I've been bullet journaling on almost a daily basis for about a year and a half. I wanted to share the templates I use for my daily logs (bullet journal). You can download the SVG files for my daily logs here. These SVG files are easily edited in Inkscape. (I may include Adobe Illustrator files […]
I've been thinking about writing a book for a few years now. There is a lot of things I've learned the hard way in the last 20 years of my career that I would like to share with others. If I do write a book in 2020, it will be short, and I will write […]
I've posted 3 new project summaries to the My Projects page of the www.landonblake.com web site. The first two project summaries feature projects I recently completed at Guida Surveying. The first is a boundary survey in the hills just north of Sunol, California. The second is for the design of site improvements on a commercial […]
After hearing an Econtalk podcast with Ryan Holiday on recognizing the contributions that others make to our success, I resolved to regularly consider men and women in my life who helped me reach important accomplishments or develop as a professional. Today I want to recognize my mentor Kris Nehmer. Introduction I started working with Kris […]
Econtalk, my all-time favorite podcast, had an episode in July with guest Ryan Holiday that talked about the need for humility and a recognition that others contribute a great deal to what we are able to accomplish. After I heard that podcast I resolved to regularly think about and recognize how others have helped me […]
Today’s world of social media and personal branding can lead a person to become too focused on their own skills, abilities and I occasionally catch myself failing into this trap. I was recently inspired by a couple of podcasts to make a practice of applying more humility in my own life. This includes recognizing the […]
A few days ago I attended the February meeting of the Western Region Height Modernization Group. Here are some highlights from the meeting: ITRF 2014 was released last month and will be used in the future by NGS to adjust CORS coordinates in the United States. A beta version of Opus Projects that may be […]
The November 2015 Issue of Inc Magazine has a couple of interesting observations about the relationship between employees and employers in our modern economy. The first observation is this: "Odds are, you started your company because you wanted to drive your own destiny, or because you had an idea you just had to try, or […]
The May 18, 2015 Issue of Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine has an article about the struggle of big IT infrastructure companies like Cisco caused by the rise of cloud computing and more open technology design and standards. The article says that: "Increasingly, smaller companies that want their own data centers will also be able to order […]
The October 2015 Issue of Inc Magazine has an article entitled “Built To Last” about a different type of start-up company. This type of start-up is called an “evergreen company” because its founders don't intend to sell it to another company. Instead, they intend to own (and run) the company for the long-term. This idea […]