This morning my fiance and I were startled awake at 5am by the sound of very loud beeping. The first time it went off I wasn’t sure if it was in my apartment, it actually happened or just a dream. About 15 minutes later it went off again, this time I knew it was in [...]
On the road to great achievement, the late bloomer will resemble a failure: while the late bloomer is revising and despairing and changing course and slashing canvases to ribbons after months or years, what he or she produces will look like the kind of thing produced by the artist who will never bloom at all. [...]
Original Message from Ann on LinkedIn
The neuroscience of meditation – focusing on how the contemplative practice alters and sharpens the brain’s attention systems. Meditation is now being quite extensively studied by cognitive science owing to the clear effects it has on the brain, and on the increasing evidence for its benefit in mental health.
From: The Neuroscience of Meditation and Attention [...]
Being environmentally conscious at Christmas time means reducing your impact by conserving energy and producing less waste. The first part of having a Green Christmas focused primarily on gift giving. This second part is focusing on energy saving and conservation.
Decorate with Energy-Saving LED Christmas Lights – The time for large glass Christmas light bulbs [...]
Americans generate 25 percent more trash – that’s 25 million extra tons – between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Here are a few tips to have a Green Christmas, one with less environmental impact.
Buy nothing. A little hardcore and bah humbug, but the best possible way to [...]
I was lucky enough to be on a panel last week at the Churchill Club, I was a last minute fill in for Ann. The panel was about starting a start up with little to no capital. I’m not sure about the “no plan” or “no problem” part of the title. The panel [...]
A few simple words that can do a small bit for the environment. As you may have heard, San Francisco is banning plastic bags. You can take it a step further and not use either paper or plastic.
Thanks, I don’t need a bag.
How many times are you buying one or two things at the store [...]
Our garage is featured in the Palo Alto Daily news today. The article talks about our two companies, Maya’s Mom and Mozes sharing the same space. Another interesting bit, Flock was in the space before us and I’m using their blog editor to make this post.
Full article is here: Start-ups share a vision – and [...]
On my way into work today, around 7:30am I heard on the radio a landslide occurred in North Beach in San Francisco.
When I got to work I saw the Chronicle had an article about the landslide, listed as their breaking news at 8:34am.
But Flickr was the only one who could show me actual [...]