Why I Wear the Same Clothes Every Day

When I tell people that I only wear white t-shirts and jeans, most people think I’m kidding, speaking in hyperbole, exaggerating, etc.  Rather, the statement holds true most of the time in the Summer, and all of the time in the cooler months. Still don’t understand? Every piece of clothing you see there is Banana Republic.  I’ve tried other clothes, they just don’t fit as well, last as...

Update About Not Updating

So, it turns out that I somehow got really busy….as in, I have multiple plans every day for about 9 days straight.  I was going to update and try and put something solid together, but I’m pretty exhausted right now.  Rather than go halfway with a good topic, I’m going all-the-way with a non-topic.  Go me. Upcoming posts: Seeing Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 at Tanglewood Meeting with Mike Volpe...

Conversations Around Town: Ben Grossman

When I posted to Twitter asking for ideas for how to use AskSunday (look for a post soon of my experiences thus far), Ben Grossman came up with the idea that I should use them to setup a meeting with him.  Immediately, I knew this was going to be a good time. We ended up meeting today at Andala Coffee House…one of my “offices” around town. After about 15 minutes of talking and already hitting some...

Non-Business Update, July 13th, 2008; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

First: Happy Birthday, dad.  He’s 52 today. Second: Happy Birthday, Alexi.  He’s 27 today. Third: Happy Birthday, Ron and Chad. And I’m sure many others.  Though, I’m not sure how old they are. Friday night, I picked up a friend of mine in Framingham and we headed to the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) to see what all they had.  Since I’ve been “working from home” for so long,...

Real Productivity Measurement: Using RescueTime, Post #1

Last week, I watched Robert Scoble interview Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek.  One of the topics, as expected, was about improving productivity. Tim mentions a utility called RescueTime, which runs as an application on your computer and records what applications you’re using, and for how long.  It also goes so far as to look at the URLs of the pages you’re viewing in your web browser, so...