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  • I tried to read Getting Things Done. It’s a slog, but it does have one thing worth remembering;
  • Productivity is about being more deliberate about what you do, not about doing more;
  • Whenever we see a piece of productivity advice, we should ask – “Productivity to what kinds of political ends?”
  • I’m writing a story. Maybe I’ll publish it one day…
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Two signs beside a swimming pool. The one nearest the viewer reads: "TOPs WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT." The sign further away clarifies that 'TOP' is an acronym: "TRESPASSERS ON PROPERTY."
  • A quick overview of the recent edition of BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth;
  • Acronyms: The apex of absurdity in our 21st century communications;
  • Why don’t we have a little more anthropology in our lives?
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  • Anyone can lab: Just don’t let anyone tell you that you need good results to be taken seriously;
  • The myth of ‘talent vs. hard work:’ what that argument’s really all about, and why we shouldn’t entertain it;
  • Scratching the surface: The joy we experience in the first few weeks of a new competitive game? We can carry it on through the game’s entire lifespan. Labbing, as an activity, may hold the key…
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  • Something’s gone wrong with time – I don’t want to say ‘late stage capitalism strikes again,’ but pre-industrial societies in Europe had something good going.
  • Is the agony of procrastination a trace of how we would prefer to go about our tasks?
  • The rules of the pomodoro technique – a clever coincidence
IT’S ̶p̶i̶z̶z̶a̶ POMODORO TIME!

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  • CONTENT WARNING: Sex, BDSM, questioning authority.
  • Part I – Dave Gorman: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Look Closer;
  • Part II – David Graeber: A quick(ish) rundown of the moral injury of working in a bullshit job on someone else’s clock;
  • Part III – The Amstrads: Use your foe’s advertising against them;
  • Part IV – The T-shirt: What to do when the custom T-shirt website won’t let you mention the boss…
YOU CAN’T SAY “ORANGE” TO YOUR BOSS.

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A sair heid on a plate. It's a simple cylindrical sponge cake, topped with icing and wrapped in greaseproof paper. 'Sair Head' is Scots for 'sore head.'
  • I turned twenty-three this week, so here’s a collection of topics that have nothing to do with that:
  • Frustrations over that bloody video, again;
  • Books on my radar;
  • Working on the blog on-the-go with a new cloud solution (that’s not actually in the cloud)
happy birthday