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Re: http://jackcheng.com/risk-inverse

Jack Cheng — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:47:29 -0000

Zop

Re: http://www.jackcheng.com/how-to-remember-stuff

Jack Cheng — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:53:29 -0000

Sweet! There's also the guy who followed his GPS onto a set of train tracks: http://www.psfk.com/2008/09...

Re: http://www.jackcheng.com/51-ways-to-change-your-life

Jack Cheng — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:37:06 -0000

Thanks Nathan. I've been doing the same with coding - I've been building little apps where each app is based around one or two functions/features that I have to learn. This blog is one of the first I've built on my own, and the next one will use the same basic structure but add an element of tagging. Once I've done that, I know how to do it and I have something to refer to when I need tagging in the future. It's awesome.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/i-am-my-own-boss-and-so-can-you

Jack Cheng — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:02:19 -0000

Thanks everyone. I don't think it's really hit me yet, but I'm looking forward to waking up on Monday.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/stuff-i-love-muji-chronotebook

Jack Cheng — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:04:25 -0000

I go in and mark all the dates ahead of time. It takes about 3 minutes to do.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/stuff-i-love-muji-chronotebook

Jack Cheng — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:03:27 -0000

You have to buy them from the physical stores.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/idea-judge-a-book-by-its-cover

Jack Cheng — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:47:43 -0000

Amazon's system doesn't let you select a random book, so to compensate we select a random page from a randomized search query. Sometimes it pulls a book that doesn't have a rating. There's probably a little bias toward higher rated books, but like most 5-star rating systems, many people tend to review things they like. The average rating on Amazon is actually closer to 4 stars than 3.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/stuff-i-love-muji-chronotebook

Jack Cheng — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:54:12 -0000

Thanks. I updated the post with this info.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/stuff-i-love-muji-chronotebook

Jack Cheng — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:17:01 -0000

:) How's next week look for you?

Re: http://jackcheng.com/i-am-my-own-boss-and-so-can-you

Jack Cheng — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:59:51 -0000

Check out collabfinder.com. It just launched recently! As for having enough time, I think we never have enough time. It's really helped me to think about what to do given the constraints. For instance, you could try to boil the idea down into its simplest iteration and do that right away. Then if it catches people's attention, you can develop it further.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/presidential-teas

Jack Cheng — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:20:15 -0000

I posterized the portrait and used that as kind of a template. Then it was just a matter of carefully placing the tea leaves, photographing it, and cleaning things up a bit in Photoshop.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/on-permanence

Jack Cheng — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:30:32 -0000

Ha, thanks. Fixed :)

Re: http://jackcheng.com/on-permanence

Jack Cheng — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:14:55 -0000

Word. Here's a quick piece from the LA Times about an office equipment repair shop seeing a revival in typewriters: http://latimesblogs.latimes...

Re: http://jackcheng.com/stuff-i-love-muji-chronotebook

Jack Cheng — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:24:47 -0000

Each book is close to 200 pages, so you'll get about 3 months worth from each.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/passion-projects

Jack Cheng — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:59:12 -0000

Thanks guys :)

Re: http://jackcheng.com/stuff-i-love-muji-chronotebook

Jack Cheng — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:40:05 -0000

Definitely. You could even get a clock stamp and stamp it on the pages. Personally though, the pre-drawn circles give me just enough structure and gets me to use it every day without getting in the way too much on empty days.

Re: http://jackcheng.com/maxing-out-your-triangle

Jack Cheng — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:27:57 -0000

Hey, that's basically what I did and I'm having a blast! Actually it's a great time to be a freelancer/contractor right now - nobody's hiring full-time yet everyone still has work to do...

Re: http://jackcheng.com/maxing-out-your-triangle

Jack Cheng — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:35:26 -0000

You're right! The Wii sports radar chart was looming in the back of my head when I wrote it

Re: http://jackcheng.com/maxing-out-your-triangle

Jack Cheng — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:26:18 -0000

I imagine it'd probably look like the second to last image - the overlay of the two triangles, except with the bottom right triangle slightly bigger.

I think a lot of people are in the situation you described - good job with a few interesting hobbies or side projects. That's where I was before I left my job and I feel fortunate to have reached that point. There's nothing wrong with it... but for me it felt like something was missing. The diagram was just one way of identifying the missing chunks.

And even if you have to bust your chops a long while before you were good enough to make something you love into something that also pays your rent, why not start taking the steps?

Re: http://jackcheng.com/maxing-out-your-triangle

Jack Cheng — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:20:36 -0000

I'm saying it's a different kind of happiness. When money and love come from the same activities, you have feelings that you wouldn't have otherwise. Like the feeling that you're making the most out of every minute of your time and not spending it doing what you don't want to be doing.

Re: http://www.jackcheng.com/working-life

Jack Cheng — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:11:50 -0000

I originally heard this from a talk by Tony Robbins, and digging around again I came across these links, which actually disprove it. Oops.

Here's the original source:
http://www.seeya-downtheroa...

Here's another link:
http://acpilot.blogspot.com...

Re: http://jackcheng.com/passion-projects

Jack Cheng — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:23:20 -0000

Try this link: http://duffelup.com/signup/...

Re: http://www.jackcheng.com/the-illness

Jack Cheng — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:06:12 -0000

Exactly. This is just another way of looking at it - I think a lot of people would act differently if they were being told by a higher authority. I mean, we all secretly think we're going to live forever, right?

Re: http://jackcheng.com/stuff-i-love-muji-chronotebook

Jack Cheng — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:54:03 -0000

That's an accurate description - it wears a little bit but it hasn't been too bad since I keep it in my bag most of the time. Besides, you only use it for 3 months and then you get to experience cracking open a shiny new one!

Re: youtube search bar on static player: youtube added... - the michael galpert tumblelog

Jack Cheng — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:25:18 -0000

Really? I kind of hate this. It promotes ADD, though I guess that basically fits with the YouTube strategy am I rite?