| Date | Title | Categories |
|---|
| Dec 31 |
Learning from online role models |
learning, tips |
| Dec 30 |
Sharing Google Docs: One link to edit, one link to view |
geek, tips |
| Dec 28 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 27, 2013 |
weekly |
| Dec 27 |
Exploring the idea of advice |
connecting |
| Dec 26 |
A year of drawing my own content |
drawing |
| Dec 25 |
Daily blogging and different interests |
blogging |
| Dec 24 |
Making the most of paper notes |
organization |
| Dec 23 |
Semi-custom messages with text expanders |
geek, tips |
| Dec 21 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 20, 2013 |
weekly |
| Dec 20 |
HHO004: Irresistible Helpouts |
Helpers Help Out |
| Dec 20 |
Exploring limiting beliefs |
life |
| Dec 19 |
Doodle Thursday: BrainDoodles.net lesson 3 and 4 |
drawing |
| Dec 18 |
Pens are not the limiting factor for writing |
writing |
| Dec 17 |
Read more effectively by asking yourself questions while you read |
learning, tips |
| Dec 16 |
Automating bulk web stuff with iMacros |
geek |
| Dec 15 |
Monthly review: November 2013 |
monthly, review |
| Dec 14 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 13, 2013 |
weekly |
| Dec 13 |
On introversion and friendships |
friends |
| Dec 12 |
Doodle Thursday: Going through BrainDoodles’ lessons |
drawing |
| Dec 11 |
Check out these getting started guides – suggest more! |
learning, sketches, tips |
| Dec 10 |
Make the most of a day of lectures |
learning, tips |
| Dec 9 |
Decision review: Clipboard managers, and why you should get one |
geek, tips |
| Dec 8 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 6, 2013 |
weekly |
| Dec 6 |
HHO003: Building a Brand |
Helpers Help Out |
| Dec 6 |
Making decisions that don’t matter that much to me |
decision |
| Dec 5 |
Update: Developing thoughts further |
drawing, writing |
| Dec 4 |
Think about your delta: increasing the difference you want to make |
learning, plans |
| Dec 3 |
Rock those meeting minutes |
productivity |
| Dec 2 |
Setting up virtual machines with Vagrant |
geek |
| Dec 1 |
Quick show update: Learning Together #01, Helpers Help Out #02 |
podcast, podcasting |
| Nov 30 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 29, 2013 |
weekly |
| Nov 29 |
HHO002: Communicating with Customers |
Helpers Help Out |
| Nov 29 |
Simplifying my event commitments; tips for people looking for event sketchnotes |
business, life |
| Nov 28 |
Sketchnote: Visual Thinkers Toronto – Mapping |
sketchnotes |
| Nov 27 |
Google Helpouts update: Helping people learn, thinking about business strategies |
connecting |
| Nov 26 |
How I review my notes |
learning, tips |
| Nov 25 |
Emacs Chat: Magnar Sveen (Emacs Rocks) |
emacs, Emacs Chat, podcast |
| Nov 24 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 22, 2013 |
weekly |
| Nov 22 |
HHO001: Strategies for free and paid listings |
Helpers Help Out |
| Nov 22 |
Decluttering and reimagining the house |
life |
| Nov 21 |
How to cheat when animating sketches |
drawing, geek, process, tips |
| Nov 20 |
Google Helpouts update: Building the community |
connecting |
| Nov 19 |
Finding the right balance between thinking, learning, doing, and reviewing |
learning |
| Nov 18 |
My new Google Hangouts On Air checklist, plus upcoming Nov 29 Q&A on learning |
process, youtube, streaming |
| Nov 17 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 15, 2013 |
weekly |
| Nov 15 |
Making the most of Standard Time as the days grow shorter |
life, productivity, time |
| Nov 14 |
It’s okay to draw simple visual notes |
drawing |
| Nov 13 |
Google Helpouts Update: People like it, so how do we scale this up? |
connecting, teaching |
| Nov 12 |
Thinking about how to get better at asking questions |
