Getting Things Done

December 27th, 2005 atwork

Lately it has all been about getting things done at work: my social/personal life is in pieces.

Not any more.

The website life hacker gives tips on how to get things done and still get a life.

Things I want to do more next year
1. Blog more
2. Go back to fiction
3. Watch more useful TV / listen to radio
4. Watch more theatre productions
5. Continue to read fiction
6. Read Arts and Letters Daily daily
7. Stop picking up work phone calls after work hours/putting in 60hr work week.
8. Achieve significant improvement in the contact center business.
9. Get more pay.
11. Swim.

Babarism with Barbie

December 25th, 2005 elsewhere

Barbarism begins with Barbie

“The researchers had not intended to focus on Barbie, but they were taken aback by the rejection, hatred and violence she provoked when they asked the children about their feelings for the doll.

…while adults may find a child

Another Casualty

December 16th, 2005 atwork

Two days ago, I was passing the area where a friend of mine R supervises when he stopped me and said, “Let’s have coffee.” I pointed over to the conference room where I was to have a nice geeky session with the phone engineer. “Later?” he said.
“Can’t. The chainsaw consultant is messing about with our KPIs. She’s calling another blamestorming. Oh,” I said, remembering something I heard. I leant forward to whisper, “The omens are bad.”
All of a sudden his eyes were red.
I took his arm. “We have coffee after this.”

The news is bad. The fears are founded. He would not be here long.