Scott over at Lifehack recently wrote about the rituals and how they help maximize time. There are two rituals that I think are especially important: waking up and working. The Wake Up […]
Three Reasons Why I Like Pandora
I was stumbling recently and came across Pandora, a website that streams free music and analyzes, groups, and sorts the music based upon the song’s attributes. I absolutely love it. Here’s why: […]
10 Tips to Help You Fail at Monetizing Your Blog
[Abstract: This post provides tips to help you fail at monetizing your blog. It could also be seen as a list of things for you not to do if you want to […]
Picking the Song You Want to Learn to Play
[Abstract: This post continues the “Learning to Play a Song Series.” It discusses three different things to consider when picking your first song to play.] So, you’ve picked what instrument you want […]
A Somewhat New Look at APPD
[Abstract: This brief post discusses some of the changes to this blog.] After several hours of tinkering with CSS code and trying to figure out where my titles went, I have completed […]
The Three Different Types of Digital Residents
(Abstract: This post discusses the three different types of digital residents and how the way we orient ourselves to the digital world has a dramatic impact on how we interact with each […]
On the Uncertainty of Life
The other night a student asked me, “don’t you ever get tired of dealing with stuff that doesn’t have answers?” This question deserves some consideration. The first thing you might think is […]
Buying and Choosing an Instrument
In his latest post on Ground Hog Day Resolutions, Dave wrote: “Personally, there are some personal creative goals I’d like to pursue: Play an instrument / Play one song well Compose a […]
Why I Quit Blogging
I’ve fallen off of blogging for a long (long) time for primary reason that I spent way too much time in front of the computer and not enough time doing things that […]
Falling Off of the Horse and GTD
One of the things I like most about the GTD-methodology is how easy it is to get back on the GTD horse once you’ve fallen off. One of the things I like […]
Negotiating Your Starting Salary: The Importance of That Extra Few Grand
One thing that many academics hitting the job market overlook is the importance of negotiating the initial offer made by the interested institutions. (Historically, women and people of color are much less […]
Lifehack: The Importance of a Central Project List
Chris over at Lifehack has a brief article on his morning routine. I’ve found a similar technique to be especially helpful for the day. I try to get up two hours (yep, […]
Lifehack: Advice for Students: 10 Steps Toward Better Writing
Dustin over at Lifehack wrote a nice post for students on how to improve their writing. Last night I was going through the first round of this with my students as well. […]
R.A.F.T: Managing Email Rather Than Letting Email Manage You
A note from Charlie: This post was published before I developed the S.T.A.R method, which is a much more effective way to handle the volume of email we get nowadays. 2007 was […]
The Value of Not Accepting Late Work
I had an amazing thing happen this semester: every student turned in every assignment on time. I don’t think that happened due to the caliber of students or the time I was […]
Morning Person Tester: Are You Working At the Wrong Time?
Glen has recently posted an article on LifeDev that resounds quite true. My original peak-time was in the morning from about 7:30 to 11:30, but I stopped getting up earlier and have […]
Teaching Students to Write: Dealing with the Perennial Problem of the Pile of Crap
I’m currently designing my next course and I am faced with a problem that gets me every semester: what’s the best way to teach students how to write well while balancing that […]
To Work or Not to Work…That Is the Question
Some days you wake up knowing that you’re not going to get much done (today was one of those days for me). Popular wisdom would tell you to drink your joe, open […]