David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers.
In my many trips to Chicago, I have stayed a couple of times at a gem of a hotel called Congress Plaza. Rich with history, the Congress Plaza Hotel has accommodated Presidents of The United States, royalty from countries around the world, and David Kadavy. Looking around at reviews on sites such as Travelocity, there are definitely some people who don’t appreciate the distinct character and benefits of this fine hotel.
[UPDATE: 03/26/2008 11:02AM]
If you’ve been keeping up, you know now that I have discovered that wheat gluten can cause sinus symptoms. So, you may want to consider experimenting.
[UPDATE: 11/01/2016]
I eventually was diagnosed with, and started treating “Chronic Lyme Disease” (or something like that)
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After this post I’m sure I will be the blogger who talks about mucous more than any other. It truly isn’t by design. If you don’t want to read a gross post, I’d suggest not reading further.
On a recent photo shoot, I encountered this strange creature:
Computer lingo is full of metaphors for the physical world. You have a “desktop,” “trash,” “wallpaper,” “folders” and you “surf” the “web.” We have created a world which mimics the physical world to make the transition to computer use easier.
But sometimes, excessive computer use can have us doing strange things when we’re in the “real” world. Merlin Mann of 43 Folders is experiencing this problem. Apparently, he uses Markdown, which enables him to write his posts in a unique sort of textual shorthand that converts into valid XHTML. He uses it so much, that when he is writing in the physical world, he is now making asterisks instead of dots when writing a bulleted list, among other less-efficient annoyances.
This reminded me of some frightening symptoms of Techfluenza I have had in the past. The first time I experienced this problem, I was organizing a file cabinet for CDs of Architectural project images. They were stacking units, and I wanted my Inbox to stay on top, so as I was writing the label for the Inbox, I began to place an exclamation point before “Inbox” so it would read “!Inbox” (for those unfamiliar with this practice, placing an exclamation point at the beginning of a file or folder name will ensure that it will remain at the top of the list of your file browser). Another time I was struck with Techfluenza, was when I was building my carpet sample rug. I was trying different configurations, and changed the tiles around, but decided I wanted them back the way they were before. So, as I summoned my “undo” command, I embarrassingly (if you can be embarrassed when you’re alone) realized I was not in Photoshop.
I don’t spend enough time in the physical world to have more examples. Do you have any?
A fellow employee of RDG has joined the blogosphere. Our IT guy, Joe Schmidt, of joeschmidt.com, after starting a few internal company blogs, has written joeschmidt.com’s first post. I’m really looking forward to seeing what his intelligent, yet sick, twisted, and sometimes disgruntled, mind will create.
I know that he will likely be concealing his identity for some time, but since he is such a handsome fellow, I feel I must show you what he looks like.
Welcome, Joey!
I recently got a new laptop, and I have to admit, I have been spending a disturbing portion of my time on the couch. I’m not a big TV watcher, so prior to acquiring my laptop, I spent the majority of my time at my desk, which I guess should be even more disturbing.
Having a laptop is great, though. I got Airport Express, so now I am wireless, and can even play music through my speakers via AirTunes. I can even take it to bed with me, do some blog reading before bed, put it on my nightstand, and then check my e-mail before I even get out of bed (“oh, a computer in bed…the porn jokes I could comment with”…don’t bother). Maybe I’ll slowly devolve from never leaving my desk, to never leaving my couch, to never leaving my bed.
I’m sure I will spend some time on my deck once, if, the weather is ever nice again. It just snowed 14 inches here in Omaha, and every time this happens it makes me wonder why people aren’t nomadic anymore. Oh, that’s right, because we have so much stuff.
MacMerc.com has announced the winning letter, in which Jeff Ferzoco explains to Quark why he’s switched to InDesign. Anyone who has used both programs regularly can relate and will find this letter hilarious. My favorite part: “Certainly, Quark, I won’t undo this decision.”
I switched about 2 1/2 years ago. I was amazed by the ease of use of InDesign and the familiarity of its interface (after using Illustrator), literally, within the first few minutes of using it. It’s so satisfying to hear more and more users making the switch and Quark getting what’s been coming to them. This is good news along with Firefox gaining rapidly on IE even before being a full release, and I look forward to seeing more people abandon their OS entirely.
From the new Windows version of Konfabulator’s Stock Ticker Widget:
Delete Microsoft Corporation? You bet!
Alas, it meant “Really Stop Getting the Stock Quote for Microsoft Corporation?” What a tease!
Looking through my webstats, it seems that someone has been translating kadavy.net through Tha Shizzolator.
Glad to see I’m reaching out to other cultures.