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Recovering from Goals Crashing (GHD076-084)
I haven’t posted about my Groundhog Day Resolutions Goals in a while. Today, I am trying to reclaim my sense of clarity and purpose. I’m live-streaming the thought process behind this to get “unstuck”...
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Kitten, Teach me the Way of Life
I saw this great O’Reilly book cover parody on Twitter from @thepracticaldev: How to learn any new programming concept: Essential Changing Stuff and Seeing What Happens You tell it, kitten! This works...
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PAX EAST 2016
Last Friday I went to PAX EAST at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC). This is a GIANT gaming show, covering both video games and tabletop games, that pulls in something like 15,000+...
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Taiwan Bound, Again!
I have been pretty quiet for the past couple of weeks, particularly with regards to my “Groundhog Day Resolutions” goals. That’s because I’ve been really pre-occupied with a month-long trip to Taiwan,...
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Groundhog Resolutions Review #3 (May 2016)
It’s May 6th here in Hong Kong International Airport, but it’s still May 5, Groundhog Resolutions Review Day back in Boston! I’ve got to board a flight to Taiwan in about an hour, so this will be a...
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The Importance of Pizza Peels
In the continuing adventures with supermarket pre-made pizza dough, I have “successfully” constructed my first pie! Not everything went to plan, though: Making the pizza itself, spreading the dough out...
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Taiwan Trip Update for May 16, 2016
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been two weeks since I’ve arrived in history-steeped Taichung, Taiwan. I had thought I would be writing more, but this trip has become more of a vacation than a working trip....
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Limited Run of Emergent Task Planner Pads Restocked!
For fans of the pre-printed Emergent Task Planner pads, I’ve produced a small run of ETP 75-sheet pads and ETP 50-sheet pads. There are about 90 units each on Amazon USA. The difference, other than...
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Digital Nomad Self Assessment: Not Quite Adventurous
I’m testing my ability to be a digital nomad while spending the month in Taichung, a city of 2.7 million people in the democratic (yay!) nation of Taiwan. I’ve been here long enough now to realize that...
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Groundhog Resolutions Review #4 (June 2016)
I’m back in the United States after a month of visiting family in Taiwan, and it’s time to review my Groundhog Day Resolutions in the context of that trip! I had originally thought that I would be...
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Changing Directions; Intellectual Nomadism
This is a revisitation of my June 6 Groundhog Day Resolutions Review post, restructured to clarify why I need to shut down the blog as it currently exists while embracing a seemingly less-responsible...
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Virtual Coworking Updates
I’ve just created a Virtual Coworking with Dave information page to describe the various ways that one can participate in this experimental community. Coworking, if you aren’t familiar with the term,...
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Winning the Day in the DS|Cafe
One of the features I like on the Virtual Coworking Cafe Discord is the special WINNING THE DAY role, which is awarded periodically when someone posts something that seems like a “win”. If you want to...
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“Embracing the Creative Bubble” Followup
In my last not Groundhog Day report I had a theory that The Creative Bubble—essentially a very strict form of creative isolation—might help me overcome the continual resistance I feel toward work. My...
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GHDO for August 8: Thoughts Sailing Across Still Water
Hey guys! It’s August 8, which means it’s time for another (NOT) Groundhog Day Resolutions Review. In last month’s report I described how extreme social isolation seemed to be one way I could get...
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Jack Conte on “Working to Publish”
A few days ago I came across Work to Publish. It’s a video from Jack Conte, who is half of the musical duo Pomplamoose and co-founder of Patreon. He is super-cheerful and enthusiastic, and I’d been...
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Thinking with Whimsical Maps
For the past year I’ve been working on a complicated Javascript project that includes, among other things, an “agent simulation engine” that allows students to program an “agent template” where they...
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GHDO for September 9: Sloughing through the Month
Monthly update time! It has been an unremarkable month that has felt busy but not very productive. In this report I’ll note some of the concerns I’ve had recently so I can address them in the month...
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GHDO for October 10: Looking Inward
Can you believe it’s time for the October Review already? If you’re just tuning in, I’m doing a report every month on the same days as Groundhog Day Resolutions, but am not doing my usual goal...
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Visual Word Counting Calendar for NaNoWriMo 2020
I’ve updated my Word Counting Calendar for Nanowrimo again for international Novel Writing Month, which happens every October. The idea is to write 50,000 in 30 days. I did it in once 2013, but the...
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