by Ralph
on March 19, 2010
One more example of the exuberance of the 50’s automobile manufacturers is the Ford Skyliner available from 1957 to 1959. It was a wonder to see the hardop retract and fold into the trunk. This commercial with Lucy and Ricky captures something about the feel of the 50’s. You just naturally expected Lucy and Ricky to be dressed up. Today they would probably wear ratty sweats. You can see what is coming as well with the banter as Lucy takes charge. Women are serious and men are silly even though that wasn’t the theme in ‘I Love Lucy‘ where Lucy was always doing silly things. [continue reading…]
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by Ralph
on March 16, 2010
How is it going?
As I begin week three using the weekly planning system, I still struggle with the time blocks. Steve designates 45 minute time blocks to his tasks. This makes a lot of sense when you are concerned about having enough time set aside to accomplish your plan. I could work that way in employee mode because of the controlled environment and task orientated work spaces. In my new work-at-home environment, there are distractions and options not present in the work environment and that makes it much harder for me to keep to a schedule. I haven’t been tracking the time as scheduled. I do check off the tasks and my record of accomplishment has been pretty good. Where I am falling short is taking too much time to complete my tasks (or in other words, being inefficient). If more time is necessary for the tasks than I am allocating then there is no problem but if I am wasting time, that is another issue. [continue reading…]
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