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The Structure of a Real Apology

Life requires apologies sometimes. A real apology is a gift and a smart investment in the quality and happiness of our relationships with others.

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Organize Your Life with Trello

Trello is a great todo list app that can help organize your life in many ways. Here are a few ways I use it at work and at home.

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5 Ways to Increase Your Curiosity

I've recently been looking into how to increase my curiosity in order to improve engagement with clients and become a better maker.

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The Invisible Gorilla Is Smarter than You

Being aware of all these biases and how we think doesn't mean they can all be overcome, but being aware can help us get the System 2 part of our thinking and make sure we're not he

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How Do You Know What You Don’t Know?

These three questions can help me identify my understanding of any topic or idea. They also provide a guide on improving my knowledge of any topic or idea I am unfamiliar with.

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Baby Names & Gmail Accounts

There are lots of important decisions in choosing a name, and among them in today's world is: "Is the Gmail account available?"

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How to Automate Your Human – Forming Good Development Habits

Humans come with their own built-in automation system called "habit formation." Here's how I changed one of my development habits for the better using a small script and a little b

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How Ignorant Are You?

Combatting ignorance starts by figuring out what you don't know, then identifying what you *should* know.

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Hosting an Impromptu Remote Meeting with GoToMeeting

When our flight to meet a prospective client was delayed last week, we set up an impromptu remote meeting. Here are step-by-step instructions for our setup.

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Presenting Over AirPlay

Tips on how to present your Keynote presentation wirelessly from your iPad.

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Protecting Your Apple Power Adapter with sugru

Afraid of snapping the wire going into your apple power adapter? Check out this simple and quick hack for reinforcing the strain relief.

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Inspiration from Sherlock Holmes

Meditation, even for short periods of time, can increase our powers of concentration and effectiveness as we push the daily limits of multi-tasking.

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