The Artisonian

4th Edition.

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In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a Shaolin student shows his skill at Tagou Wushu School in Dengfeng, a city in central China’s Henan province Sunday, July 11, 2010. A soccer team of Shaolin students was established in the school recently. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Song)

Wow.

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In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a Shaolin student shows his skill at Tagou Wushu School in Dengfeng, a city in central China’s Henan province Sunday, July 11, 2010. A soccer team of Shaolin students was established in the school recently. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Song)

Wow.

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Leadership Interview - John Maxwell

If you take a trip up a mountain by yourself, you’re not a leader; you’re an achiever. A leader takes people somewhere. And they take the people not only where they want to go but also beyond where they believe they can go.

John Maxwell’s response when Michael Myatt asked what is the primary role of a leader. This interview has lots of good quotes—a must-read for leaders, no matter where in your journey.

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EPICWIN

EpicWin is an iPhone app that puts the adventure back into your life. It’s a streamlined to-do list, to note down all your everday tasks, but with a role-playing spin.

I’ll have to see this in action.

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Free Agent Underground: Just reading these 3 books is not enough

What if…instead of reading 5 or 10 or 20 books, along with reading all the relative blogs and magazines…we just read and mastered…3 books this year? Literally.

My choices for the next 12 months are:

  1. Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John Maxwell
  2. Rework, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
  3. Linchpin, by Seth Godin

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The Artisonian, 4th Edition

I started Artisonian in late 2007 as a personal blog. Back then, my focus was on business and economics. After a few months, I decided I’d switch from WordPress and try Drupal for a while. I wiped all of the content and started from scratch.

The next iteration of this blog was a bit of a mixed bag. I didn’t have much of a focus, so I wrote whatever came to mind. Along the way, I decided to create a spin-off blog, Skillful Words. Artisonian was then tucked away for a year-long hiatus.

Version 3 of Artisonian was definitely the shortest. I only posted one article.

That brings us to the present—the 4th edition. I’ll be focusing again on a variety of topics. You’ll likely see my thoughts on technology, design, development, business, faith, and leadership. I hope to cover the full gamut of my interests. If you have any feedback, feel free to email or tweet.

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Smacking down viruses on my parents’ PC. Someday I’ll convince them to switch…

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iOS 4 on 3G hardware is (mostly) sweet. I’ll still have to wait for multitasking though.

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