Coming off the fun time we had at Tech Cocktail 4 last week, we’ve been following up with all the great contacts that we made at the event. One of the nicest guys we hooked up with at Tech Cocktail was Mike Carruth, founder of Digital Bootcamp, a Chicago training facility that offers courses [...]
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Holiday Recovery
Changing gears isn’t easy. Don’t tackle that big hard project just yet - start on something small and work your way up… or if you’re still having trouble getting going, write a short blog post or comment on this one
Anyone do anything fun? I went skiing in South Lake Tahoe. [...]
Starting the new year with a clean slate
Wait! Before you get back to work, take an hour or so to start the new year with a clean slate. I just finished organizing my home and home-office and it feels great. I’ve got a new arrangement for my computer and monitor and I’m psyched to get back to work after [...]
Using the coffee nap to wake up
I saw this article about taking a caffeine nap and decided to try it this morning. Basically:
Drink coffee
Take 15 min nap right away
Be productive!
This combination is supposed to provide a longer period of alertness than the coffee alone. The caffeine supposedly clears the body of the "sleepy chemicals" and then the combination of waking up [...]
Is my mac a dud?
I watch the Apple commercials and they tell me that my mac (I’m assuming that includes my newish MacBook Pro) doesn’t ever need to restart. It then makes me sad everytime I have to reboot and John gets to laugh at me with his Windows laptop which has been exhibiting the stability I wish I [...]
