Archive for September 25th, 2007

Things I have heard other people say:

I don’t have time to learn Google’s search operators (+, -, site, filetype, etc).  I can always find what I’m looking for in fifteen or twenty minutes.

I don’t have time to create folders for each of my projects and give my files meaningful names.  I can always find the file I am looking for in fifteen or twenty minutes.

I don’t have time to learn how to insert my digital pictures into my weekly newsletters for my students’ parents.  I prefer to get my pictures developed and then tape them to my newsletters before I photocopy them.  Wal-Mart has one-hour development and I can drive there in fifteen or twenty minutes.

I don’t have time to setup a del.icio.us account.  I can remember all the URLs that I need to visit.  If I run across something interesting, I email the URL to myself.  When I need it, I can usually dig through my email and find it in fifteen or twenty minutes.

I don’t have time to setup a flickr account.  If I want my family to see the digital pictures I have taken, I can email them to everyone.  We all have unlimited email space and it only takes fifteen or twenty minutes to send a set of pictures to everyone I know.

I certainly don’t have time for a full night of sleep.  I’m up too late trying to get everything done.