learning |
| Nov 11 |
Current state of my backups |
geek |
| Nov 9 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 8, 2013 |
weekly |
| Nov 8 |
High energy and low energy activities |
productivity |
| Nov 7 |
Handwriting |
drawing |
| Nov 6 |
Experience report/invitation: Pick my brain through Google Helpouts |
connecting, teaching |
| Nov 5 |
Mapping what I’m learning |
pkm, drawing, learning |
| Nov 4 |
Emacs Org Mode Customization Survey |
emacs, org |
| Nov 3 |
Monthly review: October 2013 |
monthly, review |
| Nov 2 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 1, 2013 |
weekly |
| Nov 1 |
How I organize and publish my sketches |
blogging, drawing, organization, sketches |
| Oct 31 |
Integrating visual outlining into my writing process |
drawing, writing |
| Oct 30 |
I don’t write about everything; How do you manage your private notes? |
pkm, blogging, writing |
| Oct 29 |
Mindmapping chat with Billy Waters (@vitaminsludge) |
notetaking, podcast |
| Oct 28 |
Next steps for system administration |
geek |
| Oct 27 |
Gardening plans for 2014 |
gardening, plans |
| Oct 26 |
Sysad stuff – Weekly review: Week ending October 25, 2013 |
weekly |
| Oct 25 |
Daily drawing update: So far, fantastic! |
drawing, process |
| Oct 24 |
Sketchnote Lesson: Metaphors |
drawing |
| Oct 23 |
Jetpack subscribers: Terribly sorry about the test posts! Disabling, please use Feedburner to subscribe instead |
blogging |
| Oct 23 |
Visual book review: How to make a complete map of every thought you think (Lion Kimbro) |
pkm, learning, visual-book-notes |
| Oct 22 |
Growing slowly, adjusting the speed |
life |
| Oct 21 |
What do I want to learn about learning? |
kaizen, learning |
| Oct 19 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 18, 2013 |
weekly |
| Oct 18 |
Growing this blog |
blogging |
| Oct 17 |
Visual thinking: build your visual library |
drawing |
| Oct 16 |
When it comes to juggling multiple interests, it helps to limit your expectations |
planning, productivity |
| Oct 15 |
Learning more about illustrating my blog posts |
drawing, learning |
| Oct 14 |
What’s on your back burner? |
decision, planning, productivity, sketches |
| Oct 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 11, 2013 |
weekly |
| Oct 11 |
Monthly review: September 2013 |
monthly, review |
| Oct 10 |
Drawing practice: Daily drawing |
drawing |
| Oct 9 |
Test what you know by sharing |
blogging, learning, tips |
| Oct 8 |
Cheat uncertainty by sweetening the potential outcomes |
decision, happy |
| Oct 7 |
Thinking out loud about how to help other sketchnoters go professional and how to help people get their ideas sketched |
business, connecting |
| Oct 6 |
Gardening review: 2013 |
gardening |
| Oct 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 4, 2013 |
weekly |
| Oct 4 |
Decision review: Seven months at HackLab |
connecting, decision, review |
| Oct 3 |
Sketchnote Lessons: How do you want to grow as a sketchnoter? |
drawing |
| Oct 2 |
Blogging tip: Test your ideas and get more feedback in order to make your posts better |
blogging |
| Oct 1 |
The power of no: being completely* unhireable until 2017 (and possibly longer) |
career, experiment |
| Sep 30 |
Using Emacs to figure out where I need to improve in order to type faster |
emacs, geek, kaizen |
| Sep 29 |
Bulk cooking by the numbers: A ton of tonkatsu |
cooking |
| Sep 28 |
Learning, writing, and growing; Weekly review: Week ending September 27, 2013 |
weekly |
| Sep 27 |
Growing authority |
learning, planning |
| Sep 26 |
Sketchnote Lessons: Adding Emphasis |
drawing |
| Sep 25 |
The learning machine: How I turn what I learn into blog posts |
learning, writing |
| Sep 24 |
