Save Colors

They need your help!

Just because your computer is attached to a color printer doesn't mean you need to print in color! To save that expensive ink, convert your file to gray before printing.

On a Mac, in Preview, you can do this by selecting the Save As... option from the File menu. Set the Quartz Filter drop-down menu to 'Gray Tone', and it will convert it to shades of gray. To save even more ink you may also choose 'Black and White', but only for very simple documents.
(Speaking from Mac Snow Leopard OS 10.6.2)

In other cases (i.e. Windows), you can also use Adobe Acrobat. See these instructions at eHow.

Standing Work!!

For a change of pace, can you make your workplace accommodate different positions? Check out this MacWorld Article about standing while you work.

It really makes a difference. Not only do I feel better just by standing, but if I have music playing I start bobbing or doing leg exercises.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

- Aristotle -

UPDATE:
Look! A desk for this purpose: http://www.geekdesk.com/
but outside my budget *cry*

Please?

What is 'please'?

I always thought it was a mark of a request. So why do you see warnings such as:
'Please do not list illegal material'
or
'Please do not smoke'

?
?
?

In reality, when you see signs such as these, you know they don't really mean 'please', they mean DO IT or DON'T DO IT.
I guess the 'please' softens the command.


But to me, it creates wacky signals. When they say please, they are asking me, and that means I can say 'no'. 'Please RSVP to this email to be put on the list'... so if I don't RSVP, you'll put me on the list anyway?
No, probably not.

Just be careful about the language you use. If you mean it as a command, don't add a word that means you are asking. Say what you mean.
Please?

Slow Down

You probably feel like every day is one big rush to get things done. Hurry to eat, hurry to drive, get this done, get that done, hurry and clean, hurry and study, hurry and say goodnight so you can get enough sleep to do it all again tomorrow. It's stressful to live this way, always anticipating the next thing.
Try to take some time to live in the moment, with no rush, focusing on what's happening now. Lean back and take a deep breath. Drive 5 mph slower than you usually do. Drink a cup of something hot and savor the taste and feel. Look out the window for a few moments. Slow down.

Haste is good only

in catching fleas.

-Alla Yaroshinskay-

What's in a name?

I learned this when I realized my sister and I are often indistinguishable. I went somewhere without her and heard my name from people other than my family. WEIRD!

Once you learn someone's name, if you're like me, you'll soon forget it unless you use it. It can make a difference to call someone by their name. Instead of simply asking 'How are you?' say 'Hi Chelsey, how are you?' Instead of saying 'It's over by him,' say 'It's over by Ken.'

People often don't remember my name, for one reason or another, so it's odd when someone actually calls me by my name. (The right name.) But it feels good. It's more personal.

That being said, if someone really has no intention of ever talking to me again, I would rather they didn't refer to me by my name. If they call me by name, I make an effort to remember their name and even talk to them.
I don't like making small talk in person (in writing, no problemo)....

Just try it out. See how people react when you use their names.

Forgive your enemies,
but never forget their names.
- John F. Kennedy -

Motivation (click me)

Don't put it off. You know what I'm talking about. All you need is some good motivation, and often that can come from yourself. You have to tell yourself 'I can do this', and, most of all, 'I want to do this'. Get started today, and keep it up!

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding

to jump into a frozen lake.

-Maya Angelou-