Lifehacker has come up on the task picker a couple of times since the last post.  They are quoting celebrities and studies that show periods of boredom, idleness, and procrastination improve decision making.

I love this! I am usually parked in front of cable TV putting off working on the ‘puter, putting my genius-clocked mind in idle, and watching mildly boring programs.  Now I can give the reason that I’m making a clear sky of my mind for an idea to strike.

I scan a page of Lifehacker in blog view every day.  They show products, tips, and websites that might give me a path to follow after I’ve sent out my resumes.  Today they put out a tip that I should repost my resume every few days.  I’ll try that Sunday.  Yesterday I made a 15-second pitch for what I do because of Lifehacker tip.

The  tip said to start with a headline that would fit into a tweet.  This is great for me because I speak in short sentences.  Hence I’m easily interrupted.  After the headline come up with 3 supporting benefits.  I read that has bullet points I can riff with.

I came up with this:

I manipulate or find software to solve your computer problem.

Methodology

Value

Local

I haven’t had a chance to try it out but it’s in the back of my mind now.

I ran across an article about the habits of effective job-seekers on Linked-in.  This bugs the hell out of me because don’t they have to be effective job-losers to get good at finding a new job?