by David | Apr 5, 2007 | culture, eating, transportation, working
I normally wouldn’t bother with something like this, but the timing was just too good. As reported in the Boston Herald, a stretch of route 495 turned blood red yesterday, adding yet another hazard to daily gauntlet of Boston-area commuting. Like Marienhoff...
by David | Mar 28, 2007 | culture, economics, working
Hang up the phone, turn off the TV and put away your kibosh. I was right earlier this month when I started musing on the concept of Return on Focus. The New York Times reports, among other factods, this:In a recent study, a group of Microsoft workers took, on average,...
by David | Mar 25, 2007 | culture, media, reading & writing, working
In book club: The Final Solution by Michael Chambon Recommended by Lynne: My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Pointedly displayed at work: Why Businesspeople Speak Like Idiots by Brian Fugere, et. al. Straining to be free of the myspace player: Working As Intended by Speck...
by David | Mar 24, 2007 | travel, working
Work got a bit out of hand, and I’ve been out of town.My assistant has been holding down the fort, and we’ll be getting back to you shortly.
by David | Mar 8, 2007 | culture, economics, media, working
More pro-business news from the capital of the collapsing tunnel state:…members of the [Boston] City Council said yesterday they would consider forcing all corporate marketers to obtain city licenses before they can push products.Yes, you read that right. They...
by David | Mar 4, 2007 | economics, working
3:18pm. Restate my assumptions. Switching tasks may bring creative or subconscious approaches not seen when staying focused on a single task. Evidence: Kekulé’s dream of the structure of benzene; my need for a whiteboard in the bathroom. Staying on a task to the...