Poll: Planning a weekly topic-focused blog – what would you like to read more about? |
blogging, planning |
| Sep 23 |
Setting up dynamic DNS with Tomato and Namecheap, and limiting SSH |
geek, linux |
| Sep 22 |
Ten years of learning how to cook |
cooking, review |
| Sep 21 |
Sketchnotes, commitments, cooking, plans, blogging – Weekly review: Week ending September 20, 2013 |
weekly |
| Sep 20 |
Thinking about hard commitments and soft commitments, and adapting my life accordingly |
business, decision |
| Sep 19 |
Sketchnote Lesson: Adding color |
drawing, podcast |
| Sep 18 |
Sketchnotes: Conversations About Social Business (Jennifer Okimoto, IBM) |
sketchnotes, social, web2.0 |
| Sep 17 |
Help me figure out how I should reinvest business profits |
business, decision, planning, review |
| Sep 16 |
When I blog with Emacs and when I blog with other tools |
blogging, org |
| Sep 15 |
Sewing: Made a PS Vita case! |
sewing |
| Sep 14 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 13, 2013 |
weekly |
| Sep 13 |
Balancing writing with other things |
blogging, life, quantified, writing |
| Sep 12 |
Sketchnote Lessons: Having fun with words |
drawing, sketches |
| Sep 11 |
Dealing with SIGSEGV in php5-fpm and Nginx |
geek |
| Sep 10 |
Sketchnote: Reboot Your Business, Reboot Your Life: Your Future Depends On It – Mitch Joel (Third Tuesday Toronto) |
business, marketing, sketchnotes |
| Sep 10 |
How I prepare for professional digital sketchnoting |
business, drawing |
| Sep 9 |
Reorganizing WordPress categories with Term Management Tools and other tweaks |
blogging, geek, wordpress |
| Sep 8 |
Monthly review: August 2013 |
monthly, review |
| Sep 7 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 6, 2013 |
weekly |
| Sep 6 |
What keeps you from taking notes? 9 excuses and how to get past them |
learning, notetaking, tips |
| Sep 5 |
Sketchnote lessons: Stick figures |
drawing, sketches |
| Sep 4 |
4 steps to a better blog by planning your goals and post types |
blogging, planning |
| Sep 3 |
Sketchnote: Managing Oneself (Peter Drucker) |
career, sketchnotes |
| Sep 2 |
How to learn Emacs keyboard shortcuts (a visual tutorial for newbies) |
emacs, sketches |
| Aug 31 |
Emacs, link roundup, books, and more – Weekly review: Week ending August 30, 2013 |
weekly |
| Aug 30 |
Helping someone get started with Emacs and Org Mode through Org2Blog and LaTeX; troubleshooting steps |
emacs, org |
| Aug 29 |
Sketchnote Lessons: Speech bubbles and thought clouds |
drawing, sketches |
| Aug 28 |
Making bulk cooking easier |
cooking |
| Aug 27 |
Emacs: How I organize my Org files |
emacs, org, organization |
| Aug 26 |
Reflecting on a month of experimenting with Proper Retirement |
experiment |
| Aug 24 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 23, 2013 |
weekly |
| Aug 23 |
Write about what you don’t know: 5 tips to help you do research for your blog |
blogging, research, tips, writing |
| Aug 22 |
Resources for getting started with sketchnoting |
drawing |
| Aug 21 |
My next delegation experiment: coaching and editing |
delegation, writing |
| Aug 20 |
Working around the limits of digital sketchnoting |
drawing |
| Aug 19 |
Thinking about how to type faster than 110wpm |
kaizen |
| Aug 18 |
Monthly review: July 2013 |
monthly, review |
| Aug 17 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 16, 2013 |
weekly |
| Aug 16 |
Learning how to work with stock photos: Can you help me? |
blogging, photography, sketches, visual |
| Aug 15 |
Sketchnote Lessons: Arrows and Connectors |
drawing |
| Aug 14 |
Thinking about how I can use Evernote more effectively |
kaizen, notetaking |
| Aug 13 |
Writing, drawing, and coding while tired |
life, writing |
| Aug 12 |
Year in review: Life as a 29-year-old |
