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This whole Google Buzz thing has had me thinking about privacy, again. Mainly how it relates to our current, past, and future societies. Through it all, I’ve come up with one conclusion; we don’t want privacy. Jonathan Franzen said it best:

“Americans care about privacy mainly in the abstract.”

Yup, ladies and gentleman, if you say you want privacy you’re bullshitting yourself, and only yourself. So, back up, put down your “privacy or death” signs, and do something more productive with your time. Continue Reading →

Bloggers are better than teachers.

And you know what? I mean it. I truly believe bloggers are better than teachers. Just think about it. Bloggers continually teach others through their blog posts for free. We don’t ask them to do it, we don’t pay them to do it, they just do.

Bloggers can’t go around holding a strike here and there whenever they think they’re not getting paid enough (what’s below $0.00/hour?… joking), they can’t go whining to their spouse that someone is not matching their 401(k) or 403(b), they don’t have compensation plans, or health plans. They continue to provide new information for free out of pure passion. Something a lot of teachers are missing. Continue Reading →

A while back, I was speaking with a friend who asked me how I keep track of so many things, blog on a constant basis, and generally live such a productive life, especially when others my age are playing video games and watching TV. He unknowingly unleashed one of my non-comprehensible rants on patience and not watching TV, but pretty soon the conversation turned to the applications I use on my computer and phone to stay productive (he’s a tech junkie, so it was expected).

I can’t explain to you just how happy he is after trying a few of these applications out. He’s constantly telling me how much free time he has now, how less frantic he is, how more organized he is, yada, yada, yada. Seeing how happy and productive these applications made him, and wanting to spread joy around the world (Santa complex?), I’ve decided to list my top ten productivity increasing apps.

Let’s dive into the list: Continue Reading →

Today’s post is extra special. Today’s post is the last Ubervegan post. Yup, the last one. I’m not quitting, or changing my diet, it’s just that I have nothing more to really add every month other than “I ate the odd food here or there”. And, I’m not going to turn this ‘series’ into a “How to cook and eat vegan” type of series, there are enough of those online.

For the last ubervegan post, I thought it fitting if I answered some of the main questions I get from people. So I conducted a self-interview: Continue Reading →

Did you know that where you work can affect how you think?

It’s true. Your location can affect you mentally, physically, and emotionally.

For instance, if you write in a room with a low ceiling, that’s generally confined, you will find yourself more focused and more introverted.

You will find yourself mainly focused on one aspect of one topic. If you write in a room with a high ceiling you will find yourself more open and imaginative, but still confined to one general topic. You will have more thoughts about a larger number of aspects of that one particular idea, but generally find it hard to escape that one topic.

Now, if you find yourself writing in a large open area, like a park, you’ll find your thoughts to be quiet fleeting.

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Brief intro

It’s been a while hasn’t it. I haven’t updated Dymaxion sleep posts in two-three weeks now. All on purpose though.

As you may have noticed, this is not my main focus on dancePROOF. I’d much rather write something to do with personal development, or love, or society, or something else thought provoking. Something that has to do with me helping people out (and not talking about myself). Thus I decided that I will write an update on my Dymaxion sleeping habits every first Monday of every month.

I also have a confession to make. I haven’t been so anal-retentive about the whole “keeping perfect track of everything I do”. You can’t blame me though, I’ve been busy. Performances to perform, schools to teach, family to take care of, business to handle, and the oh so familiar “money issues” to take care of. As you can probably see I haven’t updated my Flickr photos or my Twitter updates in about two-three weeks as well. To all those that continued to check in on them, disappointed daily due to my lack of posting, I apologize. January was a hectic month.

So here’s to February. Here’s to me finally making a “flexible” schedule so that I don’t fuck up again, and let people down. And here’s to me actually talking about what you came here for, Dymaxion sleep.

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Throughout my “lifestyle design” journey I discovered a few eBooks that showed me that a better life was in fact possible. I don’t think you should just take my word for it, though. Never believe anything without being skeptic about it first is my motto. For example, there are a ton of free books out there (not just ten).

But, being the generous soul that I am (self-praise is good for you :)), I’ve decided to offer you ten of the best eBooks I’ve read on personal development, doing what you love, questioning life, lifestyle design, and general thought provokingI guarantee. But no matter what, the message is still the same (as it is with all free knowledge):
topics out there (by some of the best people). If you take the time to actually read them you’ll learn something new,

Download them, read them, learn from them… And hopefully share them.

You can either read them here or Right Click & Click Save As to download to your computer. Continue Reading →