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A Note on Productivity

May 30, 2009

These days, I’m as busy as ever, a mixed blessing in some situations. While I don’t have a lot of free time to play more Mario Kart on the Wii, I do have a lot of fun projects and clients to keep happy. Here’s a brief list of some of the stuff I use to [...]

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Stuff I Like: DimDim

April 27, 2009

Have you ever had the need to put together a teleconference with very little to no time? Forget WebEx, and you really don’t even need GoToMyPC.com. Why pay money if you don’t need to? All you need is a free account from DimDim.com.
Just a few weeks ago, I used DimDim on my Mac to share [...]

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Weather and Productivity

March 27, 2009

I love a good overcast day, the gloomier the better. Why? There’s something about a gray sky that gets me up and moving, ready for anything, and ready for work. What about you? Take the poll below and let me know in the comments what kind of weather helps you be productive. I can make [...]

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Backup Strategies, Part 1

March 6, 2009

Backups are essential today–we’ve all lost files at some point and we all know our hard drives will fail at some point. That is why it is important to have a firm strategy and plan in backing up your files. Whether you use external hard drives or an online service like Mozy, you’re better off [...]

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March Madness

March 2, 2009

The joys of freelancing are starting to bloom, as March is going to be a very busy month for me. I have a trip to Roswell planned to begin laying the groundwork for a major redesign for one of my clients. In addition, we also are aiming to launch a redesigned website for the Clovis [...]

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Sencha: My New Drink of Choice

February 24, 2009

I’ve been a tea lover for a couple of years now, ever since a friend of mine introduced me to Adagio Teas, but I may have stepped into the realm of a junkie in the past week.
My current brew of choice is Japanese sencha from Teavana. It has the bitter (but not too much) and [...]

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January Summary

January 31, 2009

If the rest of 2009 has me as busy as the first month, future posts are endangered here on Scottdot.
Freelancing has officially begun, with three clients currently on board for web design services. It should be lots of fun, but also pretty involved, as the biggest project is a more ambitious website for the Clovis [...]

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Ushering in 2009

January 2, 2009

Whether we like it or not, another year has flew past us, leaving us in the dust of all that happened, all we wish that happened, and all that we may have regrets about. I for one don’t regret anything too seriously from 2008, but only hope 2009 is more rewarding.
With that being said, I’m [...]

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Non-Resolution: 2008 in Retrospect

December 29, 2008

Rather than make resolutions for 2009, I decided to take a look back at things I could have done better or more of in 2008. Here’s what I have come up with:

Keeping my backyard picked up
Not giving my dogs enough attention (remember this?)
I started two books (at least) that I did not finish
Cooking a meal [...]

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