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Photo by nattu (license) "It's not what you know…" Countless articles, books, and blog entries have been written on the subject of networking over the years. I've read my fair share of them. But many of them also make me a bit queasy. Even if the tactics …

Here is another list of great links from around the web. On Asking Questions — Jarkko Laine – Insanely interested If you're like me and hesitate to ask for things from other people, you need to read this post. Eric's Archived Thoughts: Resetting …

Photo by Zack Birkenbuel (license) If you spend any amount of time in the field of photography, you have probably come across the concept of the rule of thirds. For those not familiar with the rule, it states that compositions will tend to be more interesting if the areas of …

Photo by prakhar (license) Recently, I was reading about Leo's concept of Haiku Productivity at Zen Habits, and it occurred to me, "Wouldn't it be great if instead of Haiku Productivity, there was a whole collection of productivity tips in haiku form?" Yes, …

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have a guest blog up at Insanely Interested (Jarkko Laine's blog). The title is Focus and Flow for the Insanely Interested. …

Announcement first. On Tuesday morning I will be publishing a collection of productivity tips. What's so unusual about that? First, they're all written in poetry. Second, one of them is a productivity poem by Leo of Zen Habits. Now on to the links… A Guide to …

One of the perennial complaints of web designers, particularly those who write CSS, is dealing with bugs in Internet Explorer. Though IE7 has improved things a great deal, there is a sizeable chunk of the browsing public who are still stuck with IE6. There are a few different …

Hey guys. Just wanted to let you all know that I have a guest post up at FreelanceFolder: Avoid Freelance Horror – 6 Lessons from Stephen King. I'm quite excited about it. If you aren't already subscribed to FreelanceFolder, you should go read it and look around the …

Photo by photocapy (license) Once upon a time, it was thought that having a familiarity with good fiction was an important part of being a well rounded individual. But many people now seem to deride this cultural literacy as unnecessary and irrelevant to the …

Here are a handful of links that I found interesting and useful over the past week or so. Web Worker Daily's new book looks especially interesting to me. A One Bucket System: The Ultimate Productivity Heresy at LifeClever ;-) Tips for Design and Life mytropicalescape.com …

Photo by Denn (license) Imagine standing at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Looking up at this enormous structure, it might seem impossible that human beings could do this all by hand. How did they do it? One block at a time. One very BIG block at a time. A lot of the …

Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire artists, scientists and others. Here are six things we can learn from him about web design. 1. Be curious One of the most remarkable things about Leonardo is …

Photo by gadl (license) Being the holidays, you might think that I'd take some time off. And you'd be right about that. But that doesn't mean that I haven't been productive. In fact, I find that holidays are often a great time to get a few of those nagging …

While catching up on my RSS feeds, I ran across a challenge from Shane of Shane & Peter. The challenge is pretty simple: interview yourself with some questions from Shane, and add an original question of your own. Shane, I accept your challenge. :-) What's your personal …

"Beauty is the splendor of truth." This was a saying of the medieval scholastic philosophers. The basic idea is that Beauty (capital B) always has its source in Truth. They weren't stupid about the way that beauty and falsehood is often mixed on earth, but they …