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Archives for 1985

Listening – Heartbeat City

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The Cars - Heartbeat City

This week I am listening to “Heartbeat City” by The Cars

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Forever Young

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This week I am listening to “Forever Young” by Alphaville

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Cafe Bleu

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This week I am listening to “Cafe Bleu” by The Style Council

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Pop

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This week I am listening to “Pop” by Tones on Tail

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Studying – Marketing for small businesses

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This month I am studying “Marketing for small businesses.”

This is a three month, two nights a week for three hours per night part-time, in-person course.

Running my own business I have realised there is a lot I don’t know. This is what I hope to be the first step on a long journey of self-improvement, education and study so that I can run a business more successfully. This is a part-time class at Rhydfelin two nights a week.

Update: I managed to do 3 hours of studying, course work and reading for this month. Total hours spent studying so far is  33 logged hours for an estimated 78 hours of course work/studying/reading.

Listening – Sparkle in the Rain

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This week I am listening to “Sparkle in the Rain” by Simple Minds

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – It’ll End in Tears

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This week I am listening to “It’ll End in Tears” by This Mortal Coil

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Dead Can Dance

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This week I am listening to “Dead Can Dance” by Dead Can Dance

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Learning to Crawl

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This week I am listening to “Learning to Crawl” by The Pretenders

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Rattlesnakes

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This week I am listening to “Rattlesnakes” by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Alf

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This week I am listening to “Alf” by Alison Moyet

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

How big is his pole?

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How do you measure the productivity of a fireman?

Is it by the number of fires he put out?

By the number of cats rescued?

By the number of fires prevented?

Similarly, how do you measure the productivity of an artist?

By the number of paintings painted?

By the gallons of ink used?

By how much a collection of artwork sold for?

Similarly, how do you measure any unmeasurable creative field?

Perhaps, rather than trying to measure (and reward) slivers of productivity we just reward the process.

Listening – Lament

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This week I am listening to “Lament” by Ultravox

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Welcome to the Pleasuredome

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This week I am listening to “Welcome to the Pleasuredome” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Landing a cat! That’s what I was thinking of!

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In any engineering profession there are many ways to skin a cat.

And all of them involve trade-offs.

In a medical profession there are many ways to fix the cat that has been skinned.

And all of them involve trade-offs.

In piloting a plane there are many ways…

okay, this is where my analogy breaks down.

But it is the same principle.

But the point is, there might be many ways to do something with a cat.

And they all involve trade-offs.

A formal education and training will bring you up to speed on those ways and means and the trade-offs involved.

If however your entire profession is based on nothing more than “how you feel” (not how someone else feels because we call that psychology) or “what I reckon” that is the metaphorical equivalent of a few guys gathered around a bar having a talk over a few beers, then I am adamant that you do not need a formal education in whatever it is.

And anybody demanding you have a formal education in whatever it is, is either trying to sell you that education at an inflated price, or they are taking the easy (protectionist) option of demanding a credential that somehow is supposed to validate “how you feel.”

Beware the person who exclaims “I am absolved of all responsibility of the professional misdeeds of this employee because I verified they had the required certificate/credential.”

Listening – Hallowed Ground

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This week I am listening to “Hallowed Ground” by Violent Femmes

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Read – The Malifestro Quest

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Today I finished reading “The Malifestro Quest” by Steve Meretzky

Like all the Zork/Infocom books, these are just bad. A guilty indulgence.

Listening – The Flat Earth

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This week I am listening to “The Flat Earth” by Thomas Dolby

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Listening – Red Roses for Me

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This week I am listening to “Red Roses for Me” by The Pogues

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Read – Fleet of Worlds

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Today I finished reading “Fleet of Worlds” by Larry Niven

Interesting concept. I found it improbable and had difficulty suspending my disbelief long enough to enjoy it.

Listening – Declaration

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This week I am listening to “Declaration” by The Alarm

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

Read – Tortilla Flat

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Today I finished reading “Tortilla Flat” by John Steinbeck

If you aren’t depressed after reading a Steinbeck you obviously weren’t paying attention.

Listening – World Shut Your Mouth

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This week I am listening to “World Shut Your Mouth” by Julian Cope

Starting in January 1985 I am making a concerted effort to listen (really “listen”) to one new LP each week.

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