How to Encrypt Your Laptop Computer and Hide Your Secret Brownies Recipe

January 4, 2010
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What would happen if you lost your laptop computer? Do you have any reasons to be worried about a stranger having access to all your company files or personal photo albums stored on your hard drive? Or maybe you just want to make sure nobody ever gets his hands on your secret brownies recipe? Encrypting [...]

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How to Use Mind Mapping to Get Out of the Hedge Maze

January 3, 2010
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Mind mapping is a simple technique that, when combined with brainstorming, makes your creative juices flow more freely. Brainstorming plays an important part in the work I do in software development. I use it all the time to find solutions to engineering problems. It also plays a big role in finding new ideas, and in [...]

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Welcome!

January 1, 2010
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Hello! My name is Phil Starn and I am a lead software engineer working in the video game industry. I started this blog to share my findings and my thoughts on personal development and productivity. I am by no mean an expert on these topics and I’m looking forward to learning a lot on this [...]

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