Jul
27
Google has a collection of company videos at YouTube. There are a lot of sessions worth watching.
I came across Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn which is terrific. The workshop is an hour long but is well worth that time, it also includes a meditation session. Jon Kabat-Zinn talks about mindfulness and meditation, awareness, non-doing, beginner’s mind, [...]
Jul
22
I have been using AVG combinded Antivirus and Firewall for some time. When it was time to renew I decided to opt for free alternatives. First I tried AVG Free 8.0 but it messed up (as I see it) and installed addons in Firefox I could not remove without uninstalling AVG Free.
My choices of free [...]
Jul
20
Success Soul has An Interview with Leo Babauta on Simplicity, Clarity, Happiness and Success. Shilpan asked:
What is the single most important advice for my readers to use simplicity for their personal development?
I like Leo’s answer and his definiton of simplicity:
Simplicity is, at its core, just choosing the essential over the non-essential. It’s a way to [...]
Jul
19
Freelance Folders posts about What To Do When You Feel Invisible.
Zen Habits has a guest post by Mary Jaksch from Goodlife Zen about How to Establish New Habits the No-Sweat Way. It is about how Kaizen can help us to establish new habits. Kaizen is something I have in my own blogging (and action) idea [...]
Jul
12
I am testing two different plugins that shall make your WordPress blog easier to read using mobile devices. Here at btwendel.com I have installed the WordPress Mobile Plugin and over at fortyplustwo I have installed WordPress Mobile Edition.
If you are reading this blog using a mobile, please let me know how it works.
Jul
12
I have posted about using coloured labels in Gmail which makes labels more visible and useful. But I was still not too fond of labels as they are applied in Gmail.
Then I came across Folders4Gmail which is a terrific script for Firefox with Greasemonkey installed. Suddenly your labels show up in a folder-like hierarchy. You [...]
Jul
9
I have been browsing around blogs and also doing comment surfing, reading a comment in one blog and then checking that persons blog. It is interesting to see where one ends up when just going with the flow.
One of my favourite blogs is Zen Habits, it has to be in a post about Zen-related blogs.
Goodlife [...]
Jul
7
I like the way Google changes their logo to celebrate things. Today their logo is inspired by Chagall, it is his birthday.
I like Google start page, clean and neat with few distractions. A focused search tool.
Jul
6
Browsing around among blogs I came across Transforming Stress Into Personal Power and read about Jean and her basic philosophy.
Stay curious and open to life. No matter what happens keep learning and growing. Find what you love to do and find a way to share it with others.
This is a lot like my own philosophy, [...]
Jul
6
I came across the post Mindful Eating which has a great quote:
And when you chew, chew only the carrot, not your projects or your ideas. You are capable of living in the present moment, in the here and the now. It is simple, but you need some training to just enjoy the piece of carrot. [...]
