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Writers are well known for their procrastination. Many call it “block”, and while the traditional definition is probably accurate in some cases, I’d venture it’s usually just that there’s other stuff to do.
It’s taken me a while, and a few readings of Getting Things Done, to get my life’s priorities sorted. But now that I have, I feel I can give a good definition/explanation of Productive Procrastination. It’s simple, really, but it does take some time and self-awareness.
Productive Procrastination is when you put off doing a task by doing another productive task. See, like I said, easy enough. There are 2 keys to being able to pull it off though, which are harder than just coming up with and understanding the definition.
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I was doing a search for magazine covers for another blog post when this turned up in the results:
Trust me, I was not looking for anything even remotely related to Tara Reid. And the only reason Playboy was related was because it’s a magazine.
Nevertheless, I was shocked and appalled. (And threw up in my mouth) (Just a little)
This is 2010, people! Does anyone really want to see what Tara Reid naked in 2010 looks like? I mean, how much is Playboy going to spend on airbrushing just to make her look presentable?
Oh, and in case you were wondering, this is just a really abstract post about the decline of magazine publishing industry. Think about it.
or: What Will/Has Become of The Mixtape in The Digital Age?
I’m working on a playlist for NYE. I also just recently watched Season 1 of (the excellent) How I Met Your Mother, in which (not ironically at all) Barney brings his “Get Psyched Mix” along for the NYE ride. His mix is on a CD. That was 2005.
While I firmly believe that giving someone a Mix CD was never even in the realm of romantic… what are the choices these days?
“Guys, I’m going to make her a mix SD card?”
I suppose if you wanted to make a “Mix iPod Shuffle”, that might say something since the cheapest Shuffle you can get is $59. Spending that kind of cash on a girl or guy when you’re in high school or college (or just out of college) means there’s some seriousity involved.
Now, sure, there is some coolness involved in this product (which, okay, might actually work):
I like that you can hand write the track list on there and make notes and put smiley faces, stars, and hearts in the margins. Still…
So much of the romance left when the mix went from tape to CD. Any chump can bring up iTunes, pick 14 songs, and click Burn. But do people even use CDs any more even to transfer music to someone else?
Back in the analog age, when you made a 90-minute mixtape, it actually took 90 minutes (at least) cause you had to dub each song over to the new tape. There was an obvious investment of time in the end product that was created.
Muxtape had it going until the Crushing Boot of Legal smashed them like infant flower. At least there you had to upload all the songs you wanted, so it took a little bit of time and patience.
My favorite site, Lala, lets you embed playlists on a website, but that requires that you have a website, or else you basically have to send it as a Facebook message. Of course, youngsters these days might think that getting a playlist sent in a Facebook message is the height of romance. I mean, there’s some that think that sending nude cameraphone pictures is a good way to seduce someone, right?
