From the monthly archives:

April 2009

How to quit the procrastinating and get writing

April 8, 2009
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Hey. I want to write an intro, but whatever I write, I know that it will be crap. Like that. That last sentence. Now I have to go back and delete it and think of something else. But whatever I replace it with will be worse. Know why? [...]

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Video: A Browse Through The Facebook

April 6, 2009

The sheer silliness you are about to watch is part one in a trilogy of short videos, collectively known as Social Wisdom. Part two, Win Friends With Guitaring Hero, will be online next week, with part three, Dance Your Way To Success, following a week after that.
A Browse Through The Facebook is your [...]

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How to be socially adept: a guide for tech-head hermits

April 5, 2009
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I lived alone for several years. I also spend freakishly long hours bathed in the comforting glow of my laptop monitor. These two factors — combined with a few other behavioural quirks — turned me into what you might call “a socially awkward hermit”. Observe a journal entry from early 2008:
I need [...]

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Strategies for surviving a Job That Sucks

April 3, 2009
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Mention that you hate your job these days and you’re likely to be met with a look of disdain. A look that says “Suck it up, sweetcheeks, because in this economy you’re lucky to have a job at all”.
This attitude is kind of like walking up to a person who is eating a sandwich [...]

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