Archive for the ‘Background’ Category
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
I'm reasonably pleased with the progress of Experiment #1. It's doing far better than Experiment #0 (this blog) in terms of earning money. And I have definitely put far less amount of time into it.
Here's How I Set It Up:
Advertise donation based tech support on craigslist. ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
I recently made a very subtle, but fundamental change to this blog. You probably didn't notice it. If you look at the categories, I've renamed them such that each post falls into the category as would the material for a scientific paper. I know, your thinking "Is ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
As I survey the rise in popularity of self-help blogs (fourhourworkweek, zenhabits, stevepavilina, gettingthingsdone, 43folders, lifehacker, etc...), I can't help but wonder what has spurred this growth. What is encouraging to see is that these sites are largely providing real value with no-nonsense tips and tricks. One thing ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
I thought this morning as I was getting up: "what business does an engineer have doing writing a blog about self help? Why am I even interested in this topic?" As I survey my colleagues at work, I can't imagine any of them having much to say about ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
One of the earliest pearls of wisdom that I accepted was that "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” --Aristotle
For better or worse, here's a brief list of what I repeatedly do:
1. Always orient my shirts in the ...
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