June 2007

Notes from The 4-hour Workweek

June 25, 2007

Tim Ferriss thinks that you can work your job four hours a week, from anywhere in the world, still make enough money to live luxuriously, and do it for your entire life. Sound good to you? Me too. His book,...Continue reading...

Morning and evening commutes

June 22, 2007

On the morning commute, I listened to Doug Pagitt’s Sanctuary talk, where he talked about BodyPrayer, which incorporates movement and body position in prayer. On the evening commute, I watched David LaChapelle’s Rize (trailer), where kids from South Central L.A....Continue reading...

Notes from War Photographer

War Photographer (Netflix, Amazon) is the story of James Nachtwey, a photographer of wars, famine, and poverty for over 20 years who recently received the 2007 TED Prize (acceptance speech). Despite his life in extreme situations and places, Nachtwey reminds...Continue reading...

Things Stefan Sagmeister has learned

June 21, 2007

The self-described “compulsive list-maker” shared these in his talk at TED in 2004. Complaining is silly. Either act or forget. Thinking life will be better in the future is stupid, I have to live now. Being not truthful works against...Continue reading...

Notes from God's Debris

June 15, 2007

Scott Adams rambles all over the philosophical world in God’s Debris, his first non-Dilbert book, which attempts to slaughter most of the world’s sacred cows. This book of philosophy surprised his fans when published in 2001; after all, most...Continue reading...

Stuff question

June 14, 2007

After moving our lives to Berkeley last weekend, and then reading the insurance contract I signed with U-Haul where they disavow all responsibility for the stuff I haul in their trucks, I have a new question I ask myself when...Continue reading...