Balance Is Hard

Keeping things in my life in balance is really hard for me, I don’t think I’m alone in this. It’s been something that I’ve been spending some additional time addressing recently. Here are a few examples of my difficulty with…

Standing Desk

I’ve been toying around with the idea and implementation of a standing desk for some time. Inspired by my friend Ben Lew and having read a couple articles (like this one) about the benefits of standing and working I’ve been…

21times Hacker News Sneak Peek

November 1st we launched an early version of our new project 21times.org. Some members of the Hacker News community committed to launching an application by the end of November as an effort to fight off procrastination and get their projects…

My Departure From Twitter

On May 22nd, 2007 at 5:35pm I posted my first Tweet. After fighting it for awhile and finally being convinced by my friend Gordon Brander (@gordonbrander) I decided to start using Twitter as a way to network. And thus began…

Self-Denial and Activism

I really admire Richard Branson (Virgin Group) ever since I read his autobiography Losing My Virginity. This morning I came across this post about fasting for Darfur on his blog. In this post he outlines his reasons for fasting. And…