One of my assets (or character flaws) is that I think I am a genius. Today I showed both sides. In terms of background I dropped off my wife today at the airport to travel overseas for a couple of days. This leaves me leading the home and managing every one of the daily activities.
No [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2009 by pdone
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There are three factors necessary for a successful remote or teleworking experience. I call these the three E’s. These E’s are Environment, Equipment and Experience. When each of the categories are available the conditions for a successful and profitable outcome are more probable.
In recent years the lines between work and home are blurring. Burning the [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2009 by pdone
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It almost sounds like a bunch of hot gas, but cloud computing is a developing technology where applications and services are just out there on the internet. Amazon and Google are among some of the big players in the market, but what can it mean for us?
Applications such as Adobe Air are beginning to take [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by pdone
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Finally in the Done home there is a Pinewood Derby Winner! Tonight was the 2009 Pack 1366 Pinewood Derby. After four rounds of racing Timothy was victorious as the Pack winner.
His car piloted by Commander Fox (Star Wars lego character) who led his red Modified Racer to victory. When asked how was to finally win [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by pdone
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I remember seeing a magazine ad in the airplane years ago that would create a computer font out of your handwritten letters. I thought it was pretty neat but not for $99. Today I found a similar service that will do this for free. It takes about 15 minutes to print a template, write the [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by pdone
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Kind of makes me wish I had roommates sometimes:
6) Move everything to one side of the room. Ask your roommate if they knows how much an elephant weighs, and look at the floor on the empty side of the room with concern.
5) Buy some knives. Sharpen them every night. While you’re doing so, look at [...]
Posted on February 20th, 2009 by pdone
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I lived in Olongapo City, Philippines from November 1993 - May 1994. During the time I was new in the country and just beginning to learn the language. Aside from the extreme culture shock I have very fond memories of it and consider one day visiting there again. Imelda is preparing to travel to the [...]
Posted on February 16th, 2009 by pdone
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Facebook is five. Maybe you didn’t get it in your news feed, but it was in February 2004 that Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg, along with some classmates, launched the social network that ate the world. Did he realize back then in his dorm that he was witnessing merely the larval stage of his creation? For [...]
Posted on February 15th, 2009 by pdone
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In the ongoing series of strengths this week’s topic is the characteristic of Futuristic. Tom Rath in his book Strength Finders 2.0 describes the traits a person who is inclined toward future-thinking as one who looks beyond the current conditions.
The future is fantastic to this person; projected as though on a wall the possibilities, details [...]
Posted on February 15th, 2009 by pdone
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While reading the news the other day I considered the attempts that the US President is trying to do to involve citizens in solutions to the nation’s problems. Thinking social-network / democracy / collective wisdom I formed an idea I call a Community Democracy Platform (CDP). The CDP would be a web-based system used to [...]
Posted on February 14th, 2009 by pdone
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