Archive for June 11th, 2008

June 11th, 2008

The Need for Failure

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement : Harvard Magazine
So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that [...]

June 11th, 2008

Microsoft User

I taught a session today on using Outlook rules to sort your e-mail. I use them extensively to put mail in folders in both my personal and work accounts.
Later people said they used Outlook Express, Apple Mail, OWA, Thunderbird, etc. I sometimes feel bad that I am a nerd that finds Microsoft products [...]