Day 52 of Project 365: social (second) life

Day 52 of Project 365: social (second) life

This morning I got all worked up about an email on my school’s listserv about how social networks don’t really build community online. I was properly fuming over it … and it wasn’t even 9am. It did not bode well for the rest of my Saturday. So I made a decision not to think about anything school- or work-related all day today. It was a great success. Among other things, I spent some time with friends in Second Life, something I hadn’t done for a couple of months. I was even able to make my friend Lou‘s weekly trivia game. Here is a snap of Lou and me after the game, enjoying our “non-existent” online community. For decades now, I have spent time connecting with people online. Some of my closest friendships are with...

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Posted on 14 Jan 2012 | Comments Off

Day 51 of Project 365: battling “restlistness” with TaskPaper

Day 51 of Project 365: battling “restlistness” with TaskPaper

I love making lists, but have a difficult time choosing the One True List-Making Solution. I call this difficulty “restlistness”, and I have it all over the place. This is TaskPaper, my current favorite. Pictured are some of my assignments for one of my classes this term. The main reason why I like TaskPaper is because it is “just about fiddle-proof,” to quote Merlin Mann. TaskPaper behaves like paper and pen, but has some neat built-in features like filtering by tag. To see things that are due today, I can scan my list for the color my theme sets for items with the “@today” tag, or I can just click on a “@today” tag to filter everything else out. TaskPaper doesn’t nag me with notifications or integrate with...

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Posted on 14 Jan 2012 | Comments Off