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How to really know what your goals are

21 Jul 2009

Received this email from Scott Pape today, the Barefoot Investor. He suggests something so simple – I’m going to give it a go to give my mid year a re-start.
The other day I was chatting to my new neighbor who’d just moved in. Struggling with all the ’stuff’ he had accumulated and now had to [...]

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Tags: future, goals

The Great Daylight Debate

In: Family| Politics| Work

29 Mar 2009

Western Australia is a peculiar place. The people (generally) have strong views about the Eagles, Dockers, Ben Cousins (although this is become less apparent), political parties and…daylight saving. I’ve met only a few people who are sitting on the fence with this issue – the others, are strongly for or against it.
(sigh) Here are [...]

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Sometimes, it’s the people around you who will sustain you…

In: Family| Work

17 Mar 2009

I like to consider myself one who would inclined to be independant. Of course, if its related to domestic duties of cleaning up my room, washing up after I’ve eaten, sweeping the floor etc., then I still need a helping hand with this domestic motivation.
The last 3 months have been quite hectic for myself. I [...]

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Design & Demolition

In: Work

14 Dec 2008

This week was a landmark event for Red Meets Blue Design. Not only did we design like we always do, but we did some demolition as well. We now have one of the most unique workspaces to play with – an L shaped room with one side full of sun facing windows. Oh joy for [...]

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Tags: demolition, design, red meets blue, redmeetsblue, wall

Classical music rocks!

In: Travel| Work

15 Nov 2008

Over the last 2 months, I’ve been intentional about the music I’ve listened to at work whilst at the desk. I’ve opened up iTunes, gone to the Radio section, and have chosen Classical.
I don’t have any measurable results, but what I can say is that is has helped my concentration levels. Classical music to me [...]

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Edge of the web conference here we come!

In: Technology| Web Design| Work

6 Nov 2008

Today is a special day, as I get to go to a web designers/developers conference called Edge of the Web! I’m looking forward to networking with other people who think like me, and have the same interests, along with the talks that will be presented throughout the day.
Everything from accessibility to coding to design to [...]

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Australians work longer hours

In: Work

29 Oct 2008

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24569699-5005370,00.html
A study in Sydney indicated that we (Australians) work longer hours than almost anyone else in the world. From what I’ve observed in my work place, this really doesn’t seem to be the case, unless you’re a manager or a director.
Perhaps it’s just me being alien to the wider work force of this country, but [...]

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India: The employees we never had

In: Work

28 Oct 2008

We recently used a web development team from India to help us out with some work that we had. We don’t make a habit of always using their services however we did notice the amount of Indians who responded to our job requests.
The outsourcing revolution is here. You’ll definitely notice it in the call centres [...]

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Tags: india, outsourcing, subcontracting, Work

Richard Templar – The Rules of Work

In: Books| Work

27 Oct 2008

Just reading this book – The Rules of Work by Richard Templar. Amazon.com: the rules of work.
Succinct, straight to the point, no nonsense approach to how one should be in the work place. Of course, being one of those ’secrets revealed’ books, it carries an air of superiority about it that feels so, oh I [...]