James Shelley: “Sheer happiness for happiness’ sake leads to numbness. I can not imagine any other consequence. For once happiness is achieved, what remains? Does not the bubble of the happiness economy eventually burst under the surplus of indulgence?” Louis CK: Gretchen Rubin: “To be happier, you have to think about feeling good, feeling bad, […]
On the heels of this announcement, all that can be said about the very busy Shawn Blanc is this: He has done it again.
Today I had a great conversation with Ben Brooks for the podcast adjunct to this site, ProductiVardy. Among some of the things we covered was minimalism. I asked him his thoughts on the term, and he had this to say: “I like a lot of the aesthetics that go with minimalism. I like the idea.
When I went to the World Domination Summit in Portland earlier this year, I had the chance to see (and meet) Jonathan Fields. I’ve read his book Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love, and his oratory skills are every bit as good as his writing is. This guy’s got
Brett Terpstra, the man behind Notational Velocity fork nvALT (one of my three writing applications of choice), has written a great piece that addresses those who have said that his program is sluggish when dealing with longer pieces. His solution? Break those pieces down. Or use something like Scrivener1 to write them. 1 Scrivener also
I’m a big fan of live theatre, having performed in my share of it. Right now, my fair city’s very own indie theatre festival, the Victoria Fringe Festival, is in full swing. It’s celebrating its silver anniversary this year, and from what I’ve heard there are some can’t-miss shows this year — more perhaps than
It’s been about three months since I started doing the majority of my work at a standing desk…and I’m not the only one that’s been giving it a go. The standing desk working arrangement has been tried and tested by several highly-regarded web personalities: “In all, I’m really happy to have made the change and
Regardless of what Jesse thinks.1 I really like my Vibram FiveFingers. They’ve improved my posture, activated the side muscles in my feet (something that regular shoes don’t do) and have become my go-to daily shoe as a result. I will pick up a pair of the “Classic” edition once finances permit, but for now I’m
Talking is Dead is the podcast where I get to simply go off about anything. I’m not tied to any topic or meme whatsoever, and by the good graces of my co-host Anthony Marco, he lets me wax poetic idiotic as I see fit. Sometimes he even gets to talk. Earlier this week, Anth and
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