Wednesday, August 31, 2011

NaBloPoMo - Why are they hounding me? Why? Why? Why?

Its that time of year again. A time that I have to face reality. A time that I sometimes dread and other times can't wait to sit down to my keyboard. It's NaBloPoMo. Well, it officially starts tomorrow. What in the world makes them hang this over my head? Why are they so cruel? I can't even remember to take my one-a-day vitamins, so why do they think I can do this every day? Why are they hounding me? Why? Why? Why?
For those who don't know. NaBloPoMo is National Blog Posting Month and it starts September 1st. You sign in and make a commitment to post at least once a day. My problems with it are many. First, I HATE, with a capital H-A-T-E, any one telling me I HAVE to do something. Telling me I have to do something is like telling me to do the opposite. Are you like that?

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Cleaning House Tip - Use an Elephant

Evernote
It's been a while since I've posted. The good news is that I've been very busy with work, the bad news is it doesn't give me a lot of time to catch a wave on the world wide web. Yesterday, however, I decided to tackle the nightmare that is my bookmarking world. While surfing I often will bookmark a page with the honest intention of coming back to it. However, even after I've read the page, it ends up that I have lots of left over bookmarks. A couple of weeks ago, a cousin asked me if I've used Evernote? She "loves it," she said. Well, truth is, I had installed Evernote a long time ago and it had just been sitting there.
It seemed to me that it did the same thing as Instapaper--saving a webpage to be read later on your iphone or computer. I do love Instapaper. It's saved me from boredom many times. I'm not a big fan of the magazines that doctors' offices, hair salons, and what have you, tend to keep in their lobbies. People Magazine, Us Magazine, year-old copies of Time Magazine or Newsweek, have me yawning before I hit the second page.

NaBloPoMo - Why are they hounding me? Why? Why? Why?

Its that time of year again. A time that I have to face reality. A time that I sometimes dread and other times can't wait to sit down to my keyboard. It's NaBloPoMo. Well, it officially starts tomorrow. What in the world makes them hang this over my head? Why are they so cruel? I can't even remember to take my one-a-day vitamins, so why do they think I can do this every day? Why are they hounding me? Why? Why? Why?
For those who don't know. NaBloPoMo is National Blog Posting Month and it starts September 1st. You sign in and make a commitment to post at least once a day. My problems with it are many. First, I HATE, with a capital H-A-T-E, any one telling me I HAVE to do something. Telling me I have to do something is like telling me to do the opposite. Are you like that?

Cleaning House Tip - Use an Elephant

Evernote
It's been a while since I've posted. The good news is that I've been very busy with work, the bad news is it doesn't give me a lot of time to catch a wave on the world wide web. Yesterday, however, I decided to tackle the nightmare that is my bookmarking world. While surfing I often will bookmark a page with the honest intention of coming back to it. However, even after I've read the page, it ends up that I have lots of left over bookmarks. A couple of weeks ago, a cousin asked me if I've used Evernote? She "loves it," she said. Well, truth is, I had installed Evernote a long time ago and it had just been sitting there.
It seemed to me that it did the same thing as Instapaper--saving a webpage to be read later on your iphone or computer. I do love Instapaper. It's saved me from boredom many times. I'm not a big fan of the magazines that doctors' offices, hair salons, and what have you, tend to keep in their lobbies. People Magazine, Us Magazine, year-old copies of Time Magazine or Newsweek, have me yawning before I hit the second page.