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New tools for productivity

January 24, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Uncategorized 2 Comments

I have submitted to the cloud.

As I get older and juggle ndiverse projects I notice that my memory is starting to get worse.   My mind is incredibly active these days, full of ideas, snippets of poetry and song, meeting designs, half written blog posts/   I have had a mish-mash of ways of recording these ideas in the past: audio notes on an iPod, photos on a camera, notes in a Moleskine, or on a blog somewhere.

Recently I acquired my first iPhone, and this has made life easier but has changed a lot of my routines.   I now use Evernote for almost everything, taking notes on client calls, recording ideas, clipping web pages (that and Instapaper has replaced delicious for me).   I create first drafts in Evernote too, and record a daily journal.   It has become my source, and from it I post tweets, create documents, make blog posts and write poems and songs.  I can record audio and video and with my phone it’s all online and in the cloud.  All of my writing is tagable and searchable which is great for revisiting ideas.  There is even a plugin for Google Chrome that will search your Evernote notebooks, as well as returning Google results.

Added with fully using Google Calendar, Gmail and Tasks (with ICal and MacMail as offline backups on the phone and the laptop) I feel more organized, connected and free than I have been and less stuff is falling through the cracks.

Now every day is a cloudy day.

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The week’s tweets

January 23, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Notes

  • The beautiful after the storm. Thin winter sunset outside my window. http://yfrog.com/h4wzjylj #
  • I am increasingly suspicious that we aren't going to have much of a real Canadian winter here on BCs south coastal islands. #
  • Last night's near full moon brushed the forest with hoarfrost. #
  • How to say Thank You in Skwxw7mesh (and why): http://squamishlanguage.com/blog/thankyou/ Chen kw'mantumi @DustinRivers #
  • Unexpected wet snow in the morning almost always combines delight with a little chaos. #
  • The sound of water is everywhere this dark morning. Falling from the sky, trickling from melting snowbanks and churning on the windy sea. #
  • 15 minutes to breathe and welcome participants to a full day #openspace on non-profit housing in British Columbia. #
  • Here is a new job title i heard today: Chief encouragement officer of a non-profit housing org. #
  • Sweet #openspace today. Initial skepticism (are we going to do therapy? Sing kumbaya?) replaced with deep engaged conversation. Surprise! #
  • Most hotels in Canada do not serve tea whose quality befits a Commonwealth member. (not that the UK is different!). Still, standards! #
  • Thoreau on walking: "What business have I in the woods, if I am thinking of something out of the woods?" @prawsthorne #
  • At BICS right now setting up for the National Park #openspace Come help us if you can. We start at 130 but setting up now. #

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Here’s how you do customer service

January 19, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Uncategorized

My poor Barmah hat has failed.  A nasty hole has opened up at the seam and my trusty rain hat, my portable shelter for four years or so now has given up the ghost.

So today searching for hope through the route of repair, I contacted Barmah’s Canadian representative, Brian Smith, who resides not far from me on the Sunshine Coast, on the west side of our inlet.  I sent him the picture and he commiserated and we agreed that at times entropy has to have its way.  But for being a good sport he offered me a replacement hat at a very good price, which I was happy to take him up on.  In the ensuing conversation we discovered a mutual friend.

So a new hat is on its way and my head will be dry and warm for the remainder of the winter and I’m left with a nice feeling of being treated well.  Thanks Brian!

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The week’s tweets

January 16, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Notes

  • http://m.flickr.com/photos/chriscorrigan/5337858333/ rock balancing today at Joshua Tree National Park in California. #
  • http://Www.sushikinghouse.com. Biggest sushi in Vancouver. Geez. Ever big too. #
  • Join us for the Art of Hosting the Standing Wave…a special #aoh for young leaders: http://aohyouthvancouver.withtank.com/ nr Vancouver BC. #
  • A sharp north wind this morning. Old ferry on the Sound. Headed to Calgary for an Art of Hosting. #
  • -22 on a cold clear morning by the shores of the Elbow River. http://yfrog.com/gzp9dsj #
  • Need a quick ning-like web solution for a half day #openspace to harvest group notes. Suggestions? Or just use ning? #
  • A liitle brisk in Calgary this morning. With the windchill it feels like -38. #aohcalgary #
  • Resting after our #aohcalgary with a beer and a brilliant dinner at The Coup. http://thecoup.ca/i/#home #
  • Standing on the Horseshoe Bay government dock in a warm strong wind waiting for the water taxi home. Moon lurking behind scudding cloud. #
  • Night out with Sarah Harmer at the Commodore. Yum! #

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Doodling in math class

January 11, 2011 By Chris Corrigan Design 2 Comments

Have you seen these doodle games from Vi Harte?  Brilliant games to play with math.  Or perhaps games to play that demonstrate how math works.  This one is my favourite, but you might also enjoy Stars, Infinity Elephants or Binary Trees, among others.

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