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A class half full
Class is canceled this semester, and I am not taking it well. After several semesters of agonizing, I am one class (and a thesis) away from completing my ALM in English Lit at Harvard Extension....
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An act of civil disobedience
As a diehard New Englander, I love to complain about the weather as much, and sometimes more, than the next person. I believe a week of single digit days will make a complainer out of just about...
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I read it in the New Yorker, so it must be true
It may be obvious from previous posts, Best Tech Guy isn’t your average geek. He’s a technology consultant who also writes code. Unlike pure geekdom, consulting requires interpersonal skills. It also...
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Breaking up is hard to do
There are things about divorce that make it possibly the worst experience of a person’s life. Among my friends who have gone or are going through this and in my own experience it does feel like the...
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A picture is worth a 1000 words; icons are not pictures
[The following is an excerpt from recommendations I made recently to a client. It was intended as a best practices guide or cheat sheet on icons. I cribbed it together from my own experiences and...
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These icons are killing me
A friend accused me of being idealistic the other day. This was after I suggested I might be a little stupid and a lot stubborn. I think it was one of those po-tay-to, po-tah-to things. The...
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Too busy for something
If you haven’t yet read Tim Kreider’s excellent post called The Busy Trap, you should. With care and humor he describes this wave many of us are riding, labeling ourselves as “crazy busy.” It is no...
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Proud to be an American
(Note, the supposedly fictitious events described herein may or may not have taken place in August 2013.) Diversity in relationships, like diversity in the workplace, is great. Variety of opinions,...
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The godfather
As any good Italian-American will tell you, the role of the godfather is an important one in any good Italian-American family. Am I stating the obvious? This could be a truth universally acknowledged...
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Why Customer Experience Matters
After 15 years working as a design consultant with technology focused clients and partners, I’ve largely stopped answering the question, “Why do we care about users?” Rather than having a finely tuned...
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Family is a situation
Change has been the norm these last few months. New job, new apartment…everything seems new. Added to that, I have a new primary care doctor. She’s smart, perky, and younger than I am. That’s new for...
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Breaking the rules
I must confess I broke my own rule recently. One afternoon last week, I walked to the grocery store in my yoga pants. This is not a particularly earthshattering confession, I admit. But it caused quite...
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At my age
My new OBGYN starts every sentence with the phrase “at your age.” She says, “At your age, you should be doing [everything differently].” In response to every question I ask, she replies, “Well at your...
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Ever wondered why they call it caterwauling?
According to the US Navy, tomorrow, March 17 is the real spring equinox this year. Daylight and night will be in near-perfect balance for our St. Patrick’s Day delights. This is not just a fun fact;...
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What is an “act of love”?
As the crescendo of conflict between Elton John and Dolce and Gabbana has risen this week, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the fashion moguls’ original, offending statement that procreation should...
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The monetization of motherhood part 1
For me it started with Martha Stewart Living and Real Simple magazines. The glossy spreads abound with plenty: stunning pictures of complex foodstuffs and homemade decorations set in perfectly...
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