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Agenceum System Process Diagram
Last weekend I was thinking a lot about the various tasks that needed tracking as part of the Agenceum project load. It had gotten to the point where I was starting to worry if I was forgetting...
View ArticleC2-11-15 The Week of Being Stuck
This whole week has felt like a struggle that I’ve lost. I say that not from a place of depression, but a place of clear-eyed assessment. I’m writing this entry to try to identify what contributes to...
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Here at the fake agency, we are getting more involved with area non-profits. This has been going on for some time, actually, but it’s only recently that I’ve started to think about what goes into...
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Thing-a-Day 22: Reviewing Shipping Methods
Today’s thing-a-day is related to process improvement! I spent some time reviewing PayPal options for shipping products. The trigger to finally look into it was a friend who needed a simple solution...
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Thing-a-Day 23: Visualizing Perseverance Experimental Form
This weekend I have been feeling extremely low on motivational energy. Possibly it’s because of the shorter days and me waking up later; this week I am going to switch to a “waking with the sun”...
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Thing-a-Day 24: Thimble-full of Patience Card
Continuing the theme of low energy, I had an idea about taking a macro photograph of a thimble and putting some kind of cathartic wording around it. I went thimble shopping yesterday, busted out my...
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Thing-a-Day 25: Picking Colors and Textures for ETP Hardbound; Pork Shank
My printer left a message about the arrival of “sample cover material” for the hardbound covers of the upcoming full-size ETP notebook, which will be 8.8×11 inches of double-wirebound goodness....
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Thing-a-Day 26: TPT with DONE on the left
Before the Emergent Task Planner, there was the Task Progress Tracker (or TPT). It was designed as a to-do list that measured effort; you would fill-in a bubble for every bit of time you spent so you...
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Thing-a-Day 27: Turkey Dinner
Today’s thing-a-day is Thanksgiving Dinner, which happened despite the power going out last night and threatening everything. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! :-) The Details This year’s Thanksgiving...
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Thing-a-Day 28-29: ETP Almanac and Shop Updates
With the holiday weekend family festivities, I’ve been forced to merge all the work for the past two days into one. First was the big ETP Almanac Update for 2015, followed by updating two online...
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Thing-a-Day 30: Backup the Backup
[POSTING THIS A DAY LATE on 12/01] The last day of the November 2014 THING-A-DAY challenge got away from me with the extended family visit, so I spent today doing the work I had wanted to do: start...
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Post Mortem: Takeaways from the “Thing-a-Day” Challenge
It’s been almost two weeks since I wrapped-up the November Thing-a-Day Making Challenge of making “30 things” that were tangible and sharable, improved process, and/or helped me sell something I’d made...
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2014 Resolutions Review 10: Final Review
With everything that’s going on at the end of the year, I forgot that today was RESOLUTION REVIEW DAY. There’s a good reason that 12/12 is the last review of the year…from today to February 2nd, it’s...
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2015 Word Counting Calendar Available!
Based on my Nanowrimo Calendar, the full-year version allows you to count the number of words you’re writing every month in a way that allows you to see how fast / how well you are doing. If you’re...
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Happy 2015!
It’s a whole new year! I’m not sure how I really feel about that, but I do like the years that are evenly-divisible by 5. To discover how I’m feeling, I’ve decided to keep a gratitude journal where I...
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Groundhog Day Resolutions 2015: Kick Off
[Updated for clarity Feb 5] Groundhog Day Resolutions (GHDR) are my annual “New Year’s Resolutions” deferred from January 1st to February 2nd. Why wait? I don’t know about you, but after weeks of...
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How Much Video Game Can I Make in a Week?
The major interactive project I’ve been working on is undergoing milestone trials for the next couple of weeks, which means that I have some time to work on my own stuff! The coming week will be all...
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1401.002 Review and Set Goals for Game Engine
Ok, it’s game-making week! I am not sure where to start, so I’m starting by writing stream-of-consciousness in Scrivener in my “Blog Posts 2015″ folder. Starting has always been hard for me,...
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1401.003: Review of Game-Making Week Milestone 1
Happy Monday! Since I last posted, I’ve been working on my video game project, Project 1401. Although I’ve worked on a few commercial games, my goal with 1401 is to make my own video game. It’s one of...
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Resolution Review #1: ETP Notebooks, Games, and Living Room Cafes
It’s time for my first Groundhog Day Resolutions review of the year! On February 2nd, I made several general goals, rewritten slightly from the original ones: Eliminating Time-based Thinking Reduce...
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