Monthly Archive for December, 2008
Note: I’m using Blogo, the blogging application from Brainjuice for this post… hopefully, it won’t mess anything up.
So I’ve come up with a new New Year’s Resolution: Always shoot in RAW format.
Everyone says you should shoot in RAW but its hard to see why. Only the very best photo editors can really process RAW the way its supposed to be done. And I can’t afford them. I also don’t posses the skill needed to really edit the photos. While I’m getting better all the time, I’m not sure if I’m there yet.
But I want to accelerate my learning a bit so I’m forcing myself to use RAW. So starting tomorrow, all my photos will be shot in RAW format only. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to produce better looking pictures because of it.
Now if only I could figure out how to store all those photos.
What a perfect combination!! Techno music mixed with a video for the violent zombie 3D shooter Alone in the Dark: Inferno.
I’m not into the zombie shooter genre but I like the music. Tiësto is coming to NYC soon and I’m really thinking of going.
An now for the obligatory New Years Resolution: I resolve to be more organized - specifically when it comes to doing things and GTD.
Lots of Lifehackers are big proponents of Getting Things Done (GTD). I love the idea but struggle to stay dedicated, focused, and organized long enough to actually get things done. I realize I’ve struggled with GTD but want to be better at it and decided to usher in 2009 organized. Starting this week (while I’m on vacation), I’m going to get my life organized. Part of this includes becoming smarter about how I go about doing things… and Things (pun intended) is how I hope to stay focused and organized long enough to GTD.
Things, for the non-Lifehackers out there, is an application that runs on Apple’s OS-X. Despite it not even been a 1.0 release yet, it has gotten good reviews from productivity enthusiasts. I’ve tried the demo and feel its one of the better and easier GTD apps around; the optional iPhone app that can sync with your computer to help maintain your task lists is a big plus. The downside: cost. Things is expensive at $49 for the app and $10 for the iPhone version.
But I’m OK with spending the $50 dollars on a decent GTD app that I can use to help me stay organized. With Things, I hope to jot down tasks I think of while at work but need to be done at home. Categorizing them, or course, is a big part of what I want to do… not by subject matter… but by priority. Things does that for me my the ‘Today’ ‘Next’ and ‘Someday’ level of priorities. I just upgraded to the latest RC1 and saw they included ‘Projects’ which can include sub-tasks; this is going to be a welcome addition to my GTD management.
I’m worried that I’ll start writing down all these tasks that need to be done… and not do them. Or worse, write them down but not clear them from the Things application. But that’s part of the resolution. Things, like the fancy computers and phones we buy, are just tools to get things done. The apps that run them are no different and I just have to dedicate myself to changing my work flows to accommodate the new tools which will help me stay focused and organized.
Wish me luck!
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