John's Blog

One benefit of having two big work assignments is that you can procrastinate on one by working on the other.

Creating competitions with prizes is a remarkably powerful way of motivating people to work for free.

When meeting with a supervisor to discuss an assignment, it’s always better to act dumb. They’ll give you more clarity about exactly what they want, which will help you avoid misconceptions.

Easy to diagnose. Difficult to solve.

It’s not a hobby. It’s an art; it’s a practice.

When shopping for berries, if you see “SWEETEST BATCH” on the Driscoll’s packaging, buy as many as humanly possible.

Today may be the last day that we can trust an image on the Internet to be true.

Generate your own quippy sayings and phrases and repeat them everywhere. You’ll be more interesting and more importantly, the ideas behind them become stickier for you.