Wed 01-Jul-2009
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
-- Plato
Mon 29-Jun-2009
1. Article/Post
The Daily Grind: A Matter of Momentum
If you want to understand personal productivity, you’ve got to understand the concept of momentum. For all the organizing systems in the world and early rising skills in your time zone, you’ll only ever get so much done without bringing momentum into play.
Some people say the purpose of productivity is to give yourself more free time to spend relaxing, not working. I disagree. The purpose of productivity is to give yourself more time, whatever you choose to do with it. You should definitely have downtime regularly, but one thing momentum allows you to do is work faster and faster with each completed task throughout the day. In this case, we’re talking about being productive so that you’re even more productive in the hours following.
2. Picture
3. Comment
Twitter was more fun when I could bitch about a company without them replying to ask how they can provide me with excellent service today by Derek Powazek (Fraying) on twitter.
4. List
- Downplay training
- Give no recognition
- Plan too much overtime
- Use management-speak
- Try to be smarter than the geeks
- Act inconsistently
- Ignore the geeks
- Make decisions without consulting them
- Don’t give them tools
- Forget that geeks are creative workers
5. Video
Hardcore Tetris Orgy (may not be suitable for work)
Sun 28-Jun-2009
This is the first episode of, hopefully, an ongoing podcast series.
Show Notes
Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty.
Murder at Avadon Hill by PG Holyfield.
Fig Tree Cafe, Upper Hutt, and the review that encouraged us to go there. Note that I had not read the review before making my comments.
Presentation Zen Master Class by Garr Reynolds. His book is available at Amazon. 
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