What do these icons mean? Social bookmarking & media explained October 26, 2008
Posted by Jeff Nabers in : Personal Productivity , add a commentHave you noticed the following icons on my recent blog posts and on many other web sites?
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These are social bookmarking and media tools. Allow me to explain…
Subscribe – This is an RSS subscription tool. Use this link to subscribe to my blog. Learn more.
del.icio.us is a bookmarking tool that you can access from any computer on the internet. Use this link to bookmark my posts. Learn more.
Digg this is democratic media engine. It shows stories in rank of how popular they are – according to how many people have “dugg” them. Use this link to “digg” my post. Learn more.
Stumble it is also a tool that allows users to give a page a “thumbs up” so that other users can “stumble upon” useful content. Use this link to recommend my post to the Stumble Upon network. Learn more.
facebook is a social networking tool. You can use this link to send the current page to your contacts on the facebook network. Learn more.
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30 Day Challenge: Can you do without TV? June 22, 2008
Posted by Jeff Nabers in : Health, Personal Enjoyment, Personal Productivity , add a comment
I do a lot of things differently in an effort to enjoy my life. Sometimes I forget just how abnormal some of them are. This past week I co-instructed the IRA Association of America professional member enrollment course in Denver, CO. During a lunch conversation, one of our new members asked me what my secret is to accomplishing so much so rapidly. I half jokingly explained that I don’t watch TV. I guess this type of statement is more unbelievable than I had thought because a couple of hours later he still couldn’t believe it: “You really don’t watch any TV at all?”
“I don’t own a TV,” I explained. “I occasionally watch DVDs on my projector.”
I don’t watch TV for two reasons:
Mental & Physical Health – I believe that everything that goes into my body or mind becomes part of me. Turning on the TV means that I can choose to watch what’s available from a menu, but only if I also watch other things which I have no control over – commercials. Our thoughts create our reality. Having others’ thoughts shoved into my brain means letting other people create my reality.
Time – I want to enjoy my life. Every second is a decision. When I pit TV against snowboarding, snow skiing, wakeboarding, water skiing, bicycling, car racing, motorcycling, playing musical instruments, and traveling to new places… TV always loses. To afford some of these activities (more…)
