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Truth: Some Apps Simply Shouldn’t Exist At All

April 14, 2014 By Jeff Turner 7 Comments

Fearing this might just be a publicity stunt designed to gain attention, despite the founder’s claims otherwise, I wasn’t going to write about this today. Providing this idiocy with more attention, even negative attention, might just help the founders raise the funding from Silicon Valley they are apparently seeking. But I decided to write anyway.

Filed Under: Commentary, Technology Tagged With: bad ideas, technology, values

Stop Tripping Over The Meaningless Clutter

April 11, 2014 By Jeff Turner 4 Comments

“Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work.”

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: clutter, life, work

Our Most Important Conversations Are Often With Ourselves

April 10, 2014 By Jeff Turner 4 Comments

I’ve experienced the self-limiting power of the negative messages we send to ourselves. And I have also experienced the self-affirming power of flipping those messages around.

Filed Under: Behavior Tagged With: influence, motivation, power

I Want To Know What Facebook Knows About My Interactions

April 9, 2014 By Jeff Turner Leave a Comment

I already know that I’m unduly influenced by Facebook’s filtering systems, I just don’t know how much. How many people am I really interacting with? Facebook knows. Who are these people? Who have I never interacted with? Facebook knows. I want them to tell me.

Filed Under: Behavior, Social Networking Tagged With: data, Facebook

Three Things I Hope My Children Learn From Track

April 8, 2014 By Jeff Turner 3 Comments

I’m sure there are many things my children will learn from their track and field experience, but here are the three that kept running through my brain over the weekend.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: children, lessons, life

Collecting My Thoughts After A Weekend Of Watching Children Race

April 7, 2014 By Jeff Turner 4 Comments

I spent 18 hours at an invitational track meet this weekend. Most of my children’s races lasted less than 70 seconds. That gives a guy a lot of time to think.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: effort, learning, life

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