A new anime season approaches! An excuse for another update!
Archive for February, 2011
Winter casualties and Spring 2011 picks
Posted: February 28, 2011 in 2011 Spring, 2011 [Winter], Aria, Characters, Dropped, Maria-sama ga MiteruTags: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai, Appleseed, Bakuman, Beelzebub, Deadman Wonderland, Gosick, Hana-Saku Iroha, Honto ni Atta! Reibai-Sensei, Kore wa Zombie desu ka, Moshidora, Sofuteni, Steins Gate, THE MONEY OF SOUL AND POSSIBILITY CONTROL, Yondemasuyo! Azazel-san
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Mapping Glass Mask
Posted: February 17, 2011 in My So-Called Editorials and Other Stuff, ReviewsTags: Glass Mask, Mind maps
More than a year after I published the prioritization matrix post I had been toying with the idea of posting another useful tool of my trade applied in the context of anime blogging. Well, here it is! My example tackles Glass Mask, or Gurasu no Kamen, circa 2005.
Peter Drucker and Managing Oneself
Posted: February 10, 2011 in 2011 [Winter], Anime Features, Series - SportsTags: Baseball anime, Moshidora, Ookiku Furikabutte, Peter Drucker
So, in preparation for Moshidora, I thought I’d post something about Peter Drucker. Managing Oneself was first published in 1999 in the Harvard Business Review. It was the first article I read from Drucker’s works. I’d like to think of this as the most basic place to start, since to manage others you also have to know how manage yourself first. If you’re about to graduate college or are in the early part of your career, it might help you to read a few of Drucker’s ideas. As for me, I really wish I’d come across this piece from Drucker in college. (Alas, I was an engineering student back then and management topics were the furthest thing from my mind.)
But first, who the hell is Drucker anyway?
First off, the good news. I recently got a job offer (which is really good news for my pocket). I’ve yet to report for work so I’m still enjoying my vacation right now. Still I’m hoping that the working hours will be better than at my previous job so that I can do more things. [...]