life, yearly |
| Aug 11 |
Turning 30: A review of the last decade |
life, sketches |
| Aug 10 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 9, 2013 |
weekly |
| Aug 9 |
Quantified Awesome: Analyzing my non-fiction reading, and why I don’t mind paying taxes |
quantified |
| Aug 8 |
Sketchnote Lessons: Quick Lettering |
drawing |
| Aug 7 |
Slim pickings from the garden, and that’s all right |
gardening |
| Aug 6 |
Sketchnote: Fun With Dead Languages: Damian Conway |
geek, sketchnotes |
| Aug 6 |
On making big, scary decisions, and how I left an awesome job to do my own thing; or how to be a Builder Lemming |
decision, experiment |
| Aug 5 |
Planning what to do at home, thinking about pull-driven systems for blog posts, and outlining books I want to write |
life, writing |
| Aug 4 |
Thinking about how to celebrate my 30th birthday |
life |
| Aug 3 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 2, 2013 |
weekly |
| Aug 2 |
My evolution as an “artist”, or why there’s hope for you yet |
drawing, sketches |
| Aug 1 |
Sketchnote Lessons: Banners and ribbons |
drawing, sketches, visual |
| Jul 31 |
How to manage a large blog archive |
pkm, blogging, organization |
| Jul 30 |
Visual metaphors and layouts for planning your life |
drawing, planning, sketches, visual |
| Jul 29 |
Sometimes you don’t know what you know until someone asks; why I like preparing talking points for podcasts and chats |
connecting, drawing, learning, sketchnotes |
| Jul 28 |
Homebodies |
life |
| Jul 27 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 26, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jul 26 |
Not about not wasting time |
productivity |
| Jul 25 |
Quantified Awesome: Adding calendar heatmaps to categories |
quantified |
| Jul 24 |
I still don’t know what to call this post |
blogging, writing |
| Jul 23 |
Thinking about business cards |
business, connecting, decision, experiment |
| Jul 22 |
How I learn: 16 things I’ve learned about mindset and process |
kaizen, learning, tips |
| Jul 21 |
Setting e-mail expectations: Roughly once a week |
communication, connecting |
| Jul 20 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 19, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jul 19 |
Business experience report: Setting up payroll and benefits |
business, experiment |
| Jul 18 |
Choosing openness and scale |
business, decision, experiment |
| Jul 17 |
Mural.ly and Evernote: Redesigning my landing page |
geek, visual |
| Jul 16 |
The Heisenberg uncertainty principle of learning |
japanese, learning |
| Jul 15 |
Visual book review: The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything… Fast (Josh Kaufman) |
blogging, learning, tips, visual-book-notes |
| Jul 14 |
Replacing my lost Philippine passport (part 1 of…?) |
life |
| Jul 13 |
Weekly review: Visual thinking, time management – Week ending July 12, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jul 12 |
Sketchnote Lessons: Drawing Emotions |
drawing, sketches, visual |
| Jul 11 |
What do I want to do right now? Understanding my algorithm for discretionary time |
life, planning, productivity, time |
| Jul 10 |
Quantified Time: Comparing notes |
quantified |
| Jul 9 |
Redesigning the Visual Thinkers Toronto Show & Tell |
meetup, visual |
| Jul 8 |
Making the day count |
life, passion |
| Jul 7 |
Slice of life: Meowrnings |
cat, life, sketches |
| Jul 6 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 5, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jul 5 |
Visual book review: Leading Out Loud: A Guide for Engaging Others in Creating the Future (Terry Pearce) |
visual-book-notes |
| Jul 4 |
Virtual hang-out experiments: Notes on AnyMeeting |
connecting |
| Jul 3 |
