Category Archives: Jobbery

Adventures in Organizing

Over at the ZenHabits blog I came across a very cool post, 3 Steps to a Permanently Clear Desk, while groggily checking email in the wee hours this morning. Read it. Love it. Maybe it was the hour, maybe it was my growing realization of how hopelessly bad I am at managing [...]

Looking for a way to deal with it all

In my ongoing project to reduce my Gmail inbox to actual current items I came across a link to AnxietyCulture.com, I remember reading some groovy stuff in there.  I’ve added a link to my sidebar here and will be picking through the articles over the next interminable time period.  Enjoy!

Ah, the art of Getting Things Done

Time/Project Management has ever been a weak point of mine. I make stabs at getting better, but is has always been a struggle. Keeping an index card in my back pocket has been a god send lately, but I still yearn for a more complete system.
Today’s LifeHack.org entry had a link to an [...]

On Being Poor

I just came across this post on what being poor is as linked from the Compact yahoo group -
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/003704.html
I have experienced some of these things in my life, but I have never faced truly crushing poverty.  I am grateful that I never have, and that I have been able to help some others along the [...]

THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT, BUT NO I DIDN’T BUILD IT

The most frustrating aspect of customer service is that customers often think the guy, or gal, answering the phone is responsible for whatever design, or decision, is giving them issue.  They also often assume the poor prole who takes the call is capable of making sweeping global changes at the touch of a button.  Both [...]