These are from the new and noteworthy Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier, by Robert Emmons: 1. Keep a Gratitude Journal 2. Remember the Bad 3. Ask Yourself Three Questions (What have I received from…?, What have I given to…?, and What troubles and difficulty have I caused …? 4. …
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MacGyver Tip: Laminate with clear packing tape
Reader TB writes in: I made some wallet-sized schedules for visitors we were hosting at the office. I don’t have easy access to a lamination machine, but I wanted to make them a little sturdier, so I used clear plastic packing tape. Pulled off a long strip, placed the schedule on the sticky side, folded …
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Tip of the Week: Create an Idea Bank
Angela Booth suggests that experienced writers can use journals as their idea banks: If you’ve been writing for a few years, your journal acts as your idea bank. It’s best to maintain several journals: one for ideas, another for essays, as well as a journal for a long project like a book. If you’re writing …
In Brief: “Whether you’re a programmer or a seamstress, …
“Whether you’re a programmer or a seamstress, it’s all about new techniques, simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster – but not worse. Better.” — Martha Stewart for WiredIn Brief: “Whether you’re a programmer or a seamstress, …
On Galata Bridge
On the famous Galata bridge fisherman cast from the top level while outdoor restaurants line the walkway below. The fishermen’s lines are hard to see so dining at dusk you are surprised when silvery fish, glittering in the last light of the sun ascend to the sky as if swimming to the heavens. On Galata …
Justifying Design Decisions
“The craft of graphic design is replete with ratios, rules of thumb, and math—all an attempt to rationalize decisions that otherwise fall to subjectivity. Finding justification for design decisions is important to me—I want to bring purpose and intent to my work and depend less on taste and opinion. But I often find myself designing …
THE CURVE OF A CHEEK
Let’s face it– artists love to draw faces. Penetrating eyes, distinctive noses, expressive mouths– these are often an artist’s richest lode. But when that face turns away and you no longer have facial features with all their emotion and meaning– what does that leave? Just the simple line of a human cheek. What can an …
How to Solve Problems
Here’s a relatively simple method of gaining insight into problems that face us. Often the reason we can’t solve a problem is that we don’t concentrate on it long enough to look at it from enough different angles or give our brains time to process our ideas subconsciously. Step One Take a sheet of paper …
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