August 2007

The ultimate key to happiness

Otherwise titled: “Forget all the self-help books: the one way to have a happy life is to actually want to be happy.”
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post that reflected upon Stefan Sagmeister’s talk on how design—and your job—can make you happy. I’ve been thinking about life and happiness quite a bit […]

Working away from home

Otherwise titled: “Everyone needs to get out of the home office and get some social interaction once in a while, so here’s where I go and why I do it.”
Being a web worker surely has its perks: you get to set your own hours, you get to pick projects that mean something to you, you […]

Making some subscription changes

Otherwise titled: “How I cut down my list of RSS feeds and podcasts and why the ubiquitous availability of digital data storage has made me a pack-rat.”
Two weeks ago, I sat down and decided to get a handle on all my subscriptions. I realized earlier this month that I had more subscriptions than I […]

Why I deactivated my Facebook account

Otherwise titled: “An incredibly long post on how Mark Zuckerberg’s bad decisions led to my Facebook fatigue and could possibly lead to the implosion of his admired application.”
Over the past twelve days since I deactivated my Facebook account, I have had dozens of emails and SMS messages asking me why I left the service so […]