Entries by Mike

Prometheus TED Talk

I have a longer post about how I have students go through a reflection process for the presentations they give in my classes. As part of my process for developing their presentation skills, we watch this video a few times and talk about all of the phenomenal displays of oration that Guy Pierce demonstrates in […]

Tweaking Your Dates and Calendar

I was listening to the most recent episode of Cortex (one of my favorite podcasts), and the hosts were talking about their calendars. Unexpectedly they had a little standoff about what day of the week their calendars started on. If you grew up in America, this is an absurd statement that does not make sense. […]

My Perspective on Frogs

There is a (misattributed) Mark Twain quote that is used in productivity circles that goes like this: If the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to […]

Keyboard Maestro Macros for Dates

A while ago I shared a post from David Sparks about automating greetings in emails to reduce typos and increase accuracy in written communication. That post got me thinking about the other things that I do in my day-to-day written communications that could benefit from the accuracy and precision that comes from automation. I realized […]

Earth Day 2019 Badge

Nothing like a little gamification to encourage me to get out of the house on Earth Day. It was a fantastic day outside, and the walk gave me the energy to work some more on an upcoming project, which I am very excited about!