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Day: October 15, 2012

Manhattan seen from Brooklyn

Day 286 | Falling behind

I haven’t written a post since Sunday (on the actual day it was supposed to be written). I’m falling behind. The more days that passes the more it takes to catch up and today is our last day full day in New York. The last thing I want to do

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Brooklyn Heights seen from Brooklyn Bridge

Day 284 | Building & crossing bridges

Today we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and back taking us from the world of Manhattan to the world of Brooklyn. Though the views are seldom as beautiful we cross and build bridges every day in what we do.

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Pink leaf

On life & getting stuff done

Life’s not about getting stuff done, it’s about getting the right stuff done. It doesn’t matter how productive you are if the ideas you’re building on don’t represent the best you have to offer. And the best you have to offer rarely ever comes when you’re filling every nook and

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Hour glass

Day 283 | The benefit of shorter deadlines

Procrastinating and putting things off is something most of us do once in a while. Longer deadlines means we can keep putting things off a little longer. Shorter deadlines means any procrastination period is shorten substantially and sometimes that can be rather good.

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Screenshot from www.generalassemb.ly/locations/new-york-city

Day 282 | Teaching in New York

Tonight I ran my Designing for multiple devices class over at General Assembly in New York. It’s thanks to a visit there back in March that I started teaching in London so it was good to do it over here where it all started.

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Why you should write every day

You probably think you have nothing to write about but once you start it gets hard to stop. Honestly. Writing is an incredibly important skill at all levels. By writing every day you reflect on things in a different and clearer way and you become better at expressing yourself. If you haven’t tried writing every day, give it a try for 30 days to begin with. I did it every day of 2012. Seth Godin has done it for years and swears by it.