The Speed of New Stuff – Author Robin Sloan

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I've mentioned him before, but Robin Sloan is a new kind of author.  I tweeted him about theSixtyOne, a new music listening site, and how it reminded me of a site in his book.  No sooner than 5 minutes later he had posted to his blog (http://robinsloan.com/2010/1100) an entry about the tweet, linking to the site, my tweet, and my twitter.  That is instant feedback.  So do yourself a favor and go read his stories.  Not only are they great, but you will see the new literature being created one post at a time.  

The Speed of New Stuff – Author Robin Sloan

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I've mentioned him before, but Robin Sloan is a new kind of author.  I tweeted him about theSixtyOne, a new music listening site, and how it reminded me of a site in his book.  No sooner than 5 minutes later he had posted to his blog (http://robinsloan.com/2010/1100) an entry about the tweet, linking to the site, my tweet, and my twitter.  That is instant feedback.  So do yourself a favor and go read his stories.  Not only are they great, but you will see the new literature being created one post at a time.  

Love, Hate, and Todo Lists

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Todo lists are the ultimate productivity enhancer.  Just write out what you need to do and then do it. Cross it off. Instant ego boost.  So why is my todo app filled with hundreds of todos that I have marked for later?  Maybe because I never read this article from the Harvard School of Smart People about how to write todo lists that work.  

Basically it boils down to 2 things.

1. Break it down. – Don’t confuse projects with todos.  Plan party is a PROJECT, call Dan for sound system is a todo.

2. Use Action words and include details. – Even putting Dans phone number IN THE TODO means that there is less of a chance that you will put it off because you “didn’t have his number” at that moment. 

So let’s go be productive!

Love, Hate, and Todo Lists

3437630552_6f2b679d0a

Todo lists are the ultimate productivity enhancer.  Just write out what you need to do and then do it. Cross it off. Instant ego boost.  So why is my todo app filled with hundreds of todos that I have marked for later?  Maybe because I never read this article from the Harvard School of Smart People about how to write todo lists that work.  

Basically it boils down to 2 things.

1. Break it down. – Don’t confuse projects with todos.  Plan party is a PROJECT, call Dan for sound system is a todo.

2. Use Action words and include details. – Even putting Dans phone number IN THE TODO means that there is less of a chance that you will put it off because you “didn’t have his number” at that moment. 

So let’s go be productive!

Waffle Fun!

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I love waffles.  And I just found out you can cook cookies and bacon in a waffle iron.  Well imagine my suprise when I found an entire blog devoted to cooking everything in a waffle iron!

They need a better header image and title, but I really want to try some of these recipes.

Sweet Map

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As much as I dislike Microsoft, this does look pretty cool.  The new Bing Silverlight app lets you make a custom little map.  Ok Google, add this to Labs. 

via TechCrunch – http://ow.ly/YsXX 

Sweet Map

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As much as I dislike Microsoft, this does look pretty cool.  The new Bing Silverlight app lets you make a custom little map.  Ok Google, add this to Labs. 

via TechCrunch – http://ow.ly/YsXX 

Don’t see Where the Wild Things Are – my review

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Terrible.  

Seriously, this surprised me.  You see I like movies.  A lot.  I can usually find something that I like about a movie.

Nope.  Not this time. 

I would not recommend this at all.  I usually rank movies as theater, dollar theater, redbox, or free.  But this time is DONT WATCH.

I found the plot non existant.  There was no moral lessons.  The pace dragged.  The dialogue dragged worse.  There were a couple of cute moments that made me smile, and even one or two that made me laugh but overall, the movie flopped.  I was worried about turning a 15 page children's book into a full length movie and it happened.  

Some critics call it an "honest look at childhood", or "refreshingly free from commodity film components" but I just call it weird.  You could argue it was art and it doesn't have to make sense but art is at least pleasing to look at.  The film location was dry and colorless.  Lots of shadows, dark branches and rocks.  The only cool thing was the technical achievement of making the monsters face portray emotion but one technical achievement doesn't carry a film. (unless your Avatar and your technical achievement is going to change film)