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dabbling with gtd

2009-03-03T18:37:46Z

so after a long time contemplating it and hearing other people rave and reading *about* it online, i finally bought david allen's getting things done and actually read it. the final straw was when, after a conversation with my sister-in-common-la...

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25 random things about me

2009-02-17T22:17:54Z

it feels like it's been a while since i've been tagged with something like this (uh, a month, it seems), but tagged i have been: 25 random things, habits, facts or goals about me. 1. i can't stand telephones. in my book the only good uses for tel...

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home again, home again

2009-02-14T01:34:15Z

i can't imagine there are terribly many people who just randomly go off to belgium for three days with very little notice... for fun. but, yes, i am one of them. i confess that i love belgium. i love the confused languages, the horror that is the ...

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committing myself

2009-01-21T11:50:24Z

last year, i made a long list of creative goals for the year, carefully typed them all out into a text file, filed it away... and promptly forgot it existed. this year, i'm going to wave my list about here and see if it helps me remember that i ac...

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Year in review

2009-01-18T14:28:28Z

because now i've gone and caught up on both jdavid AND whiskeykitten's blogs, i guess i'm tagged. this may be a little vague and forgetful-sounding, partly because i am both vague and forgetful and partly because i just got home from australia yes...

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'tis the season for racking the brains

2008-11-20T23:37:42Z

oh yes. that it is. i've had several requests again for a christmas list and so i've now got to try to think not only of things i'd like, but things which are easily transportable and won't cause intercontinental issues, cos we're heading back to ...

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QotD: Broken Bones

2008-09-30T07:04:50Z

Have you ever broken a bone? If so, how? No, but a friend once broke her arm on my head.

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so very far away

2008-09-22T23:14:11Z

a very close friend in sydney got married on saturday. i couldn't go because it basically ended up being a choice between getting to her wedding and djeli being able to spend christmas with his boys, and seeing as his eldest is turning 16, it's go...

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playing around

2008-09-11T20:33:41Z

tonight i'm messing about with stuff and for once i don't feel guilty. i feel i'm messing with a purpose. i am... relaxing. and i don't have to feel guilty cos this morning i managed to make myself get up early, which meant i was able to compose b...

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joyous employment & open source challenges

2008-09-03T22:17:56Z

since i wrote my last post i have become employed! yes! a real live job! and i'm really enjoying it to. i am a "learning technologist" in the e-learning department of the imperial college business school, working on an assortment of online courses...

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