Personal Blog

3rd Party Digg Tools – Can you Digg it?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrian Shaler hosts a fantastic collection of Digg visualization tools at http://brian.shaler.name/digg/. Some of these tools include the Wheel of Upcoming Stories, the Digg RADAR, and DiggTaggr Data Visualization.

Hiking in Sedona, AZ

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m still working on wrapping up my photo album from the trip. But, thought I would share a photoset that I uploaded to FlickR. These pictures are taken primarily at the Airport mesa and Bell Rock trails. http://www.flickr.com/photos/56683314@N00/sets/72157600284885041/show/ The panaramic is a beautiful 360 degree picture at the top of the airport mesa.

My Travels This Week

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis week is going to be jam packed. I’m leaving this evening to go on vacation to Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Some of the notable places I’m stopping at are Las Vegas, Sedona, the Grand Canyon, and Zion National Park. I’ll have sporadic net access, but I’ll try to post some pics.

Recommended Mind Mapping Blogs and Resources

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMindjet just published a list of recommended blogs focusing on mind mapping. I’m happy to say that my blog made it on the list, and some of my more popular mind mapping articles were featured. I also discovered some new blogs that I wasn’t aware of. If you’re interested in mind mapping, please do check…
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Pachelbel Rant

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA little bit of music humor for the weekend….

33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity

Reading Time: 2 minutesSteve Pavlina has posted another great series of articles! I have to say this series is one of my favorites. 33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity (Ariticle one, two, and three) has quite a collection of useful advice to become a more productive individual. Here are some of my personal favorites: Article 1 7 –…
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Interview with Steve Pavlina

Reading Time: 11 minutesC4Chaos (Coolmel) recently posted a great series of articles featuring an interview with Steve Pavlina.  I’m a big fan of Steve, and have a great affinity for Integral Philosophy as well.  I thoroughly enjoyed the interview and would highly recommend reading Coolmel’s posts. Article inline… B-SCAN is a series of interviews with bloggers who are…
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Last.fm Music Visualization

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLee Byron at megamu.com has posted an article illustrating some visualization using the Last.fm social music service.

Positive Psychology Exercises

Reading Time: 3 minutesI came across a great post this morning on Integral Options Cafe. This is a repost from the Personal Development Suite 101 blog. Positive Psychology Exercises Research studies point out personal development directions Maximize your personal development results and get the most benefit from your personal growth efforts by incorporating these findings from the latest…
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Getting Real? Why is Spec a Dirty Word?

Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the last few months, I’ve spent a bit of time researching various development methodologies and have seen a lot of different approaches when it comes to the software development life cycle. After attending this year’s SDExpo, I can say that I had a lot of exposure to some agile approaches and am eager to…
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