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My Introduction to Daring Bakers: Lemon Meringue Pie
I love pie. Fruit pies are my favorite, but I have a special place in my stomach for lemon meringue pies, especially real pie made from real lemons. So when the Daring Bakers, an internet group of amateur bakers which I recently joined, announced Lemon Meringue Pie as their challenge for January, [...]
On Making Better Connections
Just finished Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi. I picked it up because I struggle whenever I’m at ‘networking’ type events. I’m not exactly shy, although that’s part of the struggle, but I do have a tough time engaging in conversations.
The author takes his “connecting” activities to an extreme; although he warns against [...]
The Fresh Loaf: Artisan Baking Community
I’ve been checking out The Fresh Loaf over the past week and it looks like a pretty good site. There are a couple bread bloggers and some decent forums. The forums have RSS feeds which is nice. I can’t seem to track back though…
GTD Podcast Wrapup
Some final cool tidbits from the 43folders podcast with David Allen:
-On committing to your organization process: either your head is your organization system, or it’s not. David obviously recommends against using your head, but if you’re going to start getting things out of your head, you’ve got to get everything out. As [...]
More on Procrastination
Another gem. Merlin just referred to one Amy Lamonte, who says “you need to give yourself permission to write a shitty first draft.” Something good will come of it, even if it had nothing to do with the original draft.
On Procrastination
My airplane listening (hey, it was a long flight!) was a series of podcasts by Merlin Mann at 43folders with David Allen, the personal productivity guru and one of my heros. I stumbled across David’s email newsletter back in 2001, and printed/saved them until his best seller Getting Things Done came out in print. [...]
The Problem of Anonymity
My airplane reading this for this trip is a book I’ve wanted to read for a few months now: Small is the New Big by Seth Godin. It’s a collection of ‘the best’ of his blog posts over the past 3-4 years. While I spend a lot of time reading online I [...]
Business Travel Essentials
I arrived in San Diego late Sunday afternoon and have checked in at the lovely La Avenida Inn on Coronado Island. It’s a very comfortable (and affordable) little motel which is the perfect place for my psyche. They have friendly staff, clean and spacious rooms and a top notch cable TV selection. [...]
Am I Fiscally Conservative? Do I Want to Be?
In Left or Right? « Touamoto Sakimata-Smith my buddy Greg talked about being ‘fiscally conservative’ and it got my blood flowing a bit — brought back an earlier conversation I had with my city councilor.
I’ve had a problem with the term ‘fiscally conservative’ for a while now, because I see it as having mixed [...]
Hockey Round Table
Another fun weekend at the rink. Robyn got her first start in net on Saturday in Lumsden. She played well all game, but really got strong as the game went on. She had quite a bit of fun but I think she’s already thinking about playing forward again. It was a [...]