Monday

Well that's a boring title, but it's a Monday, what do you expect. Not much happening today. A little preparation for some time in Boston - reading up on transit and such. Not the same as all those business trips I've made there, where money doesn't really come to mind much - just arrive jump in a car and go. This is more of a budget trip coming up - so I'll get a sense of some ways to save a bit. P6 You know.

Some work towards P2 again too. Interesting that an in person resume drop seems to get attention, but an email as requested by career listings seems to not generate the slightest interest. That's the third time it's seemed that way. We'll see what happens with this query. Kind of have 2 irons in the fire that seem to be warming up a bit. Not holding my breath, but perhaps some opportunity there.

P12 isn't going so great - though I guess I am moving forward on a few projects as outlined.

On P5 I finished The Republic last week. Interesting wrap up. Plato covers some interesting areas when you look back at the work, even though there are some amazing weaknesses in the concept of logic at the time. And that whole dialog-based style is quite weak. Sure don't write dialog like that anymore!

Of particular interest is one whole passage that reads like a consumer product marketing manual, or alternatively like an introduction to writing software. It outlines form, function and usage and points out that the user of a thing is always the most knowledgeable about it. Very interesting reading - it's so ahead of it's time - like 2350 years ahead of its time!!

My next P5 attention is another way-back book - Alvin Toffler's Future Shock. Ha! This is quite fun. Written in the '69/'70 the moon is a recent conquest, the viet nam war is on, and the computer is an amazing new room full of equipment. It's very enlightening reading. The background content is still very relevant, and the concept of a fast-moving, fast-changing world is more relevant than ever. I just can't wait for the prediction section. "In the year 2000...." that will be fun reading.

Wrap
Okay I'm getting snoozy, so it's off to bed. Your assignment for today - go to bed an hour early and get up an hour early tomorrow (whenever you are reading this). See how the world feels, shifted by an hour. I'll bet it's actually quite different!