Archives for "April, 2009"

Posted by Sandy on 23rd April 2009

How I’m Making Tabbed Browsing Work For Me

Remember when Firefox (and tabbed browsing, for that matter) first came out?  Remember what a revolutionary concept it was to keep going about your business without closing your browser window?  Unbelievable!  Monitors made the shift to widescreen and we were going to become so much better at multitasking.  Excellent.  So I quickly got into the [...]

Posted by Sandy on 21st April 2009

Which Day of the Week Is Your Biggest Challenge?

Do you have a day in your routine that you can rely on for a good old meltdown?  For Robert at Simply Robert, it’s Mondays.  Or rather, Meltdown Mondays.  I can absolutely see why, as he is a teacher…and yes, we teachers dread Mondays more than the rest of the population.  (Why?  Because kids hate [...]

Posted by Archkittens on 20th April 2009

Logan: Professional Lunching

It’s easy to know what to talk about in a meeting. Meetings have agendas and they have structure, and god willing, there is someone other than you leading them. Lunches are not so easy. There’s little structure after you’re asked what you’d like to eat, and depending on who’s with you, a career-poisoning move may [...]

Posted by Sandy on 15th April 2009

More Aspie Craftwork To Admire!

One more incredible piece from Agentwool, who is on Twitter at @agentwool.  The longer I look at this the more I love it because it’s almost…mathematical.

Posted by Sandy on 14th April 2009

You Say You Want Cheap Easy Therapy? Hello Crafts!

What’s this?  After my posts about photography you’re still not convinced that arts and crafts are the best thing ever for kids on the spectrum? Always Keep a Craft Stash Handy My parents knew to always keep something nearby for my hands to work on, whether it was as simple as paper or buttons or [...]

Posted by Sandy on 14th April 2009

Adults with Hyperlexia

You Mean There’s Two of Us? Not too much is known about hyperlexia, nor are there many adults who are aware that they may have it.  So I was pretty intrigued when I met Codeman38, who he said he already knew about it AND that it described him!  He may be the first adult I’ve [...]

Posted by Archkittens on 13th April 2009

Logan: Sharing Your Space At Work

(photo: Unplggd) At some point, it is gonna happen. Unless you are someone’s manager, you will have to share a working area with someone. It could be a cubicle, it could be a workbench, maybe it’s just a counter. I don’t know about you, but it bothers me when people touch my stuff. Crossing the [...]