I finally got to and through the first wing of Throne of Thunder on my Worgen hunter recently, the newest raid in World of Warcraft. One of the most challenging parts of this particular set of raids is that the responsibility for the health of your character and her continued survival isn’t left solely to…
All of the details of the past slowly fade, washed away in the tides of time. Only the things that really stick with you remain on the beach; the rest, the ocean of time reclaims. Over the weekend, I was reflecting on my time in the email marketing industry and all of the people I…
My former Boston University graduate school professor Bala Iyer asks the interesting question: “Do you know of a good list of IT tools and technologies for small biz? Essential tools for a start-up. Thx.” If we go back to my graduate school days, there was a wild craze back then and for a few years…
Justin Levy asked on Facebook: Also, as a follow up to your daily reading workflow post, I’m always interested in seeing how people organize their days and knowing you, it’s organized for optimal productivity. Great question. First and foremost, I make religious use of my calendar. I use Google Calendar as my central taskmaster hub,…
Over the long weekend I had enough time to read the Walter Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs. Talk about a wonderful read, engrossing from start to finish. It was clear even just early on in the book that Steve was a very flawed individual with many personal demons that chased him throughout his life, and…
One of my earliest memories of the power of information and the hold it can have over people dates all the way back to fourth grade. That was the year for me that two things happened. First, we were required in English class to read Louise Fitzhugh’s book Harriet the Spy, in which a young…
I’ve been playing World of Warcraft now for almost 4 years. For the insiders, I started right before the Sunwell and patch 2.4.2. One of my absolute favorite parts of the game is playing the in-game market, the Auction House. This is a live commercial exchange where you can sell your goods to other players…
One of the hardest lessons to teach anyone is the concept of delayed gratification, especially when the delay is over long periods of time. In the landmark paper, “Delay of Gratification in Children” by Walter Mischel, he explores the ways in which young children can delay gratification, from distraction to abstraction. Subsequent studies revealed that…
