Nate's Notes

A Revised Approach to Facebook 2018-05-21 How can I maintain important connections while also maintaining some privacy?

Three Words for 2018 2018-01-01 Thoughts For several years, Chris Brogan has been using three words to help provide focus to his year. Looking at his blog, he’s been doing this since at

Three Key Techniques Trump Uses to Insulate Himself from Criticism and Consequence 2017-11-21 Thoughts From John Oliver, three key techniques that Donald Trump uses to insulate himself from criticism and consequence.

My Dad, the Math Superhero 2017-09-23 Thoughts

Memories of a time when restaurant bills were handwritten and the math was calculated mentally.

Only Time 2017-09-01 Thoughts Memories of listening to Enya's "Only Time" while my son was a baby.

Taking Seth Godin's Advice 2017-08-30 Tech On Seth Godin's advice to blog every day and turn off comments.

Do Any Happy People Do This Thing? 2017-02-04 Thoughts

A look at Kamal Ravikant's piercing question: Do any happy people do this thing?

Collecting, Analyzing, and Acting on Customer Satisfaction Data with Salesforce Visual Flow 2017-01-02 Tech Thoughts on taking customer feedback and turning it into actually useful information.

My Favorite Christmas/Advent/Holiday Music 2016-11-27 Thoughts A listing of my favorite Christmas/Advent/Holiday music.

Maya Angelou: Human Family 2016-09-13 Thoughts Maya Angelou's beautiful poem on the Human Family

Jamie Foxx: Music Took Me Everywhere 2016-08-01 Thoughts From Tim Ferriss' interview of Jamie Foxx for Tim's podcast.

Leonard Bernstein after JFK's assassination 2016-06-17 Thoughts On Leonard Bernstein's iconic quote: "This will be our reply to violence..."

I Opened a Book 2016-04-11 Thoughts Julia Donaldson's great poem about the impact of books.

His Arm of Omnipotent Grace 2016-03-24 Thoughts A poem from 19th century pastor William Gadsby.

Luck is not a factor. Hope is not a strategy. 2016-02-22 Thoughts From James Cameron: "Luck is not a factor. Hope is not a strategy. Fear is not an option."

Adding an Event to Multiple Google Calendars 2016-01-22 Tech

Instructions on how to add an event to multiple Google Calendars

Creating a Medical Reference Card 2016-01-16 Tech How to create a note that keeps your important medical information easily accessible for important or emergency situations.

The Value of Staying in One Place to Minister 2015-08-02 Thoughts

Rick Warren's social media post on the 46th anniversary of Bishop Charles Blake at West Angeles Church of God in Christ.

Seth Godin on Leading Up 2013-07-13 Thoughts From Seth Godin's talk on Creative Mornings about "leading up."

Dignity 2013-03-20 Thoughts "Everybody's dignity is the same."