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May31
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It's ok to toot your own horn now and then. Well, at least I hope it is, because this post is going to be a little bit of a horn toot. In my mailbox this evening was a note from Leah Maclean of Working Solo fame. Leah's news? Technorati put together a section called "Everything in the known universe about working solo". And the reason to toot the horn? Leah and I and Shirley, from Solo Business Marketing, are featured as the top three in the category. The pleasure and honor of this recognition has several sides. For one thing, I'm in great company. On a purely personal level, though, both ProductivityGoal and Thoughts & Philosophies are mentioned in the same listing. It's a happy feather that just got put in my cap. Thanks, Technorati
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May31
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There might be psychological difference in what we call the pots of gold at the end of our aspirations. Setting goals or reaching for dreams -- one has the sound of cold steel, the other invites inspired excitement. Do we...
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May30
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There's an abundance of information about productivity, business development, personal development, goals, plans, and everything else related to producing wonderful results. The abundance is so great that it's impossibly to adequately keep up to date without some help.The help that...
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May28
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In my head, I know what to do, but in my head is where the problem is and the dumpy feeling often kicks the crap out of the wonderfully positive answers.
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Every once in a while, we go dry and creativity eludes us. None of the usual inspirations work their magic and, to make matters worse, our minds tend to go a little haywire with strange ideas that we've lost our...
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May27
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Reality needn't be harsh. It is what it is and can be wonderful or horrible; it only depends on how we choose to view it.
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May26
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. . . upcoming security conferences. The list is posted in its entirety at ITSecurity Events ; highlights are re-published here, in the hope that it might be relevant for some of you.
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It would appear that hell hath no fury like a hacked hacker and Shimomura decided to fight hacking with hacking.
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May25
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Stallman is known as the father of free software, having founded the GNU Project to develop a free operating system.
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Quoted as saying, "I just want to have fun making the best damn operating system I can.", Linus Torvalds is rightly credited with develoing the Unix-based operating system, Linux.
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May24
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The World Wide Web is the brainchild of hacker, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee,
who is also the director of the World Wide Web Consortium
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Had it not been for the Palo Alto based Homebrew Computer Club, Apple Inc. might never have existed. A member of the organization during the 1970s, Wozniak built the computer with the solitary goal of impressing its members.
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May23
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This is the end of the Black Hat Hackers, the bad boys turned good. The
remainder of this series will feature the White Hats, good boys turned better.
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When is it time to look squarely at a weakness and determine it’s always going to be a weakness? The question isn’t pessimistic or negative, it’s not a call to stop trying, it’s a trip to reality. Everyone has a...
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How do you make sure you’re the 102nd caller in a radio-station contest? Hack the telephone lines. That’s what Kevin Poulsen did to Los Angeles based KIIS-FM; for his efforts, he won a Porsche 944 S2.
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May22
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Mitnick showed an interest in rearranging the system when he was twelve years old. He bypassed the Los Angeles bus punch card system by buying himself a punch for free rides.
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No matter to him that his laptop was in Pittsburgh, Lamo used computers at Kinko’s, coffee shops, and libraries to hack into companies the likes of The New York Times, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Cingular.
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The way I see things, all of life comes together with links. The chain wouldn’t exist if not for each small piece of it; every link adds to the illusion that the chain is a single piece.
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May21
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James considered what he was doing was fun, “a challenge to see what I could pull off”. Neither the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (an agency of the Department of Defense) nor NASA saw the humor.
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The series will look at Jonathan James, Adrian Lamo, Kevin Mitnick, Kevin Poulsen, Robert Tappan Morris, Stephen Wozniak, Timothy Berners-Lee, Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, and Tsutomu Shimomura.
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May20
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Making a mountain out of a mole hill can add too many unnecessary variables and that's just as bad as jumping in head first without thinking at all. Neither is a strategy for success.
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May19
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It’s all about the big picture, the finished product. Coaches and clients come together with a unified purpose, a purpose that can become muddled if the basic relationship becomes unbalanced.
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May18
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The project attracted 152 writers, each of whom contributed probably at least a thousand suggestions for success. Those figures speak to the power of the project, the willingness of writers to give and to share.
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May17
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What would Bob Hope say? For that matter, what can anyone say? Men and women are sacrificing the normalcy of their daily lives, sometimes being badly hurt, sometimes getting killed. Be that as it may, the Department of Defense...
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if your writing is your first foot in the door, make sure it’s a foot with a leg to stand on.
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May16
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In general, animals can teach all of us a lesson or two and, according to G.P at Fish Creek House, we should all listen to our horses. Don’t have a horse? G.P. will gladly fill you in on some...
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May15
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Today, May 15, 2007, marks the first birthday of Jason Alba’s Jibber Jobber. During the past year, Jason developed Jibber Jobber from an unknown entity into a wonderfully feature-rich career management tool, geared toward everyone's success.
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May14
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The thing that slaps at my sensibilities about the language of the sign is the total distain and lack of respect its makers (presumably the shop owner/s) show for their customers.
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May13
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Even if you've read Allen's work before, it's one of those writings that never loses it's poignancy. The stuff it's made of is the stuff we're all made of; it's the stuff we sometimes need to re-read so we can re-adjust when life throws its curves.
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May12
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The somewhat serendipitous action of the University to refuse Snyder’s teaching certificate on the basis of a photograph is baffling.
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May 9
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We must always be dream followers; we can’t afford to miss seeing where they lead.
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Why this weekend? Why have it at the same time as the SOBcon? Because it’s the same time as the Chicago conference and a lot of people can’t be there. A lot of people can, however, be at their computers and everyone can have a sense of conference inclusion.
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May 8
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The trick is to not waste too much time. Get the worm before some other bird comes swooping.
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May 7
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Odd as this might sound, depression and productivity have a lot in common. Well, except that there are no meds for productivity.
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May 6
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Discretionary bitching is a good thing. If something’s so bothersome that it’s interfering with our life, our work, our very thought processes, we owe it to ourselves and to those around us to speak up.
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May 5
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No doubt there will be many who will think me a twenty-first-century heretic when they see what I’m about to say, but I’ll take my chances. The most productive thing we can do for ourselves is to STOP MULTI-TASKING.
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May 4
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Sam Raimi is living his dream to direct comic-book films.
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May 3
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Be quick and be ruthless when it comes to trashing. We have the Internet now. There aren’t too many things that can’t be retrieved, if we toss something by mistake. Too many hours are wasted if we need to wade through a bunch of useless junk.
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May 2
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Harboring resentments keeps us in a miserable struggle and opens us to repression, anxiety, and depression. Forgiving puts us at peace with ourselves, renewing our vitality, giving us a sense of peace and well-being, and bolstering our self-esteem.
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May 1
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This is a dubious distinction, but a distinction nontheless. My first Blogtipping at ProductivityGoal is happening on Blogtipping's First Birthday. Well, I told you the distinction was dubious.
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Specifically, anyone who creates marketing tools is part of the target audience. If you’re a small business owner or a marketing blogger, a marketing student or an educator or marketing students, this is for you.
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