Unquiet Desperation

Part 2: Dealing with Email

Email is a particular problem. It’s probably the worst of all the offending mediums of communication as far as sheer emotional baggage. For me, it hits with two distinct emotions:

The first time you load it after an extended period, there’s the dread of learning just [...]

Part 1: Clearing the Workspace

It’s Sunday evening, around 6pm. I walk upstairs to put the laundry away and pull out a few things to get ready for the week. I switch on the light in my bedroom and there, across the room, is my desk, and on this desk, this very laptop. It [...]

Introduction

I have a love/hate relationship with my computer. I truly enjoy working on it…my Macbook is a wonderful piece of technology, and doing anything from writing code to developing fiction on it is a dream. In this way, it’s a fantastic, comfortable tool.

On the other hand, it’s also my ball and chain, or my accurately [...]

KJ and I spent the weekend down in Columbus for this years’ Origins convention. We had a great time overall, despite some bumps in the road because of the silly, overpriced hotel. The high points all have to do with meeting up with Mur Lafferty, her husband and all-around cool guy Jim Van [...]

When I started my consulting business on July 1 of last year, it was because I had been laid off from my previous job. Rather than take a job in one of the many offices around town, I thought I would make a go of it on my own. I was truly looking forward to [...]

We’re reaching the end of an era. The world of podcasting is maturing and changing, and I believe that we are hitting the end of that first, enthusiastic rush of people seeking to make their voices heard. Some might call it a Golden Age, but I’m not really sure that’s accurate. Gold Rush Age [...]

Most days, I’m fairly sure that many of my non-podcasting friends have no idea why I helped build Podiobooks.com. It’s just free amateur audiobooks, right? What’s the big deal?

The big deal is this: we’re living in a time where the more traditional modes of content distribution are being shaken up from the bottom [...]

Counting calories is an exercise in shock and awe.

One thing Cathy has me doing is writing down what I eat. Being a geek, I decided to use FitDay, because then I also get the calorie counting and nutrition information at the same time. Also, it’s free, which is a major bonus.

if you want to really [...]

I’ve written this post at least six times. Here goes number seven.

I’m told that one of the most powerful motivators to doing anythign is to make it public, so that anyone can check on you and hold you accountable. I hope that’s the case. It’s common knowledge that I need to lose weight [...]

One of the things that is constantly on my mind these days is the wonder of cooperation in the social spaces on the web. I’m not talking so much about My Space and social networking sites…I’m thinking more of the level of cooperation that takes place in the podcasting and Creative Commons communities.

I was passing [...]