Emacs Chat: Sacha Chua (with Bastien Guerry) |
emacs, Emacs Chat, podcast |
| Jul 2 |
Monthly review: June 2013 |
monthly |
| Jul 1 |
Wontonomics: Dumpling numbers |
cooking, quantified |
| Jun 30 |
Wonton movie marathon |
cooking, family, life |
| Jun 29 |
Tools and tracking: Week ending June 28, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jun 28 |
Planning a Quantified Self workshop on time tracking |
quantified, teaching |
| Jun 27 |
Thinking about small talk at networking events |
connecting, kaizen |
| Jun 26 |
How I use Emacs Org Mode for my weekly reviews |
emacs, geek |
| Jun 25 |
Mohiomap: A visual way to browse your Evernote notebook |
geek |
| Jun 24 |
Quick question: What would you prefer for shorter URLs? |
blogging |
| Jun 22 |
Webinars and hangouts; Weekly review: Week ending June 21, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jun 21 |
How hacking my wants helped me experiment with early retirement |
experiment, finance, life |
| Jun 20 |
Getting to know people who read this blog–hooray for hangout experiment #1! |
blogging, connecting, learning |
| Jun 19 |
Here’s the recording from “How to use Evernote to improve your visual thinking” |
process, visual |
| Jun 19 |
Visual Book Review: Customer CEO: How to Profit from the Power of Your Customers (Chuck Wall) |
visual-book-notes |
| Jun 18 |
Oooh, Camtasia Studio 8.1 now has green-screening–which means awesome sketch videos just got easier! |
drawing, geek |
| Jun 17 |
Web experiments this week: Webinar on “How to Improve Your Visual Thinking” and a Google Hangout on blogging; would love to connect with you! |
blogging, connecting, visual |
| Jun 15 |
Backyard work; Weekly review: Week ending June 14, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jun 14 |
Priming the idea pump |
idea |
| Jun 13 |
Quantified Awesome: Analyzing time data–the questions I ask and how I answer them |
quantified |
| Jun 12 |
Getting started with blogging when no one’s reading |
blogging, writing |
| Jun 11 |
Sketchnotes: How to Live an Amazing Life (C.C. Chapman, Third Tuesday Toronto) |
life, sketchnotes |
| Jun 11 |
Animating things in Emacs |
emacs |
| Jun 10 |
Unstructured time, shaping your wants, and giving yourself permission |
life, productivity, time |
| Jun 9 |
Sketchnotes, life – Weekly review: Week ending June 7, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jun 7 |
Turn your unfair advantages into more unfair advantages |
kaizen |
| Jun 6 |
Back to the joys of coverage testing: Vagrant, Guard, Spork, RSpec, Simplecov |
rails |
| Jun 5 |
Using Google’s In-Page Analytics to understand how people use a site |
blogging, wordpress |
| Jun 4 |
Announcing this 2012 Sketchnotes collection! (free/PWYC) |
drawing |
| Jun 3 |
Monthly review: May 2013 |
monthly, review |
| Jun 2 |
Good influences in partnerships |
family, kaizen, life |
| Jun 1 |
Drawing, blogging, and semi-retirement: Weekly review: Week ending May 31, 2013 |
weekly |
| May 31 |
On blogging and platforms, and experimenting with Google Hangout |
blogging, writing |
| May 30 |
Sketchnote: Visual Thinking (Patricia Kambitsch) |
drawing, sketchnotes |
| May 29 |
How I draw presentations |
drawing |
| May 28 |
Thinking about a pro-bono policy; being deliberate about what I do for free, discount, or barter |
business, life |
| May 27 |
How I set up Autodesk Sketchbook Pro for sketchnoting |
drawing, process |
| May 26 |
Things I’m learning about semi-retirement |
experiment, life |
| May 25 |
Home improvements, drawing, blogging; Weekly review: Week ending May 24, 2013 |
weekly |
| May 24 |
How to make a hand-drawn highlighted web page header |
drawing, sketches, wordpress |
| May 23 |
Visual book review: The Visual Marketing Revolution (Stephanie Diamond) |
