Overwhelmed by the Big, Overwhelming by the Small

Submitted by dentonlt on 2. September 2012 - 17:34
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We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
- Marian Wright Edelman

Publishing, Ego, Telling Time

Submitted by dentonlt on 29. March 2012 - 21:49
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If somebody's going to write and publish something, then they probably think a lot of them self. Or about their work, at least. Take this mini-blog, for example.

Balance precludes universal mastery

Submitted by dentonlt on 4. February 2012 - 12:24
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True balance requires
assigning realistic performance expectations
to each of our roles.

True balance requires us
to acknowledge that
our performance in some areas

No - more, less

Submitted by dentonlt on 25. January 2012 - 14:24
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This reminds me of that special art in life: saying no to opportunities:

Compete with yourself first

Submitted by dentonlt on 17. January 2012 - 7:46
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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves - to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterdays by our todays, to do our work with more force than e

Android -> Palm. [done]

Submitted by dentonlt on 30. October 2011 - 18:46
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During 2009, when I started reading about Android. I was worried about the calendar/task/contact managers, but not overly so.

Between Time

Submitted by dentonlt on 21. September 2011 - 11:49
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“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life."

Notes - 2011 MSBF Intermediate Jazz Tutorials

Submitted by dentonlt on 28. August 2011 - 10:17
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This year, at MSBF on Friday the 19th of August, educator Jenny Going presented a short tutorial on "Guidelines for Improvisation." The audience was students in the intermediate jazz section. I am uncertain whether she was the organiser for the materials (author/gatherer), but perhaps noone can lay claim to these sort of things anyhow.

These are my brief notes from Jenny's tutorial.

Busy-ness (cont'd)

Submitted by dentonlt on 27. August 2011 - 13:49
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I am once again reminded that saying no to things is a skill that requires practice. It is also a skill that is required for living a non-frantic life.

Height

Submitted by dentonlt on 19. July 2011 - 0:23
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“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

-Robert F. Kennedy

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