A co-worker of mine recently went on vacation for a week.  Here’s what he returned to:

We went with a “Little Tikes” theme.

Rickie is quite the artist. 

We wanted Rick to feel special, so we gave him his very own POS!

 Meetings are going to be so much more productive now!

This one should be in the Louvre! 

I don’t understand how more media content providers don’t see the benefit of a free test drive. I’ll be all over CBS Sportsline for the March Madness On Demand live video feeds free for the first three rounds and I’m sure I’ll get sucked into paying for the rest of it.

Many moons ago I realized I was not a naturally directed individual. That is, I do not organize well without putting forth a deliberate effort. If and when I fail at something I can most often trace it to a lack of task management on my part. I have found that having a simple list has done more for my career and life than just about anything else I can imagine (please stop boiling over with arguments, I’m merely making a point). In a “kill two birds with one post” moment, I wanted to publish my goals refresh which have made their way into my list of things to do:

• Publish my experiences on learning the IronPython and Scheme languages.
• Run 9 miles per week.
• Lift 3x a week.
• Blog 3 articles a week (bird #2).
• Play basketball 2x a week.
• Read 2 books on the Crusades (this currently exists as “find 2 books about the Crusades”).

Now I know what your thinking, “Those certainly appear to be New Year Resolutions, Ryan.” Well they are not – they are goals. They are goals, because aside from the last three items they are unchanged from last week, last month, and all of last year. I prefer to maintain rolling resolutions rather than one time resolutions that are tied to dates. Some of the best advice: “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today” – J. A. Spender