A Coffee-House Discourse

June 7, 2007

If you’re looking for a good coffee shop with a great environment and all the amenities for a wireless professional – Sydney’s is the place.  Being the cheap-skate that I am, I loathe the notion of paying for parking so when I find a cool and hip spot with plenty of FREE parking, then my [...]

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Book Review: Made to Stick

May 28, 2007

I actually picked this book as an add-on to another purchase on Amazon.com. Hey, I’m a sucker for “good deals” so a discount on two books over just one enticed me enough to say “ok – here’s more money”. This book, “Made to Stick” by Chip Heath and Dan Heath was an amazingly insightful book [...]

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The Art of Conspiracy Against Self

May 23, 2007

It’s been an interesting past few days in the “life of Jon” and I thought I’d share some thoughts and observations that have come out of a few experimentations that I’ve done. The overall objective and goal of these “self-experiments” was to take a hard look at WHAT I’m doing and WHY I’m doing it.  [...]

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Boosting Productivity Using Heuristics

May 2, 2007

For all my readers, you may have noticed a trend of postings relative to productivity and personal organization.  With the many professional roles I maintain, this is no small feat so I need all the help I can get.  In lieu of that need, lifehacker.com has become a godsend and my new daily “fix”. So, [...]

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As if the loss of a husband and father wasn’t enough….

May 1, 2007

I know – two blog entries in one day.  Woah!  However, I was irked by this sad example of human [fill_in_the_blank].  Check out the article below [ link ].  Cory Lidle, a pitcher for the New York Yankees died in a freak plane crash…leaving a son and wife without a father and husband – and [...]

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