Comments on: The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Old Connections Edition

By: jc

jc — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:59:08 +0000

the marriage tips are good, but the title of their post is bad. their tips describe marriage maintenance, not self-counseling. the value of good counseling is that a neutral third party is trained and invited to make observations about precisely those negative patterns that sabotage a relationship. these are often crystal clear to outsiders, yet hidden from the involved parties themselves EVEN if they have training in counseling or nonviolent communication. us DIY types have to be careful not to overreach with the do it yourself.

By: Trent

Trent — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:06:15 +0000

Honestly, I tried Facebook. I really did. But I just couldn't get into it. I'll log on every once in a while to visit the pages of a few old friends, but there's just so much ... JUNK on there. Twitter is very simple and it makes it easy to discover new and interesting people. That's really where I get value, so I spend my time there. If you're not, you should follow me on Twitter here.

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:55:04 +0000

The Unclutterer post is so simple, yet so profound.

By: Studenomist

Studenomist — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:18:29 +0000

Random thoughts here but one thing I really need to improve on is my ability to stay in touch with people from the past. This is why I love Facebook (even though it can be very time consuming) because I have to ability to send old friends a quick message to see what’s going on every once in a while.

By: Northern Camping

Northern Camping — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:34:17 +0000

Hey Trent!

That is one of the greatest things I’ve found with having your own blog. Long lost friends eventually will “Google” my name and they will be directed to one of my sites!

They usually tell me that I’m the last person they would have expected to maintain several websites, but I guess it doesn’t take much nowadays!!

By: Trent

Trent — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:28:52 +0000

I talked about it on occasion while I worked there, and I talked about it very clearly when I was leaving. All of my coworkers knew that my family and writing were two big passions, and this was a chance I had to really dig into both.

It was actually a hard choice. I was happy there, and I really liked the people I worked with every day. I was drug down by the work itself (for various reasons) and that I felt further apart from my kids than I liked.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:26:22 +0000

After you left your corn programming job, did you tell any of your former co-workers about the blog? Did you mention it in your exit interview? Wait until you bump into them a few months later and mention it? What’s appropriate?