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I mentioned the website 43 Folders in my last post. I still haven't really looked the site over, but I've listened to all the podcasts it offered. These podcasts had a variety of interesting ideas for enhancing productivity. The major one I took to heart was the idea of devoting blocks of times to specific and exclusive activities. The core of my time management problems really manifested in this ever-present feeling of anxiety no matter what I was doing.… Continue

One of the marketing podcasts I listened to mentioned 7 things new businesses do that cause them to fail. It actually only had 4 of those 7 things on the podcast I listened to; the rest were on a subsequent one. But this was the podcast that was a lure to getting you to buy into their program, so I decided to explore other programs for now. The relevant point is that one of these 7 things they mentioned was, to summarize, trying to learn too much at once. Reading excessive amounts on businesses… Continue

I started listening to more webcomic podcasts, and was starting to feel strangled by the one-sidedness of it all. I think it's important for me to feel connected with the webcomic community, but I don't want to be hypnotized into thinking like the masses. What I like about Webcomics Weekly is that the hosts are all people who are actually making a living off of their websites and so when they discuss webcomics, they discuss it as a legitimate business model… Continue

I went to Border's to grab a coffee, read Invisible Man, which I'm almost done with, and write some of Chapter Four. After reading a chapter, I didn't feel the comic juices flowing, so I browsed the comics section and found a Penny Arcade collection. Enticed, especially after having listened to their podcasts so frequently as of late, I took a read.

Several feelings welled up upon reading through the beginning of… Continue

First things first. I just discovered that the official website, circa 1997, to one of my favorite video games OF ALL TIME is still available on the internet! For real. PURE AWESOME.

Moving on...

Podcasts, hobbies, and goals. That will help me keep in line the items I want to discuss in this post.

Podcasts. I've discovered the indispensable quality of webcomic related podcasts such as… Continue