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Week 6 Staff Meeting – 02.02012

Stephen Smith — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Good morning. This week was fairly successful in the sense that I did manage to get quite a few things done, but, I also let some things slide. Need to get better about that. I cut waaay back on reading for pleasure, so that I could get more work done. I read a non-fiction book [...]

The Novel is Back in the Queue

Stephen Smith — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:46 +0000

Back in November I started writing a science fiction novel for NaNoWriMo, which quickly veered off into the realm of cyberpunk and then ran into a massive plot-busting problem. I thought about how to fix it for all of one afternoon. Then I stopped. Mainly because I was afraid of doing the work to fix [...]

Week 5 Staff Meeting – 02.02012

Stephen Smith — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:12:00 +0000

This week has been better than the past two, combined. First of all I did take Saturday and Sunday “off” again, but I was determined to get back to business with my Morning Pages and writing activities, reserving the reading for my breaks and “after hours”. Keeping a good schedule and regular office hours was [...]

Venting

Stephen Smith — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:45:01 +0000

I had a call with Michael Schechter last week and turned it into my weekly podcast on the blog. But at the beginning of the call we started going on about work and jobs and I got into a little rant about my last job. Listen if you want, it’s about 20 minutes long.

Week 4 Staff Meeting – 01.02012

Stephen Smith — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

I took Sunday and Monday off this week to spend some time with the Lovely Bride, as she is not feeling all that amazing right now. Then Tuesday and Wednesday kinda got away from me…until I was able to get my act together on Weds afternoon. Things got much better, my morale improved, and I [...]

How Thick is Your Bubble

Stephen Smith — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:16:22 +0000

How Thick Is Your Bubble? Guest Score » 15 out of 20 (75% ) Result On a scale from 0 to 20 points, where 20 signifies full engagement with mainstream American culture and 0 signifies deep cultural isolation within the new upper class bubble, you scored between 13 and 16. In other words, you don’t [...]

Week 3 Staff Meeting – 02012

Stephen Smith — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0000

I didn’t accomplish jack this week. Not even this staff meeting. What will I improve on next week? What was my biggest accomplishment this week? What did I learn? What opportunities did I create? What questions came up or were answered? Am I closer to my Life Goals? What was hard for me this week, [...]

Week 2 Staff Meeting – 02012

Stephen Smith — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:31:00 +0000

Ah, the best-laid plans…I had planned to work on Sunday while the Lovely Bride was off to Portsmouth for a Wedding Show, but she invited me to come along and then go do something fun afterwards…so I wound up tagging along. It gave me a chance to get a nice sushi lunch and do some [...]

Floating Branded Wildlife Sanctuaries

Stephen Smith — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:23:44 +0000

Fast Company Design has in interesting post about creating floating wildlife preserves: Architect Proposes “Sea Trees”: Floating Wildlife Oases So here’s a wacky proposal from the Dutch architects Waterstudio.nl: Build urban wildlife habitats on water (something plenty of cities have in spades). Sea Trees would be big, lush, tiered towers that rise up offshore, whether [...]

Amilya Antonetti on Success

Stephen Smith — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:21:29 +0000

This doesn’t need more commentary: