I started a new list and challenge this year, borrowed from something I saw on Facebook - read 26 books this year, satisfying a list of criteria designed to keep the list diverse and encourage exploring new styles, genres, etc. With a few friends, we came up with our own version of the list, and... Continue Reading →
Friending and Following (and being followed)
http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/social-media-affect-math-dunbar-number-friendships https://medium.com/treatises-on-a-modern-world/the-friend-and-the-follower-1b16ab6bda78 Every now and then I go through my various social media lists and pare back the numbers. I read about the Dunbar number a few years ago, in the book The Tipping Point, and have always found it intriguing that my own number - of FB friends, the social media equivalent of Dunbar... Continue Reading →
Phone Pomodoro
I use this tool often to help me manage time and focus on tasks requiring attention to detail, such as reading, writing or editing a longish document. It is highly effective, and I often recommend it to others. In essence, the tool keeps track of time so that you focus on a task for 25... Continue Reading →