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6 Tips for Remote Work (and Some Bonuses)
A lot of people are working remotely now, and whether you're new to it or you've been doing it for a while and want to uplevel, these tips will help.
Tune in to the video below for 6 Tips for Remote wo…
More customer service fun
Received this one from fitbit this morning:
Let me translate:
Hi Calvin,
Thank you very much for getting back with us and providing us with the information requested. Your help through this process…
My scented candle making process
Here it is, in condensed form:
- Fill up the ziploc container with wax flakes
- Microwave at 100% for 2 minutes
- Add a few more flakes, but don’t fill it up all the way
- Microwave again at 100% for 2 …
The struggle
A draft from July 2011. Publishing now.
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There’s a struggle between our inner Self and our outer learned, adapted sense of self.
Deconstructing our personality structure is a necessary part of t…
Our job
This has been sitting as a draft since November 2010. Figured I'd post it now ...
Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but…
LindzonPalooza and learning programming languages
Brad Feld a few years ago:
I spent this weekend at LindzonPalooza. Once a year Howard Lindzon gets together a bunch of his friends at the intersection of financing, tech, media, and entrepreneur…
Mark Twain—and Christianity
Watched the PBS documentary on Mark Twain, and it was excellent. It's a two-part show, part of the American Lives series by Ken Burns.
Toward the end, I cried. The hardship that brilliant man suffere…
Prohibition
Watching the Ken Burns PBS documentary on prohibition on Netflix. It's super interesting.
A few things I didn't know:
- Before prohibition, up to 70% of tax revenue came from taxes on alcohol. The inco…
Starting vs finishing
When you first start a work of art — a book, a piece of music, a painting, whatever — all the possibilities are open, it can become anything.
When you're putting the finishing touches on it, your opti…
Young explorers
Fantastic short films following toddlers who have just learned to walk as they explore their world.
We grownups get so scared on our kids' behalf. We teach our kids to be afraid, probably the least us…