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  • Big Time Chunks, Little Time Chunks

    June 23, 2010

    SUMMARY: For most of my life, I’ve assumed that commitment to a project meant pouring lots of hours into an unbroken block of time. However, making a commitment of that magnitude is mentally very taxing; I’ll do it, but it feels like I’m laboring beneath a giant weight, and it takes a lot of support from other areas to keep my spirits up. What if, though, my assumption about the required size of the time block is wrong? (more…)

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    DSri Seah
  • Battling Mental Weariness

    June 21, 2010

    SUMMARY: Freelancing is tiring, especially when you are working in isolation. You have to take the time to maintain your mental energy and clarity; this blog post addresses that need and shares some insights I’ve had recently. (more…)

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    DSri Seah
  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.0!

    June 18, 2010

    I’ve been awfully quiet here on Agenceum, and that’s because I’ve be rethinking the whole low-cost website strategy. However, WordPress 3.0 has just come out, and I’m happy to see that my WordPress 2.x installation automatically has updated. SO EASY. Of course, I haven’t really tested it, but it makes me think that I really do need to just standardize on WordPress. Updating a CMS in other systems I use is a huge pain in the butt.

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    DSri Seah
  • “Life Balance” Revisited

    June 14, 2010

    SUMMARY: Life Balance? It’s more about how you ask the question, isn’t it. This post kicks-off a series on designing a life-balance application for the iPhone, seeking input from people who are asking themselves the same question. (more…)

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    DSri Seah
  • The Star Trek Online Experience

    June 8, 2010

    Characters from Star Trek Online This is NOT a review, but it IS a very long unabashed rundown of my two-week experience playing Star Trek Online, a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game from Cryptic Entertainment. And yes, I did actually gain some useful insights from it. (more…)
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    DSri Seah