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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:33 AM

Be Intentional

My old manager used to always say, “Be intentional.”  It took me a long time to comprehend exactly what he meant by this, but eventually I did and have come to appreciate the advice.  What he meant was to always make active, conscious decisions
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:04 AM

Inbox Zero, Take Two

A year and a half ago I tried to get to “ Inbox Zero ” and failed.  This is the idea that you get your inbox down to zero mails every day.  I’m making another run at it and this time have been a little more successful.  I’m not perfect,
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Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:38 AM

Some useful traveling gear

I just returned from a trip to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. I brought some items with me that turned out to be very useful so I thought I'd pass along the tips in case you are in the market for such items. Headphones - I brought several
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Friday, September 26, 2008 11:31 PM

22,500 Paper Airplanes

Rainn Wilson (Dwight K. Schrute from the Office) was the MC at this year's Microsoft company meeting. Ever since they tore down the Kingdome, the meeting has taken place at SafeCo field. Sitting up in the 300-level seats, it is tempting to throw paper
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:39 PM

Loving My Eee 1000H

I was attracted to the "netbook" market with the release of the initial Eee PC from Asus. The laptop was cheap and very small. Unfortunately, it had a really small screen and an even smaller keyboard. Then the next generation of netbooks was announced
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Monday, April 28, 2008 9:58 AM

A Microsoft-Yahoo Takeover Primer

Marc Andreessen has a great blog post today laying out the possibilities in the Microsoft-Yahoo talks. Unlike most posts on the subject, this one isn't trying to guess what might happen. Instead, it lays out the options and the forces affecting those
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Monday, March 17, 2008 10:54 AM

Your Hard Drive Probably Isn't Running At Full Speed

Here's a little known fact that could speed up your life. Most SATA hard drives in the market today ship in 1.5 Gb/s mode instead of the 3.0 Gb/s mode they are capable of. I know for sure that Seagate and Maxtor both ship retail drives with jumpers set
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Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:49 AM

Is That A Wiki In Your Pocket?

Here's a cool little tool I discovered recently. It's called DokuWiki on a Stick . DokuWiki is a PHP-based wiki that stores its data in text files instead of a database. This makes configuration and backup a little simpler. DokuWiki on a Stick takes MicroApache
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:02 AM

Modularization vs. Integration - Which Is Best?

Clayton Christensen's second book, The Innovator's Solution, produces several important theories in the realm of innovation. Like his first book, The Innovator's Dilemma, the second book should be required reading for anyone in technology and especially
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:57 AM

The Tipping Point: Not True?

There's a popular business book out right now called the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. In it he explains how big trends are started by a few people. He calls them connectors and mavens. These are the people who know everyone. I read the book about
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Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:03 PM

Unboxing Drobo

My Drobo arrived today.  It is a slick device.  As one accustomed to the PC world, even the unboxing was a treat.  The typical piece of PC hardware comes in utilitarian packaging.  You're just going to throw it away anyway, so why
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 3:04 PM

Welcome to 2008

Not a great start for 2008 out here in Seattle. We had a big fireworks display at midnight on the Space Needle. Unfortunately, there were some glitches. The fireworks were coordinated by a computer, but it had some " glitches " and eventually they had
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Friday, December 28, 2007 12:55 AM

First EMI, Then Universal, Now Warner...

Apparently Warner Music just announced that they were releasing all of their tracks DRM-free. That makes 3 of the big four giving the heave-ho to DRM. Sony is now the lone holdout against the future. How long until they give in to the inevitable? Next
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:21 PM

Welcome Matthew van Eerde to the Blogosphere

One of my team members, Matthew van Eerde, just joined the blog world. Check out his inaugural post .
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Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:17 AM

Inbox Zero

If you're anything like me, you have way too much e-mail to read it all. To try to cope with this, I've resorted to a collection of rules that sorts my mail into a Byzantine structure of folders. This helps a little, but has the problem of helping me
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