I’m still here….
Well enough people have mentioned that I haven’t updated in a while that I suppose it’s time for an update.
Work stuff.. Business has been picking up and I’ve been spending a lot of time with my head in an IDE working. I’ve been learning a ton of good stuff and maybe I’ll post some things I’ve learned at some point. I’ve also been plugging away on a new product and I have a demo of it up and available to a limited group of beta testers, there’s a bunch to do but I’m pretty happy with the results thus far.
Exercise stuff.. I’ve been doing some boxing and that has been a lot of fun, the workout for boxing is great and it’s nice to get into the gym 2-3 times a week and just go hard for couple of hours. I’m finally starting to get acclimated to the workout and have been able to start focusing on technique a little bit more and that’s been a lot of fun. There’s a lot to learn and it gets me out of my head each time I go. I also setup a website for the gym you can find it at www.oldschoolboxinggym.com
Bicycling… I’ve done some bicycling off and on since I got home from Washington in July but nothing terribly focused. Colin and I were talking the other day and I think I’m going to shoot for doing the Davis Double Century in May next year, although Colin is trying to pressure me into doing the Solvang Double at the end of March. It’ll take some time to get my base built up for a double so I’m not sure if I can swing end of march but it’s a goal.
Getting Things Done … I read Getting Things Done about 6 weeks ago and I’ve taken a couple of things from that book and implemented them. Setting up a decent filing system, setting up a tickler file and setting up some other processes to make my paperwork/mail processing/etc is now a lot easier to keep track of than it was before. I also picked up OmniFocus for both my computer and my iphone and those are working out pretty good. I don’t know if it would work for everyone, but I think it’s worth giving it a shot. I have definitely noticed a huge boost in productivity as a result and I have also noticed that it’s a lot easier for me to get into a flow state as a result of having things all in front of me in a reasonable manageable way.