Imablog

October 29, 2009October 2, 2021

How do I get off this ride?

This combination of work, school, research and regular life is starting to seriously kick my butt.

I think I’ve reached the point where I go “What the h*** was I thinking?!”

There are too many things going on. It’s tough trying to keep track of it all.

I have a tendency for being absent minded and having tunnel vision when I work on things. Normally it helps me focus on the task front of me and get things done. Lately it’s been getting me into trouble.

I’m involved in too many activities. The introvert in me is off in the corner whimpering.
To be fair, much of it is self-induced. I know I’m not working as efficiently as I can, and I’m not using the tools I have the way I should be to stay organized.

I have no plans on quitting anything. I have however reached the stage where the need to do things differently is finally hitting home. It’s one of those things that I knew I’d have to do, but was like “I can handle it. I’ll see how things go for now”.

“If you knew you’d have to do things differently, why didn’t you do it from the beginning?” Yeah, I’m dumb like that.

I need simple again.

October 29, 2009October 2, 2021

Caring for your Introvert

This is an article I remember seeing a while back, and then recently bubbled up again when someone else posted it into their Friendfeed stream. It’s a pretty good article that I enjoyed reading the first time, and again the second time it popped up.

How can I let the introvert in my life know that I support him and respect his choice? First, recognize that it’s not a choice. It’s not a lifestyle. It’s an orientation.
Second, when you see an introvert lost in thought, don’t say “What’s the matter?” or “Are you all right?”
Third, don’t say anything else, either.

Update: James (@willia4) pointed me to The Nerd Handbook which is also a pretty amusing read.

October 29, 2009August 4, 2024

Political bumper sticker

Politics is not the world’s oldest profession, but the results are the same

October 26, 2009August 7, 2024

BarcampCHS success!

By pretty much all accounts, BarcampCHS turned out to be a resounding success. From some of the initial estimates, it sounds like there were between 150-200 people that showed up for the inaugural event.

Lowcountry Innovation Center turned out to be a great venue and provided an astounding amount of support to help us pull off BarcampCHS.

Some sessions were standing room only

This is what Barcamp is all about: sharing knowledge with others

Barcampers assemble! After lunch, we shoo-ed everybody outside for a group photo. It was not unlike herding cats.

My Barcamp day ended with all things bacon, put on by Ted from Ted’s Butcherblock.

Thanks to everybody for showing up at BarcampCHS, the sponsors for making everything possible and the organizers for putting everything together. BarcampCHS would not have been the success it was without everybody that organized, sponsored and came to the event.

You can see even more photos in the BarcampCHS Flickr group. If you have some BarcampCHS photos on Flickr, share them to the group!