Archive for the 'Personal Development' Category

My week’s experiement is over, and with my 20/20 hindsight I can categorically claim that a week of no blog reading at work is not worth a hill of beans, be they lima or kidney.  Or even pinto.
Like a smoker jonesing for his next fix, I spent most of each day thinking about carrying out [...]


I’m trying my damnedest to avoid reading any blogs at work this week. On Monday I deleted my Bloglines bookmark, removed Google Reader from my iGoogle homepage, and prayed to heathen gods to give me the strength not to buckle.
Much like a Cambodian farmer or an Afghan kid looking for food rations, I find [...]


I spend far too much time at work surfing the web and reading blogs; everything from Slashdot to Marginal Revolution to the Brazen Careerist. Well this week I’m experimenting in not reading any blogs at work for the entire week.
And please note, this is going to be hard for me. Like one of [...]