Sit back, put your feet up and enjoy the ride.
Someone will notice your fire whether it is too bright or too dim only if you start a fire.
~ BS
Sometimes you only have limited shots at something. You might have burned out and struck out twice. Make the next one count. It might be big, it might be a spark. But hey, that’s a start.
I just hit a deadspot with Angular.js tutorial at Code School.
I wished that aside from the “Use a Hint” action, there’s also an available “Show the Answer” (for frustrated learners like me).
Time to skip this part!
I remember a talk I had with Jayce during a cab ride to MRT, I was telling her about a difficulty I am having with my team about managing projects and deliverables and mostly about their productivity which is greatly dependent on my plans to develop and further each of our careers.
I realized in the process that I have my own inadequacies especially my own productivity, the way I am not focused on their individual projects because most of the time I leave them to plan their own day and I plan my own. Which resulted in a vague sense of accomplishment. What did we finish this week? Can it be improved? Should be do something better than having lots of free time?
So I resolved in resolving my management style first before taking it on other people in my team.
This week, I am being hands-on and aware that I am not micromanaging anyone. Because nobody likes even the worst or best micro-manager in the world.
Do you read the news? I bet you do on Twitter and thru Facebook News Feed.
Some news sites are cleaner than others (especially foreign news sites) wherein the reader could focus on the article.
Have you passed by Guadalupe Bridge? I’m sure you’ve already seen the billboard capital of Metro Manila.
It looks like this on a sunny day:
And this morning, I saw it on a news website:
Might as well:
I have no unsolicited advice for cluttered news sites since revenue maybe booming from advertisements (heck, you only need a linkbait or a scary headline). But local news sites have been this way since a decade ago.
This is what we need. A breath of fresh air.
The Verge has some colorful boxes that contain a preview of their articles. Basically, they look like this (RIP Robin Williams):
We’ll recreate one of those boxes using the following:
This is the final result of the recreation.
[codepen_embed height=”395″ theme_id=”1820″ slug_hash=”tJdGn” default_tab=”result”]See the Pen Recreating The Verge’s Article Preview Boxes by Brian Dys Sahagun (@BrianSahagun) on CodePen.[/codepen_embed]
Plant seeds in the neighborhood, grow fruits in your yard.
~ BS
Developing one’s turf must be a priority before developing others. It is my patriotic principle why I am proud to be one of the workforces in our country. I, alone, am contributing a meager amount of help but I won’t feel the same contributing any help from a faraway land.
I might be speaking in tongues but I’m talking about my awareness of living in Manila, Philippines and my constant struggle in finding the balance between my personal hopes & dreams and this land’s baby steps into a better future.
From the Podcast, Unfinished Business Episode 76: Two old farts Googling
I’ve always wanted to be the guy that has the best barbecue that you walk away from and you go, “We gotta go back to that guy’s place – it was a laugh and there was plenty of food and it was all good fun.”
~ John Davey
From the Podcast, Unfinished Business Episode 77: Dirty, filthy, paid ads
I’ve decided that I’m going out on my own. Like I’m gonna write my own products, I’m gonna get my qualifications. I’m going out. I’m ready to put the money, the financial investment into it and everything else. I’m ready.
~ Ashley Baxter
That means you’re leaving your plateau.
~ Andy Clarke
From the Podcast, Unfinished Business Episode 80: I wonder why he trusts us?
If you want to make a big difference to an industry or a big change in your own life, you’re never gonna do it playing it safe.
~ Ashley Baxter
You can’t achieve anything just sitting back and watching other people do it.
~ Laura Kalbag
Embrace this thing called “internet“. No more red tape, no more grouchy customer-fronting employees, no more 7 am long lines 12 pm you’re given the application form 5 pm you’re ordered to come back tomorrow. No more nothing government, no more.
Speak in Filipino. Speak in local dialects. And be understandable in whatever tone you will be speaking in.
Entertain questions and answer questions.
Like this website.
The best place to find government services and information. Simpler, clearer, faster.
It’s true, I’ve tried and used its information.