Archive | July, 2006

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Stop and Think

By on July 27, 2006 in Software

I can appreciate where Dare is coming from in his post about how Every Bad Decision Has a Good Reason Behind It.Most of the time I try to understand, rationalise and sometimes question decisions made either before I arrived on my current project or more recently by other teams. In general I see this as [...]

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Teevee Sucks

By on July 26, 2006 in Life in General

I remember a speech I made for a compulsory public speaking competition at school when I was about 12. I took the stance that “TV sucks” and argued that the rest of the kids didn’t really need it. The talk was serious but I still watched my fair share of teevee and had no intention [...]

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Habit-breaking

By on July 20, 2006 in Life in General

Just read about Jon Udell’s habit of breaking habits. He mentions a couple cool lifehacks for productivity and some interesting desktop tools for Windows/Mac/Linux.I too only recently discovered thow to hide all the items on the desktop. Jon found it useful for productivity; I was just keen to get a better look at my desktop [...]

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