marketing, visual, visual-book-notes |
| May 22 |
First impressions of Artrage 4 |
drawing, review |
| May 21 |
How I use Feedburner to give people the option of different blog update frequencies |
blogging, wordpress |
| May 20 |
Emacs Chat: Bastien Guerry |
emacs, Emacs Chat, podcast |
| May 19 |
Slice of life: Home improvements |
family, life |
| May 18 |
Emacs, drawing, and blogging: Week ending May 17, 2013 |
weekly |
| May 17 |
How to Learn Emacs: A Hand-drawn One-pager for Beginners / A visual tutorial |
emacs, sketches |
| May 17 |
Thinking about what I want to do and where I want to go with this blog |
blogging, sketches, writing |
| May 16 |
Poll: How often would you like to receive e-mail updates? Also, quantifying my blog posting history |
blogging, quantified, wordpress, writing |
| May 15 |
From cats to keystrokes |
geek, life |
| May 14 |
Learning update May 2013 |
learning |
| May 13 |
Stepping sideways into Alternate Universe Sacha |
family, kaizen, life, sketches |
| May 12 |
Cherry blossoms in High Park, and playing with digital watercolour in Artrage 4 |
|
| May 11 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 10, 2013 |
weekly |
| May 10 |
Monthly review: April 2013 |
monthly, review |
| May 9 |
Use the weekly review to give yourself permission to do things you want to do |
planning, writing |
| May 8 |
Quantifying my habit of writing, and things I’ve learned along the way |
blogging, quantified, writing |
| May 7 |
Hacking my motivation for workouts |
life |
| May 6 |
Sketchnoting: Finding a balance of details and diagrams, and calibrating your writing to time |
drawing |
| May 5 |
Thinking about movies |
decision, finance |
| May 4 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 3, 2013 |
weekly |
| May 3 |
Visual book review: Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation (Debra Kaye with Karen Kelly) |
visual-book-notes |
| May 2 |
Keeping in touch |
|
| May 1 |
Sketchnote: Solving Wicked Problems with Dialogue Mapping (Chris Chapman, Toronto Agile Support Group) |
sketchnotes |
| May 1 |
Learning how to deal with mild panic |
kaizen, reflection |
| Apr 30 |
How I got started in investing |
finance |
| Apr 29 |
Quantified Self: a year of grocery data |
quantified |
| Apr 28 |
Sunday |
gardening, life |
| Apr 27 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 26, 2013 |
weekly |
| Apr 26 |
Why and how I’m (re)learning Japanese |
japanese, learning |
| Apr 25 |
How I use Evernote to support my sketchnoting practice |
process |
| Apr 24 |
Things I learned from sketchnoting the FITC design conference |
business, drawing, kaizen |
| Apr 23 |
Emacs chat intro |
emacs |
| Apr 22 |
Squishing my excuses: idea edition |
planning |
| Apr 21 |
Crossing worlds |
life |
| Apr 20 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 19, 2013 |
weekly |
| Apr 19 |
Impatient for spring |
gardening |
| Apr 18 |
Practice Perfect: Calling your shots |
kaizen, learning, tips |
| Apr 17 |
Towards wonderful new normals |
life |
| Apr 16 |
Building bridges to geekiness |
geek |
| Apr 15 |
How to present using Org-mode in Emacs |
emacs, org |
| Apr 14 |
Time enough for friends |
connecting, life |
| Apr 13 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 12, 2013 |
weekly |
| Apr 12 |
Things I’m learning about sharing other people’s knowledge, or why you should show me what you’ve been meaning to teach others |
kaizen, learning, video |
| Apr 11 |
Emacs Conference 2013 videos |
emacs |
| Apr 10 |
How I read books and do visual book reviews |
reading |
| Apr 9 |
Visual book review: The Culture Blueprint (Robert Richman) |
business, visual-book-notes |
| Apr 8 |
Emacs Conference 2013 Sketchnotes (also, PDF!) |
emacs, sketchnotes |
