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    Archive for 2009/12


    The Simplifier #4.13 is Online

    The ninety-fifth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Simplifier, titled “Sound the Horns!”, is now archived on our newsletter archives page. (There is also an audio version of this newsletter, available here.) Here is a brief summary of the contents: 1. A Note From Shawn Big adventure around the corner 2. Upcoming/Current Events 3. [...]

    Audio Version of The Simplifier #4.13

    Here is the audio edition of our newsletter The Simplifier Issue #4.13 – “Sound the Horns!” NOTE: The links that are mentioned throughout this recording can be found in the web version of this newsletter. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (If you don’t see an audio player or link above, you can access [...]

    The email saga continues

    I recently did the big switch from Entourage to the native Mac programs: Address Book, iCal, and Mail.app. One thing I appreciated about Entourage was having these all under the same roof, so to speak. I wasn’t tabbing between open applications. While I don’t know what the difference is in running power, I prefer having [...]

    (Introducing…) The Not-So-Simple Life

    by Lance Brown Packrat. Cluttered. Messy. Multi-tasking. Overwhelming. (Too) intense. Crazy. Funny. Handsome. Awesome. I’ve been called a lot of things in my life, but I don’t think I’ve ever been called “simple”. As recently as 2006, I could have been a good candidate for one of those news stories about “hoarders”, whose lives have [...]

    Passion into Action

    I met with Passion into Action fellow presenter (and fellow Toastmaster) (hey, she’s a fellow bicyclist, too, except that she actually bikes regularly)Robin Mallery today. We shared ideas for the workshops we’ll be leading. She’s a step ahead in that she already has her presentation together. I, on the other hand, want to talk about [...]

    A big juicy dose of creativity

    Douglass Truth just turned me on to an awesome co-working project in New York called the Beahive. He found it as a possible venue for his funny, thought-provoking, funny, insightful, intelligent (and did I mention funny?) one woman show, Death as a Salesman. But I digress. Here’s the leading quote from the Beahive website: “…an [...]

    The list: antidote to a stolen purse

    Last week while at Mt. Tabor in Portland, Oregon, my friend’s cousin’s car (that we were borrowing) was broken into. As far as we can tell, the only thing missing was my purse. I know, I know, never leave the purse in the car. Was it in sight? I didn’t think so, but then again [...]


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