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  1. When you take a sick day…

    …do you feel: Guilty like you’ve gone and selfishly removed a day’s worth of productivity Worried that you’ll have so much piled up when you come back Anxious because you are so essential people can’t get by without you Relaxed because you’re helping yourself get better Semi-productive because you end up crawling in bed with your laptop and working anyway or [...]

    Jan 21, 2008 — 7 Comments

  2. Do you set New Year’s resolutions?

    I’ve stopped. I’m of the school of thought that a resolution is an excuse to make small steps towards big goals, and then give up because it was too lofty to begin with. Plus, why does it need to be done at the arbitrary beginning of a year? Okay, the holidays are over and you can [...]

    Jan 16, 2008 — 6 Comments

  3. Watching construction

    There’s a multi-story office building going in right next to my light rail station. It’s about 7 stories tall and the structure is largely complete. The light rail stand is level with the third floor. Nearly everyone waiting at the station watches the construction workers build away. At any given point in time, nearly half of [...]

    Jan 9, 2008 — 5 Comments

  4. My 2007 in cities and celebrities

    I wanted to reflect on a few of those fun things, places, people and memories that entered my life this year this year. With no hesitation I present my year in cities and celebrities: Cities Boulder, CO (moved from here) Denver, CO (to here) San Francisco, CA (CommunityNext, birthday) Bay Area, CA (San Jose, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Jelly Belly Factory) Beijing, [...]

    Jan 8, 2008 — 9 Comments

  5. Twitter is about me and you and you

    When you sign up and join Twitter it’s about a lot of things. Some say it’s an ecosystem, it’s about the simplicity, it’s about the voyeurism, it’s communication porn and so on. I think it’s also like walking into a chatroom with just the people you want. Any other chatroom (IRC, AOL, Yahoo Games!) has a [...]

    Jan 3, 2008 — 3 Comments

  6. Google Docs and quick PDFs

    If you’re looking to create a quick PDF you can simply copy and paste your document (or spreadsheet) into Google Docs and export it to a PDF. Neat, huh? Wait, why aren’t you using Google Docs as your primary word processor or spreadsheet application? Pros Access everything from home, work, neighbor’s computer. Simple online interface and no bloated software [...]

    Jan 2, 2008 — 6 Comments