I have annoyed many co-workers in many different ways over a long and varied career. I once annoyed a co-worker by obstructing his path with a Furby, a lightsaber, and a small crowd of people who had gathered to see me strike the Furby with the lightsaber. I only annoyed this co-worker slightly; on other occasions, I annoyed other co-workers more.
One way I've annoyed a co-worker in the past: I failed to open source a particular piece of code. We had a client which, for various reasons, …
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Hi - this is a guest post by Giles Bowkett. I made at least $ 10,000 in the last few months selling videos on my personal blog (including at least $ 5,000 selling a video about how to have a terrific programming career , and at least $ 5,000 selling a video about how to sell videos on your blog ).
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I'm really annoyed with myself about something. A few years ago I got the idea (like so many others) that free mp3s meant the money in music would lie in performance. I theorized (but did not blog) that this would also extrapolate to TV and film, and that TV shows and movies would drive live performances. Since that time, Conan O'Brien and the cast of Glee have both done live tours based off their TV work.
Should have blogged it when I thought of it, but better late than never.
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This is an iPad app called Flipboard:
Here's a video promoting it:
It's appealing and I might give it a whirl. But I mention it because something utterly ridiculous, which the guy says in the video, made me realize something useful. The utterly ridiculous part comes when he says "so you're never at a loss for something to look at." I laughed when I heard that - as if this was a problem that thousands of people all over the world wrestle with on a daily basis, this terrible lack of anything to look at.
[Disputes] are engaging in the wrong way: they have the same velcro-like shape as genuinely interesting ideas, but without the substance. So avoid disputes if you want to get real work done...
Turning the other cheek turns out to have selfish advantages. Someone who does you an injury hurts you twice: first by the injury itself, and second by taking up your time afterward thinking about it. If you learn to ignore injuries you can at least avoid the second half. I've found I can to some extent …