| Apr 7 |
Weekend cooking |
life |
| Apr 6 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 5, 2013 |
weekly |
| Apr 5 |
Monthly review: March 2013 |
monthly, review |
| Apr 4 |
Understanding my procrastination |
kaizen, reflection |
| Apr 3 |
Analyzing my London trip decisions: What worked well? What can I improve? |
kaizen, travel |
| Apr 2 |
Brainstorming ways to help build the Emacs community |
emacs |
| Apr 1 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 29, 2013 |
weekly |
| Mar 31 |
Quantified Self time-tracking: Choosing your buckets |
quantified |
| Mar 31 |
After Emacs Conf 2013; ideas for Sunday and Monday |
emacs, travel |
| Mar 29 |
Getting ready for the Emacs Conference |
emacs, life, travel |
| Mar 27 |
Quantified Self Toronto: Where the Time Went |
quantified |
| Mar 27 |
Emacs: Use function keys for custom keyboard shortcuts |
emacs |
| Mar 25 |
Emacs Chat: Carsten Dominik |
emacs, Emacs Chat, podcast |
| Mar 24 |
Debugging my brain: typos (write-os?) in my sketchnotes |
drawing, kaizen |
| Mar 23 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 22, 2013 |
weekly |
| Mar 22 |
Emacs chat: Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson |
emacs, Emacs Chat, podcast |
| Mar 21 |
Listening to the clues about what’s working well: writing |
life, writing |
| Mar 20 |
Quantified Awesome feedback |
quantified |
| Mar 19 |
Deliberate performance |
decision |
| Mar 18 |
Identifying my reactions to stress |
reflection |
| Mar 18 |
Hacking my way around networking |
connecting |
| Mar 17 |
The Sketchnote Challenge: Those Algorithms That Govern Our Lives (Kevin Slavin) |
kaizen, sketchnotes |
| Mar 16 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 15, 2013 |
weekly |
| Mar 15 |
Passion and uncertainty |
life, passion |
| Mar 14 |
Less Wrong meetup notes: Goal factoring, fight-or-flight, and comfort zones |
meetup, reflection |
| Mar 13 |
Learn Emacs Lisp by reading Emacs Lisp |
emacs, elisp |
| Mar 12 |
Sketchnotes: Building my visual vocabulary |
drawing |
| Mar 11 |
Managing uncertainty |
planning |
| Mar 10 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 8, 2013 |
weekly |
| Mar 8 |
Taking advantage of a bad cold |
kaizen, life |
| Mar 7 |
Visual book review: To Sell is Human (Daniel Pink) |
visual-book-notes |
| Mar 6 |
Got Emacs questions? Let’s try Emacs tutoring / pair programming! |
emacs |
| Mar 5 |
Monthly review: February 2013 |
monthly |
| Mar 4 |
Emacs Chat with Avdi Grimm (Org-mode, Ruby, etc.) |
emacs, Emacs Chat, podcast |
| Mar 2 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 1, 2013 |
weekly |
| Mar 1 |
Building my visual vocabulary: Breaking down other people’s sketchnotes into component parts |
drawing |
| Feb 28 |
Rediscovering Emacs features, or what to do after you get carried away installing packages |
emacs, org |
| Feb 27 |
Appreciating people |
|
| Feb 26 |
Lists and actions: Learning how to hack my way around the impostor syndrome |
life |
| Feb 25 |
Decision update: HackLab.TO |
decision, review |
| Feb 23 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 22, 2013 |
weekly |
| Feb 22 |
Seeing the futures |
planning, plans |
| Feb 21 |
Things I learned from the GenArtHackParty |
geek, kaizen |
| Feb 20 |
Transcript of my chat with Mike Rohde (The Sketchnote Podcast) on digital sketchnoting |
drawing |
| Feb 19 |
Business experience report: Passing my first annual resolutions |
business |
| Feb 18 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 15, 2013 |
weekly |
| Feb 17 |
Dealing with distractions |
productivity |
| Feb 15 |
Dealing with presentation block |
presentation, speaking |
| Feb 14 |
Dealing with professional envy |
career |
| Feb 13 |
Starting from scratch with Windows 8 |
