Monthly Archives: July 2010

Doing things or getting things done (and gone)

By Sharpy | Published: July 12, 2010
Steph: If I am feeling discouraged, I add things to my list that I can do quickly and boost my feelings of achievement, or break up big tasks into multiple tick boxes so I can tick at least some :D Me: [...] if I add little things to my list then tick them off, that [...]
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Drowning doesn’t look like drowning

By Sharpy | Published: July 7, 2010
Scary (especially for parents), but a must read. Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning, via John Gruber: So if a crew member falls overboard and every looks O.K.—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading [...]
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Saving the world with Facebook

By Sharpy | Published: July 6, 2010
“Internet guru” Clay Shirky on new media: Look, we got erotic novels, first crack out of the box, once we had printing presses. It took a century and a half for the Royal Society to start publishing the first scientific journal in English. So even with the sacred printing press, the first things you get [...]
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