Nate Sickler

Recent Articles

Embracing Change: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Chuck My Daily Plans

First, some background. I’m working primarily on a time and materials project, focused on handling whatever problems may crop up that are currently high priority to our client contacts – either for the introduction of new features, fire-fighting or bug squashing. From time to time, something big enough will spontaneously combust, and I’ll be forced […]

Developing Habits: Visualizing Daily Work

In a blog battle post earlier this week, I linked to a fairly old Lifehacker post on Seinfeld’s Productivity Secret – a simple means to visualize/motivate daily action on a specific type. Using a calendar, or a grid you can track the number of days you’ve completed your goal and, more importantly, the number of […]

“Get Better” – Fail

In the spirit of Getting Better – I’ll inaugurate this blog with the SEP Blog Battle. The title for this week is one near to my heart – “Get Better”, so I’ll jump right into it. Though not exactly a new idea, I thought I would express my love for failure. I don’t mean the […]