geek |
| Feb 12 |
Developing a sense of time with Tasker alerts on my Android phone |
geek |
| Feb 10 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 8, 2013 |
weekly |
| Feb 8 |
What I’m learning from the sketchnote index |
learning |
| Feb 7 |
Thinking about joining HackLab.to |
decision |
| Feb 6 |
Monthly review: January 2013 |
monthly, review |
| Feb 5 |
Quantified Awesome: Time and building mastery |
quantified |
| Feb 4 |
Disabling touch on Windows 8 on a Lenovo X220 tablet |
geek |
| Feb 2 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 1, 2013 |
weekly |
| Feb 1 |
Moving my memory outside my brain |
life |
| Jan 31 |
Reflections on sketchnoting TEDxOCADU |
drawing, kaizen, process |
| Jan 30 |
First thoughts on Windows 8 |
geek |
| Jan 29 |
Imagining an index of sketchnotes |
drawing, geek, sketchnotes |
| Jan 28 |
Experiment notes: Accounting, sales, and marketing–all the other parts of a business |
experiment |
| Jan 27 |
Things I value unequally |
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| Jan 26 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 25, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jan 25 |
Planning my code/development learning |
development, experiment, geek, learning |
| Jan 24 |
Accelerating my business learning: setting a goal for a new business every month |
entrepreneurship, experiment |
| Jan 23 |
Helping people learn more about programming |
business, development, idea |
| Jan 22 |
An embarrassing failure is the result of a series of unfortunate decisions, and that’s a good thing |
decision, kaizen, life |
| Jan 21 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 18, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jan 21 |
It’s my dad’s 65th birthday today |
family, life |
| Jan 18 |
In which I do the same thing again and again |
business, learning |
| Jan 17 |
Figuring out my guidelines for time |
decision |
| Jan 16 |
Visual book review: Cool Time: A Hands-on Plan for Managing Work and Balancing Time–Steve Prentice |
visual-book-notes |
| Jan 15 |
Quantified Awesome: Taking inventory of stuff in closets and drawers |
organization, quantified |
| Jan 14 |
Sketchnote about mindmapping: Rock the Monkey: Visual Facilitation Skills and Brain-based Learning–Chuck Frey |
sketchnotes |
| Jan 14 |
Emacs Org: Task-related keyboard shortcuts for the agenda |
emacs, org |
| Jan 13 |
The smugometer |
life |
| Jan 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 11, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jan 11 |
Reading old letters and relearning how to write |
friends, life, writing |
| Jan 10 |
Business experience report: Amending my T2 corporate tax return |
business |
| Jan 9 |
Sketchnote: ENT101 Lived It Lecture–Kunal Gupta, Polar Mobile |
sketchnotes |
| Jan 9 |
Visual book review: The Art of Pricing: How to Find the Hidden Profits to Grow Your Business–Rafi Mohammed |
visual-book-notes |
| Jan 8 |
Planning by the numbers: Checking the length of my runway |
finance |
| Jan 7 |
Emacs Org: Display projects with a few subtasks in the agenda view |
emacs |
| Jan 6 |
Cooking: Warm lentil salad with sausages |
cooking, life |
| Jan 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 4, 2013 |
weekly |
| Jan 5 |
Monthly review: December 2012 |
monthly, review |
| Jan 4 |
Imagining the next five years and planning 2013 |
planning, plans |
| Jan 3 |
Web app idea: Stamp mix calculator |
geek, idea |
| Jan 3 |
Sketching twelve business ideas |
business, entrepreneurship, planning, plans |
| Jan 2 |
Visual book review: Blue Ocean Strategy–W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne |
visual-book-notes |
| Jan 1 |
Looking back and looking forward |
reflection |
