2011; thinking about the temptation to work |
review, weekly |
| Nov 13 |
Stories from the trip: Terminal 3 |
life, travel |
| Nov 14 |
Quantified Awesome: A place for everything, and everything in its place |
geek, kaizen, life, quantified |
| Nov 15 |
From the feeds: Friendship, planning ahead, and crossroads |
Tidbits |
| Nov 16 |
Massages, physical feedback, and behaviour modification |
kaizen, life |
| Nov 17 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 12): Two homes |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Nov 18 |
Decision review: Lenovo X220 tablet PC (with graphs!) |
decision, geek, laptop, review |
| Nov 19 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 18, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Nov 20 |
Learning how to model with Google Sketchup |
geek, learning |
| Nov 21 |
Quantified Awesome: Why I track |
quantified |
| Nov 22 |
From the feeds: Development, food, connecting with people, e-books, finance |
Tidbits |
| Nov 23 |
Ruby on Rails: Extending ActiveRecord::Base to define your own ActiveRecord association methods |
development, geek, rails, work |
| Nov 24 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 13): On frequency |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Nov 25 |
Decision review: Scheduling posts and using themes |
blogging, decision, review |
| Nov 26 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 25, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Nov 27 |
Thoughts from helping with homework |
family, life |
| Nov 28 |
Quantified Awesome: 116 web resources for Quantified Self |
braindump, quantified |
| Nov 29 |
Rails experiences: Building an interactive tutorial |
development, geek, rails, work |
| Nov 30 |
Things I’m learning from tracking |
quantified |
| Dec 1 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 14): Writing for yourself and writing for others |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Dec 2 |
Upcoming decision: Considering different cellphone plans for J- |
decision |
| Dec 3 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 2, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Dec 4 |
Clearing out the basement |
life |
| Dec 5 |
Quantified Awesome: How I’m starting to use Tap Log for Android |
android, geek, quantified |
| Dec 6 |
Busy, busy, busy week |
work |
| Dec 7 |
Geek tidbits: Postfix configuration for development and testing |
development, geek, ibm, rails, work |
| Dec 8 |
Transcript: Blogging (Part 15): Tools to help you get started |
blogging, tips, writing |
| Dec 9 |
Blog analysis for 2011: 173,363 words so far; also, using the Rails console to work with WordPress |
analysis, blogging, geek, review |
| Dec 10 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 9, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Dec 11 |
2011 in review |
review, sketches, yearly |
| Dec 12 |
Quantified Awesome: Thinking about what I want to build next |
development, geek, quantified |
| Dec 13 |
Reviewing my archives |
blogging |
| Dec 14 |
Growing as a developer: Automated tests |
development, kaizen, work |
| Dec 15 |
Learning plans and time budgets: packing things into 2012 |
analysis, learning, planning, quantified, time |
| Dec 16 |
Emacs, artbollocks-mode.el, and writing more clearly |
blogging, emacs, writing |
| Dec 17 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 16, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Dec 18 |
Monthly review: November 2011 |
monthly |
| Dec 19 |
Decision review: Decision review |
decision, review |
| Dec 20 |
Rails experiences: Things I learned from project O |
development, geek, kaizen, rails, work |
| Dec 21 |
Getting ready for the next project |
work |
| Dec 22 |
Comparing Plan B Organic Farms with Cooper’s Farm CSA |
cooking, decision, review |
| Dec 23 |
Investing in awesomeness |
life, reflection |
| Dec 24 |
Getting through the beige days |
life |
| Dec 25 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 23, 2011 |
review, weekly |
| Dec 26 |
Quantified Awesome: Building my own time tracker |
quantified |
| Dec 27 |
How I used the 5-day holiday |
quantified, review |
| Dec 28 |
Reducing clutter in the kitchen |
kaizen, life, organization |
| Dec 29 |
Yay more food containers! |
cooking, organization |
| Dec 30 |
Learning from CSS tweaking |
development, kaizen |
| Dec 31 |
Figuring out my CSS workflow |
development, geek, kaizen, work |
