Saturday, March 31, 2007

Simply an observation

I've heard this approach used by instructors of disciplines ranging from voice to yoga.

"Simply make an observation. This is where you are today."

"Let go of self-criticism and judgement."
For many, there is a familiar habit of self-criticism and judgement associated with self-observation. Familiar though this habit may be, it often hinders the student's progress.

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Sick Days

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Monday, March 19, 2007

The impact of spam

Interested in joining the war on spam? Drop by Project Honey Pot and among other things, learn How to Avoid Being Harvested by Spambots. For a detailed study on the effectiveness on an obfuscation method, have a read over at Nikita The Spider's excellent article Ingen Reklam, Tack (No Spam, Please). A primer on spam can be found at CDT.org's article Why Am I Getting All This Spam?

Can anyone out there recommend a strong PHP formmail script?

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

A good day

[Edited to add: the top character was inspired by a Between Friends strip done by Sandra Bell-Lundy.]

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Wrong feet?

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Motivation and happiness

[Edited to add Cafe Press info at the bottom of the image.]

This doodle is loosely based on a lecture by Marc Fournier (University of Toronto) discussing findings by psychologist Edward Deci. Specifically:


One of the foremost researchers in the area of motivation is psychologist Edward Deci at the University of Rochester. Deci's model suggests that students will be more motivated to learn when particular needs have been met. Deci articulates three such needs:
(a) to feel a sense of belonging and connectedness to the school (I would add the words "to feel welcome"),
(b) to feel a sense of autonomy and self-determination, and
(c) to feel competent. (skillset and level of challenge must be appropriately matched)

In his lecture, Fournier suggested that these are three universal psychological needs (to be choiceful, connected to others, to feel capable) shared by all people and that all three are of equal importance. If these needs are not met, it will impact:

  • our ability to meet our full potential
  • our capacity to grow
  • our ability to flourish and thrive
  • our ability to experience happiness


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Edited to add: items with a variation of this image can be purchased at Cafe Press.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Cancel or allow?

Thanks to Joey deVilla for posting the inspiration for this doodle over at Global Nerdy! (The YouTube video is embedded below.)
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Unreleased Get a Mac Ad: "Cancel or Allow?"