J. Timothy King’s Blog

Trying Twitter…

I don’t want to become a Twitter junkie. But I figured it’s time I try it. The only problem is, I don’t have anyone to Twitter with! So if you want to follow me on Twitter, here’s my profile:

http://twitter.com/jtimothyking

-TimK (Read more…)

I’m so Pissed at RCN

There’s an object lesson in this. Bear with me, and I’ll explain.

First of all, I’ve been looking forward to this for a week, ever since I noticed that it was going to be on TV. As you may recall, I’m a huge fan of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s work. Well, Amy got started in her career by working on Roseanne, back in the day. And Oxygen is running a whole block of episodes today, including a number that Amy had written. So I’ve been planning for a over a week to sit down and turn on Oxygen and catch up on email and such. But… (Read more…)

What Should I Read Next?

When Pam Slim posted a link to a summer reading list of small business books then said, “I will not buy one more book until I make it through the stack on the edge of my bathtub,” that rang true for me. Happiness is a cup of Earl Grey, a book, and a bath.

As you know, I’m currently reading . Despite all the interruptions I’ve had while reading this book, I’m almost done. But I honestly don’t know what book to read next. Maybe someone else can help me out. Here’s the stack of books on the edge of my bathtub. Two stacks, actually. One for fiction and the other for non-fiction.

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Short Animation: This Wonderful Life

While looking for something completely different, I accidentally ran across this short animation by Liam Kemp, called “This Wonderful Life.” The animation is a little sketchy, but the artwork is breathtaking, as is the story. You can watch the whole animation on-line at cgchannel, as well as read an interview with the artist Liam Kemp.

At his site are stills of the girl from the animation as well as some computer-generated imagery suitable for Maxim, but which you probably don’t want on you computer screen at work. The site is at this-wonderful-life.com.

-TimK

Boosting: Laura’s Winning Ideas

This week’s LinkedinBloggers Blog Boost: Laura Ricci’s “Winning Ideas” blog. Interesting recent posts include “How to Prevent Burnout”, “Professional Bloggers”, and “The Ways We Sabotage Proposals (And Other Projects)”. This last begins with a quote: “When you have been working more than 15 hours on the same project, you have the same mental impairment as someone who is legally drunk.”

This blog is now among my subscribed feeds. Be sure to subscribe using her FeedBurner feed, as the WordPress feeds are currently broken and not redirecting to FeedBurner.

-TimK

Ten Things Managers Wished They Believed

Kathy Sierra has another great post, this time on lies managers tell. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, so I’ll say these are ten things managers honestly and truly wished they believed. They probably even themselves think they believe these things. They say them because they know these things really are the mark of great employees.

But talk is cheap. If you want to know what someone really believes, look at what he does, not at what he says.

Managers who actually believe these things are few and far between.

You don’t have to go far to see why I agree so strongly with Kathy. Just recently, I wrote about initiative, comments that she now echoes.

-TimK

Having Added Pheedo Ads…

… your RSS or Atom feed reader will probably re-display the last 10 posts. This sort of massive, feed-disrupting change is something I try to avoid.

Feeds are an important part of blog reading, and as more readers are subscribing to this blog via the feed, and being the entrepreneurial type, I wanted to experiment with Pheedo ads.

Later in the Spring—well, Spring around here—I plan to report back and let you know the results, just in case you’re curious.

Thank you for understanding.

-TimK

I am Not a Pirate!

Posted on the EFF’s website: A note on a cool new ad by the Consumer Electronics Association:

-TimK

Boosting: The Everyday Economist

As this week’s blog boost, The Everyday Economist covers normal and not-so-normal economics—Ever wonder what heaven must be like, seeing as it has no money? Easy enough to read, but advanced enough to be interesting, this blog effectively treats that subject all of us should know something about (yet few of us do).

-TimK

And You Thought Your Job Was Bad

However pointy-headed your boss is, however socially inept your coworkers are, this thread at the Dilbert Blog, about people so frustrating you just have to laugh, it will give you a little perspective.

-TimK