Kourosh Dini's Blog, page 28

Each Moment

We can decide to move forward with some decision – some action. In that process, we lose many possibilities and potentially gain something.

Paralyzing, invigorating, each person reacts differently, resonating character from the past into the present.

Free Agents podcast

I had the pleasure of talking with Jason Snell and David Sparks on their kick-butt podcast Free Agents. Free Agents is their way of thinking through the ins and outs of what goes into being an entrepreneur or solo practitioner in the world today.

Changes to the workplace have been ever present and fast. Gone are the days where you could just sign up to work for some company and they’d take care of you from then through retirement.

It may sound odd, but I’ve found the most stable position to...

Town Theme to a Non-Existent Video Game

I’m having fun with an Udemy course on Video Game Music Design made by Karleen Heong. The first composition lesson is about creating a town theme. Here’s mine. It’s a roughly 30 second track repeating 2.5 times and includes a flute and harp. Enjoy!

Not a Cast

If you’re at all interested in A Song of Ice and Fire, the books that have inspired the Game of Throne series, you may want to check out Not a Podcast. The title is a play on George RR Martin’s own blog, Not a Blog.

It’s way early in the podcast series, as they only have two episodes up, but I’m super excited by the way it’s gone so far. PoorQuentyn and BryndenBFish are the aliases of the narrators. Both are fantastically knowledgable about the series and are quite into the material.

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Compulsion (piano)

Compulsion

Piano – C minor and F minor

January 11, 2018 – Morning

Return to performances likely Saturday, January 13th

This is likely the longest running time I’ve had not performing, let alone playing piano.  My computer has been down for a period of time and as I now run a software piano, I’ve been without.  In any case, I do believe that things will be up and running for live performances again next Saturday, January 13th.

Check out the live performance page for details on how you can listen in.

Taking on New Years Resolutions – Examples in Diet and Exercise

Ah, the New Years’ Resolution…

It’s that time of year where many of us decide to improve ourselves. With a loud proclamation of intention, we take several steps forward and, just as often, fall on our collective faces somewhere in the coming weeks or months.

Our resolutions often tower high. They can be hard to keep up with and easy to forget. Failures to climb them demoralize, defeat, and derail future attempts.

Whoops, did I remember to practice guitar yesterday? Ahh, I’ll just do it tomorr...

Just Released — Being Productive – Simple Steps to Calm Focus

Dear Readers,

I’m excited to announce that Being Productive: Simple Steps to Calm Focus is now available!.

Note, if you own the Zen & The Art of Work course, you’ll get the new course for free. Being Productive is a free upgrade. Just go to your Gumroad account, and it’ll be there.

 

What is Being Productive?

Being Productive is the simplest presentation of my workflow, separated from any tool or heavy theory. You can use pen and paper or a complex task system, either way. The concepts remain...

Announcing: Being Productive – Simple Steps to Calm Focus

I’m excited to announce that Zen & The Art of Work is transitioning to Being Productive: Simple Steps to Calm Focus.

Note, if you already own Zen & The Art of Work course, you’ll get the new course for free. Just go to your Gumroad account, and it’ll be there once it’s available.

 

Why The Change?

With everything I create, I carefully listen to your feedback. The more people have used the course and given feedback, the more it’s become clear that productivity is the focus. So, the name shoul...

Organizing, Sorting Projects, Sloppiness and more

Check out the recent posts at UsingOmniFocus.com:

The Three Principles of Organizing and its Practice A Quick Way to Sort Projects and Contexts Groceries with OmniFocus On Being “Sloppy”