January 1, 2009
Something to think about from Tim Ferris' blog : "While many are wringing their hands, I recall the 1970s when we were suffering from an oil shock causing long lines at gas stations, rationing, and 55 MPH speed limits...
December 29, 2008
Every New Year’s people make resolutions to change. Few resolutions last. In fact, research has shown that even if someone knows 100% for sure that their actions are endangering their life, only 10% would actually...
December 23, 2008
In the process of selling all of my furniture for the move to a furnished condo in Texas, I’ve learned something very interesting about pricing. I had read about the effect before, but never experienced it so clearly.
December 17, 2008
Dan Roam, aka. "the napkin guy" has a great recent post about proactive thinking about the big picture, instead of having simple knee-jerk reactions.
October 27, 2008
Ontario is consider a ban on "electronic communication devices" for anyone driving a vehicle. As much as I appreciate the convenience of being able to make a quick call to a friend, numerous studies have shown that the...
October 24, 2008
I signed up for Google's Gmail service in the early beta and was very happy to receive the nice, easy to remember jhanley alias. This has turned out to be a bit of a mixed blessing.
October 16, 2008
The election is over. Here are the results: $300 million was spent to bring us “democracy”, but nobody is happy with the results.
October 11, 2008
Now that gas prices are on the decline again, everyone has forgotten about them and moved on to the new crisis du jour.
October 7, 2008
I read a nice little example of ROWE*-based thinking in a recent blog posting. (link to the full article below) ...
September 30, 2008
Tim Ferris recently posted about a Dutch ROWE office implementation. It was a good read, but I was more interested by the bit at the end about his own home office and techniques for simplifying life.