P2PU – JS Chapters 2-3

Feb 06

Well, this is my second post regarding the JS 101 Class, and i must admit it took me quite a while to complete the reading, mostly because  of the unfamiliarity of much of the terms, I will try to break it down as simply as I can, partly because the assignment asks us to, but also because if I delve too deep I might get lost again. The first bit is all about the...

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Mozilla – P2PU School of webcraft

Jan 09

Mozilla – P2PU School of webcraft

For the following 10 weeks, i will digress from the original concept of this blog as i will (hopefully) be attending some classes at  Mozilla-P2PU School of Webcraft, this post in particular relates to a Javascript 101 class that i will be applying for. The assignment was to watch a video (here), a brief introduction to JavaScript and blog about it. First, i want...

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Limits of Memory

Aug 10

Limits of Memory

I have referred often to the limits of human short-term memory, but on this occasion I wanted to delve a Little deeper to evidence exactly why we forget our commitments. “The role of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths such as weaknesses become irrelevant” -       Peter Drucker Understanding the memory is essential to make, as Drucker says,...

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More Life

Jul 06

More Life

“When life demands more of people than they demand of life – as is ordinarily the case – what results is a resentment of life almost as deep-seated as the fear of death” - Tom Robbins What do you demand of life? David Allen used that quote in his “Getting Things Done” book, and I remember reading it and thinking about the amount of work that I did...

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Riding the third wave

Jun 14

Riding the third wave

What is the third wave? In 1979, futurist Alvin Toffler wrote a book called Future Shock, where he goes into the process of change in social, political and economic structure. Alvin describes three “waves”, the first one being the Agrarian Revolution (8000 A.C.  Until the 17th Century), during which we built the social paradigms needed to end our nomadic phase...

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Checking and Remaking your navigation map

May 25

Checking and Remaking your navigation map

Irresponsibility can be an addiction as strong as drugs or alcohol, Irresponsible Anonymous is a 12 step program to kick the habit of breaking promises, this is Step 12 and it’s about implementing iterative cycles of self-improvement. It’s impressive how fast 12 weeks pass, the experience of writing these articles has been very revealing, and has forced me to...

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Putting together the most beautiful puzzle in the universe

May 18

Putting together the most beautiful puzzle in the universe

Irresponsibility can be an addiction as strong as drugs or alcohol, Irresponsible Anonymous is a 12 step program to kick the habit of breaking promises, this is Step 11 and it’s about figuring out your life’s purpose. What is my purpose in life? This question has frozen a lot of us in our tracks, the extent of the answer and its ramifications are so huge that...

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