http://textpattern.com/?v=4.0.8 Noel Hurtley http://noelhurtley.com/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:14:02 GMT noelhurtleyhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with Live.comAdd to Any Feed ReaderReusable Solutions to Common Productivity Problems Gina Trapani (of Lifehacker fame) recently published a great article called Beyond Life Hacks: Reusable Solutions to Common Productivity Problems explaining how to overcome issues like procrastination, information overload and analysis paralysis.

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/notebook/reusable-solutions-to-common-productivity-problems Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:36:32 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-04-01:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/54dc77ca16242ab2e137d2974da3a332 Only Two Things Are Infinite

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former — Albert Einstein

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/wisdom/only-two-things-are-infinite Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:38:09 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-03-30:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/bad6d03083a846fd256c64efe27d56d3 He Can Who Thinks He Can

He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t. — Pablo Picasso

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/wisdom/he-can-who-thinks-he-can Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:53:59 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-03-30:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/1ac708d08b2e47943ee43bc49271a37c The Happiness of Credulity

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality. — George Bernard Shaw

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/wisdom/the-happiness-of-credulity Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:51:53 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-03-25:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/248549e2f79b3888bfffac61026912c0 Chess Genius

A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise. — George Steiner

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/wisdom/chess-genius Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:48:01 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-03-21:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/049d84c05a7a7a69d5b07a6854f133d8 Give up on Being Perfect

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. —Anna Quindlen

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/wisdom/give-up-on-being-perfect Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:48:47 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-03-07:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/0b3f2416572d874cc0037b9cef510b5d Coal Harbor Walkway A few years ago I was exploring Coal Harbour on a gorgeous day in Vancouver, Canada when I came across this walkway brimming with high-end townhouses. I ended up trying a few different angles before I settled on this one which emphasized the symmetry.

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/photography/coal-harbor-walkway Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:09:23 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-03-16:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/4cb6f8014bf256c77c9d885c6f6e448b Camera Shutters 101 Neil Creek of the Digital Photography School recently posted a great tutorial on how camera shutters work in their ongoing photography 101 series. I’d highly recommend you check out the whole series; even I learned some new things.

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/notebook/camera-shutters-101 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:46:55 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-03-05:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/c50ff68b6bfdef74c783f46f218c533e Chicago Somehow I got talked into seeing Chicago, a once popular pop-rock band formed in 1967. The music was as dated as their enthusiastic audience but I think the photograph was worth it.

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/photography/chicago Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:08:35 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-03-16:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/e190a4ffcf6e5dd31307dd8b0945b221 Three Rules of Work

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. —Albert Einstein

]]> http://noelhurtley.com/wisdom/three-rules-of-work Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:49:49 GMT Noel Hurtley tag:noelhurtley.com,2009-02-27:c085d38226aa36b2a21db45088632db7/a2890076ca93064378f3e23b992b7b54