From the monthly archives:

April 2009

What to do when you feel like you’re going insane

April 10, 2009
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If you’ve got a decent brain in your noggin and are prone to bouts of overanalysis, there are going to be times when you feel like you’re driving yourself mad. It’s certainly one of my favourite hobbies, along with 3am mortality-related angstfests and the agony of deciding what to have for Sunday brunch.
A particularly [...]

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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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