A couple of weeks ago, I got an invitation to my college roommate's son's first birthday. Normally, that would not be worthy of a blog post, but there was something in the card I was not expecting.

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Over the past 6 months or so, I have had a revelation about time management. In the past, I thought it was all about being organized and careful planning. While these things are important, I no longer believe they are the answer.

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I generally do not make New Year's resolutions (especially 2 weeks into the New Year :), but a passage I recently read really resinated with me, so I am making it my goal for the New Year.

Continue reading "Not an Emergency"

While I did not set out to do it purposely, through out 2007 my blog reading habits have been changing quite a bit. I have been moving away from the geeky programming type blogs and more towards blogs about life, business, and productivity.

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Besides savings on bulk items, one of the things both Costco and BJ's have in common is they treat every customer like a common criminal.

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We are going to do another developer dinner at the Harvest Moon on Thursday October 25th. If you are in the area and can swing by, please do so. It is always a good time to geek out on just about any topic, so even if you hate .NET, you are welcome to attend and tell us why. :)...

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I am not sure if this is what the folks behind Blog Action Day were looking for, but here goes.

I am not the biggest fan of cigarette smoking, especially if I can smell the smoke. But for the most part, what you do in your own home/car is up to you. However, for those of you who flick your ashes and cigarette butts out your car window...OMG. Stop it. Seriously, stop it.

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Jason asked, "What's on your phone?"

As I mentioned a little while ago, I recently joined the iPhone club (the handshake is very complicated), so some of things I used to check all the time are now part of my dashboard.

In the spirit of sharing, here is what I have used most:

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Much to the chagrin of my wife, after the Emily was born I signed up for Amazon Prime. For $79/year Amazon will ship just about everything to you second day and will overnight items for around $3.99 (although some items like books are usually $1.99). She did not like the idea of paying $79 for shipping for the year, but I knew that with a baby in the house getting out to pick up non-essentials was going to be a real hassle.

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OK, some of you maybe thinking, hey don't you already have a blog? Well, yes I do and thanks for noticing. :)

I have been blogging on ScottWater.com for nearly 5 years and during that time I have learned a lot and even more has changed. I felt it was time to move on start fresh. This of course means leaving behind a nice Google Rank and quite a few posts. I have been thinking about doing this for quite a while and even started something similar for a little a year or so ago. You get very few chances in life to start something over. For me, it was time.

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