I didn’t realize how much Diet Coke had gotten under my skin…
Until I decided to get off it this weekend.
I’ll admit, I may have been drinking too much lately.
I’ve had a lot going on.
I don’t drink coffee.
It’s easy to do.
I knew drinking so much Diet Coke was a bad habit - but a painful one?
Saturday […]
The Web Analytics Associations has released an expanded set of 26 standard definitions for measuring web traffic and usage (PDF). This is a useful document for providing consensus definitions of common terms used in the web industry.
However, I find it rather ironic that they released this document only as a PDF. Come on folks! You […]
Read & discuss at david@highcontext.com (C. David Gammel)'s blog.
I have been interested in social media / web 2.0 long before there were fancy names affixed to the use of technology to bring people together in an attempt to encourage participation, collaboration and to share content, opinions, insights, experiences, perspectives, and media. That’s not to say that I had any foresight into just how […]
On Friday night I tweeted about how my play and work lives were colliding with some unanticipated consequences. (It has nothing to do with alcohol, Fred) I’m sensing that my ability to separate work and play is eroding. Here’s my story…
For the most part, I read blogs for fun. I’ve made a little extra money here and there reading and writing about blogs, so it wasn’t exactly all just for fun. But still, I really like reading blogs.
But now that I’m getting paid for following real estate blogs, I’m finding it difficult to draw a line between play and work. That’s a mixed bag. Sure, I love that I get paid to be part of the virtual conversation (I’m mostly listening right now), but my eyes are wandering to the real estate blogs when I could be doing non-work things. Let me make it perfectly clear that I am enjoying reading real estate blogs, but it’s still part of my work.
I used to be able to draw a bright line between work and my outside interests. Now, I’m discovering that it has become a bit muddy. I could equate it to what I think life as a food critic might be like. I don’t think a food critic could have an ordinary meal. You’re always critiquing it, which is your work. So it is with me. I can’t surf the web without straying to the real estate blogs.
I’m trying to figure out if this is something I can change, or something that I just need to cope with. Anyone got a job hack here? I’m listening.
Tagged: Association Management; Associations; CAE; Certified Association Executive
While I live on computers in my daily life, I’m one of those who are firmly against people being on laptops in meetings. To me, it seems disrespectful to the other people in the room and the tap-tapping can be really annoying to those around you. But not everyone feels that way. Check out this […]
Did you ever wonder who the Robert is in Robert’s Rules of Order? Some trivia (from this source) …
1. Full name: Henry Martyn Robert (1837-1923)
2. Graduated fourth in his class at West Point. Army Engineer.
3. Embarrassment at losing control of chairing a church meeting led to his study of parliamentary guidance.
4. Found that church rules such as “love and be kind to one another” didn’t work; in fact, even added to conflicts.
5. Expected to create a 16-page guide that grew to a 176-page “Pocket Manual”.
6. First edition of 4,000 copies printed in 1876 - at his own expense by private publisher.
7. His professional career including engineering oversight of various U.S. waterway/other fortifications. Served as Chief of Engineers in the Army. Retired as a brigadier general.
I once started a parliamentary procedure presentation with a “guess the Robert” game to see if the class could guess which of three people created Robert’s Rules. Those with an engineer in their family often guess the engineer.
This is one of those late August, shimmering dog days that says, “Go out and do something summery - go now, before it’s too late”. Jump in the pool, go lie on the beach, go out to a ball game. Go sit on a boat, or picnic by a lake. It’s so hot you almost don’t want to - but you know, in your heart of hearts, that if you don’t get one more good sweat, one more lazy day, this time you might regret it. Labor day is just around the corner - and we all know what that means. Schools are in, our members are all back in town, the academic year is starting for our training programs, the phone starts ringing again. You might get another good month of hot days, but it won’t matter, because you’ll be busy in the office and busy doing “stuff” on the weekends.
We went and baked ourselves red at the Little Falls pool. We went at the hottest time of day, just for the heck of it; the thermostat read 97 degrees. We ate hotdogs, and greasy pizza, and a salted pretzel. Jackson practiced pouring buckets of water on everyone who was willing. Bo just practiced being cute, and getting in and out of the baby pool, over and over again. She’s a master at it now. We’re now home, exhausted, too hot, but the airconditioning is blasting, we’re going to have a nap… and it was so worth it.
Enjoy yours. Report back!
Found this little gem hidden at the bottom of the Principled Innovation blog homepage. I could spend hours looking for cool widgets… but for now, I’ve just added MLS scores. (And yes, I do call it football). Go DC United! But don’t ask me about Becks… unless you want a long conversation.
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