by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television Ever read something and say to yourself, “This just doesn’t work?” Or listen to a piece of music and go, “Oof I’m done.” What about an email that makes you shake your head with a “WTF!” Part of the problem is that you didn’t fall in love … Continue reading Great Creations Need Love at First Sight
by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television Is it ironic that I put off writing this article to the last minute? It's now the last article in my series on reclaiming two hours of your life every day. And I really should've finished this yesterday. Yet, I don't want to be accused of abusing the term like Alanis … Continue reading Get Things Done by Making Peace With Your Lizard Brain
by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television Now that you’re set to reclaim two hours of your life every day, let’s make the time we spend working much more satisfying and enjoyable. And much less painful. This article is about getting the most out of those two hours. Once again I include some suggestions … Continue reading How to Dig In and Enjoy Your Work
by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television I was just talking to a friend of mine about part I of this article series when it occurred to me that getting yourself out of your email inbox includes training yourself as much as training the folks you interact with. You really have to make it … Continue reading Reclaim Two Hours of Your Life Every Day – Part II
by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television Recently I’ve adopted several methods for making my work life much more efficient. A “perfect storm” of techniques have come together and in combination they’re effective and easy enough to really make a difference. This is Part I of a four-part series that focuses on identifying and … Continue reading Reclaim Two Hours of Your Life Every Day – Part 1
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by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television Quoted with permission are my favorite parts of this May/June 2013 article by Kenneth Neil Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger in Foreign Affairs magazine. Big Data continues to give us more and more opportunities to link trends to correlations. We may not know why a trend is occurring, … Continue reading Big Data and Big Backsides
by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television This is the last of three articles exploring peer-to-peer communications and how these technologies could impact the timeliness and relevance of emergency alerting. These first appeared in September, 2012 on the AWARE Forum. Last week I wrote about the basics of peer-to-peer alerting for mobile devices and how … Continue reading Peer-to-Peer Alert Systems – Part III
by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television This is the second of three articles exploring peer-to-peer communications and how these technologies could impact the timeliness and relevance of emergency alerting. These first appeared in September, 2012 on the AWARE Forum. Last week I wrote about the basics of peer-to-peer alerting for mobile devices and how … Continue reading Peer-to-Peer Alert Systems – Part II
by Stuart Ridgway, Original Music for Film and Television This is the first of three articles exploring peer-to-peer communications and how these technologies could impact the timeliness and relevance of emergency alerting. These first appeared in September, 2012 on the AWARE Forum. Mother Nature often provides terrific insight when looking for inspiration and innovation. The invention … Continue reading Peer-to-Peer Alert Systems – Part I
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