From the monthly archives:

May 2008

New Reader Survey

by Bruce Keener on May 30, 2008

It’s been a while since I have asked you for direct feedback, so I decided to do another reader survey. The purpose of this survey is two-fold: (1) to help me know a bit more about you, which hopefully will help me write better for you, and (2) to get your input on Keener Living.
The [...]

Highly Recommended Reading

by Bruce Keener on May 29, 2008

Michael Hyatt has just published an article on achieving goals, entitled The Single Most Important Key to Achieving Your Goals. He actually gives a few keys instead of just one.
It is so refreshing to see someone speaking from experience, and offering such good advice, on a subject of importance to us all. It’s not the [...]

Productivity News Update 29 May 2008

by Bruce Keener on May 29, 2008

Here are some productivity and/or self-improvement articles I believe you will enjoy:

Using Home Management Notebooks SimpleMom has an excellent writeup on how mom’s can better organize their hectic lives with some simple notebooks and planning sheets. She includes a free PDF download of a worksheet she uses, and it is something all of you may [...]

Tech News Update 29 May 2008

by Bruce Keener on May 29, 2008

Most of the tech articles I’ve seen recently have made me yawn. Only the following really caught my attention:

Google announces App Engine pricing I’m delighted to see making some of its cloud computing framework available for developers. Like with Amazon’s S3 and EC2, this has the potential to dramatically influence the scalability and utility of [...]

Get Into the Details

by Bruce Keener on May 28, 2008

We have often discussed the importance of keeping the Big Picture in mind. But, perhaps I have not emphasized enough that a Big Picture is not accurate/trustworthy if it’s not based on a good knowledge of details.
This point was made clear to me recently in the following series of events, and I share it with [...]