Madelon Young, 1928-2009
My dear mom passed away this morning from chronic heart and lung disease. She was a heck of a trooper throughout her illness, right up to the end. No complaints, kept her sense of humor, and always said thank you, even when she could barely talk. I'm proud of her. She was a great mom and I'll miss her a bunch.

Not blogging for a few weeks
(Family emergency, things still shaking out, will resume blogging when I get the chance. I'll also get to some backed-up replies to your comments then. -- matt)

Resistance is Data
In my daily planning guide Where the !@#% did my day go? I discuss task resistance, a root cause of procrastination and something most of us face one time or another. From the Think, Try, Learn perspective, resistance is data, with its attenda

Lessons for Work and Living from Julia Child and the Movie "Julie & Julia"
At the risk of being pedestrian, I wanted to share share insights inspired by the movie Julie & Julia, mostly of Julie Child's work (links below). The movie's been w

Incremental vs. Batch Processing: Examples, Dos, and Don'ts
I'm thinking about when we should do things in small bits during the day/week, and when we should "save them up" to process as a batch. Following are some thoughts. Email: Email management is the canonical "batch is best" time management example. We need to differentiate processing (emptying), monitoring (tri