Monthly Archives: February 2010

Going to be away for a while

This is just a friendly notice that I will be away for a while. I have a lot of work to do for the next week, and so I’m staying away from this blog (it takes a lot of time to write on here!). Hopefully when I’m done on the 3rd I’ll have some big

Check Out OLX, a Neat Alternative Craigslist

Fabrice Grinda, CEO and co-founder of OLX, has given me a cool opportunity at a quick interview that I wanted to share with you all. OLX is a fancy and relatively new alternative to our beloved Craigslist, and has a lot of really cool things going for it. I recommend checking them out if you

4 Tips to Pulling Off an All-Night Work Schedule

It’s day 5 of my night and day flip that I wrote about last week. So far it’s been a struggle, probably one of the greatest challenges I’ve faced this year (besides taking a painful 4 day break from my girlfriend) and I’m still working out some kinks. While the switch is still fresh, though,

Who Are You? Care to Leave a Comment?

I know you’re out there. Right now, somewhere in the internet world, there are at least 40 people reading this blog. I know this, because I have my statistics plugin measuring feedburner subscribers too. I have just large enough of a following to wonder who is reading, and just small enough that I can still

5 Small Tips for Better Productivity

Since I started focusing on becoming a more productive person, I’ve made a lot of changes to my life. Some of the bigger ones include starting a Daily Work Log, switching to a third-shift work schedule, omitting fruitless activities and finding my one true passion in life. But even with all of those changes, there

Work Ethics as Learned by a Teenager

Last night I picked up a Time magazine to try and help support the failing industry, as futile as that cause might be. I figured that there would mostly be articles about how Obama may or may not be doing things right, or why we should continue supporting Haiti. You know, topics that the blogosphere

From first-shift to third-shift: How Facebook Promotes Productivity

Four nights ago, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be celebrating it’s 400 Millionth user and 6 years of social media juggernautyness (a new word, just invented) with a cool event called a ‘hackathon’. Four nights ago the world celebrated with them, blog posts were written and tweets went up like smoke. And four nights

My house keys changed my life.

The other day I was walking out of my house with a sad step and a bitter attitude. The last boxes had been loaded up into my small, beat-up ‘92 Honda Accord, and I couldn’t help but feel some resentment for the actions that I had taken recently. I’ve been moving every single year of