Posts Tagged ‘Productivity’

Accomplish More at Work

Posted on March 2nd, 2009 • Filed under Uncategorized • No Comments

All of us have peaks and troughs of energy at particular times of day. There will be some hours when you can storm through work, block out distractions, and feel on top of the world. And at other times, all you’ll want to do is curl up on the sofa with a mug of coffee.

via: Dumb Little Man

 

Why I like the Peek

Posted on January 28th, 2009 • Filed under Uncategorized • No Comments

I’m a Swiss Army knife. Versatile. Dependable. There when you need me, and capable of fulfilling any role required at the time. Up to a point, just like a Swiss Army knife.

Like the Swiss Army Knife, I’m pretty good at things as long as it doesn’t require a specialty tool or an actual skill. When that happens I’m thrown into a fit of denial. I’ll try to grow a new limb if I have to. Learn just enough to get through the task, then forget what I’ve learned because I’ll never repeat the task again.

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Oblique Strategies

Posted on October 2nd, 2008 • Filed under Uncategorized • No Comments

Oblique Strategies: In 1975, Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno created the original pack of Oblique Strategies cards. Eno and his friend, the artist Peter Schmidt discovered they used a very similar approach to problem solving. As a collaboration they produced a series of cards to use as a set of basic working principles which guided them through moments of pressure.

The first four editions of The Oblique Strategies turn up on eBay occassionally. The fifth edition published in 2002 is available on Brian Eno’s website.