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I spoke in a colleague’s class today on time management principles for college students. Since I made a similar preso last fall and posted some resources then, I’ll just link to the original post. Cheers.
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This morning we downloaded the Skype app from the iTunes Store for my wife’s iPhone. We used it to do both Skype text and voice chats with my computer as well as make a call using Skype Credit to my cell phone. All worked without a hitch. Hilariously, TechCrunch reports that the release of the [...]
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UPDATE: Skype released a native iPhone application on Monday, March 30, 2009, eliminating the need for the third-party Fring application to make VoIP calls. Accordingly, I’ve written updated instructions here.
My wife is traveling internationally next week and we’re not keen on paying AT&T $3.49 PER MINUTE from the country she’s visiting for every phone call. [...]
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I spoke in a colleague’s class today on time management principles for college students. Since I made a similar preso last fall and posted some resources then, I’ll just link to the original post. Cheers.
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From Seth Godin today, especially relevant as we’re at the start of a new year.
Doing goal setting with friends and colleagues is always motivating and invigorating for me. You hear things ranging from, “I want to help this village get out of poverty,” or “I want to double our market share,” or “I want to [...]
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Here are some books and other online resources I’ve collected for students at Lincoln Christian College. I gave a presentation to the freshmen on managing their time well. Actually, it was more of an anti-time-management perspective: effectiveness depends on a great deal more than sorting through your daily task list.
Handouts
Resource List
Time Tracker Worksheet
Links
Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky, [...]
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Photo by Syl Arena
A few weeks back, I wrote about how to read a book. Syl Arena, who is Joe McNally’s assistant, has just begun a blog and offers some ways to seriously hack (pimp) a book. These include the usual suspects such as the use of markers, pens, highlighters, and post-it tape flags but [...]
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Since the 50 Books Project is now underway, it seemed a good time to introduce a related topic: how to read a book.
Wait a minute–you’re going to tell me how to read a book? I know how to read: I’ve been reading since first grade!
Well, yes, you have. But learning to read words on a [...]
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Rob Maupin, one of my colleagues who teaches intercultural studies, asked me to speak to a group of his students about money. Neither Rob nor I learned anything (formally) about personal finance as college students. As could be expected, then, we made some mistakes and learned a lot by trial-and-error. Now, however, we’re trying to [...]
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I shared this with one of my classes today and decided to post it here as well.
Richard St. John tells the remarkable story of his encounter with a young girl who, though from an impoverished background, wanted to become successful. She asked him how; he said he wasn’t sure, but he’d find out. [...]
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