Mapping areas of improvement and new things to learn with skill bars.
I have a bachelors degree in Management Information Systems.
Back in 97, I just knew that getting a technical degree can assure me of a well-paying career after my university studies. I wasn’t too confident about my decision so I chose to play it safe.
But we had electives in college, and these provided me with a little respite when it came to finding out how it feels to be in the other side. I took courses in popular culture and multimedia design. It was to great to learn about new stuff without changing concentrations.
I just remembered these things…
Level up your Quantified Self Setup with this Flexible App.
The past few years have been exciting for the self-tracking/quantified self movement.
Smartphones provide us with a variety of options for keeping tabs on our day-to-day activities. It’s a great way to learn about yourself and turning that information into real actionable insights.
I’ve developed habits around my own personal tracking. I use MyFitnessPal for food logging that connects to my Fitbit account for physical activity tracking. I count the number of cigarettes smoked with a simple smoking counter. Moneywell for tracking my finances, Last.FM for scrobbling music and Goodreads for reading progress. …
Portfolio Management for Part-time Do Gooders
In 2011, I decided to allocate a percentage of my monthly salary to a conceptual Karma Fund — a personal movement of cosmic goodwill capital governed by three simple principles:
- It’s an acceptable/humane percentage of your gross monthly salary (you can start with 5%)
- There should be a layer of interactivity with your act of charity- recipients undergo a certain selection process.
- Gains from the karma fund are primarily intangible and not just an overall good feeling about yourself. There will always be an exception for tangibles (like Kickstarter, which figured prominently in the fund).
Think of the Karma Fund…
Adventures With a Frankfurter Converter
In the course of living by myself in an apartment I’ve called home for the past four years, I never really got around the concept of having my own kitchen. You see, my mancave is conveniently located in Quezon City’s most vibrant restaurant neighborhood. Preparing dinner for one seemed futile given the nice and inexpensive dining options just a few steps from my building. Besides, my folks lived just a few blocks away.
Despite all of that, I somehow managed to collect a slew of kitchen gadgets, either given as a gift or something that tickled my fancy at the…
