“Getting things done is not the same as making things happen.” – Gina Trapani page 68 in What Matters Now. When you set the theme for your year as “learning to do”, you’re in for a long year. It was definitely a long year, but it was a good one. I managed to got a [...]
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Some thoughts for 2010
Had an interesting back and forth this morning with my friend Natasja about best of versus prediction lists. I like being nostalgic, but my preference is for thinking forward. Natasja’s point about lists being based on the “now” and not saying anything new, is a good one. But still which trends are going to follow [...]
Things I talked about on twitter (TITAT)- Public Transport
Gonna try a new feature and blog about conversations I’m having on twitter (I’m @farhanlalji). Yesterday Aziz mentioned that it was going to take him an hour and fifteen minutes to take public transport to get to work in Toronto. He tweeted repeatedly about how crazy his journey, suggested improvements (like mobile phone coverage) and [...]
Shukar
I’ve written quite a bit about business-y type stuff on this blog and avoided writing personal stuff. Don’t know why, just didn’t feel like sharing. But I’ve decided that on weekends I’m going to try and write some personal thoughts, starting today. I love the word blessed. I think it’s a beautiful word with a [...]