Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time

Here’s something interesting to read/watch:

The Enthusiasm Gap or He’s Just a President

I am not surprised by the attacks on Obama by the right, but what the hell democrats ease up on the guy. The fact that those on the left tend to have unrealistic expectations and demand instantaneous rather than incremental change is only going to hurt us at election time this year. While the teabaggers are overtaking the right and getting out the vote, the left seems to be giving a collective “meh” and writing off all of the accomplishments that have been made because the world didn’t instantly turn into a land of unicorns and rainbows.

Oh the things you can find on the interwebs

I read an interesting article: The bliss of an 18-month, paid, Swedish paternity leave

I was able to take progressively more time off from work with each child, culminating in a grand month-long leave with Erin. That time off was great and I wish it could have lasted longer. 18 months would be amazing!

I enjoy presenting, teaching, and other things public speaking related. This comes to me as a huge surprise since I had always considered myself a rather introverted person when I was younger. I don’t recall ever having taken Meyers-Briggs or anything, but I imagine I would have been an I. Interestingly enough, now I am a solid E.

I came across a blog post with a title that made me have to read it: The Advantages of a 2,500 Slide PowerPoint Deck

I don’t really like Power Point (in the general sense; if I were going to use a program of that type I would prefer to use Microsoft’s PowerPoint). I feel that too many presenters do not use the technology properly and you wind up with Death by PowerPoint. If I do use a projector I tend to prefer using live examples, websites or programs for example, and marking things up liberally with a dry-erase marker as I go along. Of course this only works if I can project onto a whiteboard, which unfortunately seems to be a difficult setup to find. So I can understand why you might have to use something like PowerPoint, even if you would rather not.

The premise brought up is intriguing to me. I might have to start collecting my super-deck and give this method a try.

I’d be interested to hear if anyone has tried something like this or what methods you enjoy using.