Author Archives: Scot

Community for freelancers in astronomy

As of Friday, I just started a slack community for people freelancing in astronomy. Could be other industries as well, but for now, I’m sticking with what I now. I hoping it’ll be a community of contractors to support getting … Continue reading

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Innovation and working from home

It’s hard not to be confronted these days with arguments on both sides of the working from issue. In general, we’re seeing more employees desiring to keep work from home options and more CEOs and managers wanting to see more … Continue reading

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How to easily send repeat emails

Episode 14 of my Better Email Management series is now on YouTube. I discuss a few Gmail settings (that exist in similar form on most other email clients as well) I use to be more efficient. I conclude with an … Continue reading

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Master Email Search

I’ve posted a new addition (Episode 13) of my YouTube series and Better Email Management. This one talks about using search to quickly find your emails. Mastering search helps make your email sessions more efficient for a couple reasons. One, … Continue reading

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Why I’m not on Social Media

Social media – you know all the common platforms – can serve a very useful purpose. They connect people and build communities in ways you can’t easily do without them. Overdone, as with anything, they can have the negative side … Continue reading

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Internal Family Systems and the Enneagram on 20April2022

I’m leading a discussion later this month on the Enneagram and Internal Family Systems for the Spiritual Life Foundation. Here is the general announcement. Please RSVP as described below if you’d like to attend. The session will be online via … Continue reading

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Turn off new email notification dots in Firefox tabs

I decided recently to try out Firefox again as a daily browser, but almost stopped early in the process when I couldn’t see a setting to turn off the new email notification dots Firefox was placing on my email tabs. … Continue reading

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Another class offering this October

I just signed up with the UH Manoa Outreach College again to offer a one-day class this October. This one is scheduled to be in person, pandemic permitting. The College made a nice little writeup about the class here. It … Continue reading

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