Through the wonder that is FaceBook, I just received word that a high school classmate of mine, one that I hadn’t talked to in years (but was a FaceBook friend), passed away yesterday. Sudden heart attack at the age of 30. Shock is the right expression for how I feel. Then sadness, because even though… Continue reading Mourning Resolutions
Category: Other Things
Amazon Raises Prime Price to $99 a Year
Just got an email from Amazon – they’re raising Prime’s Price to $99 a year. A far cry from the $149 that people had feared might happen, and in general for the level of service, I think $99 a year is reasonable. Hate any increase in price though, however small! Dear Jon Westfall, We are… Continue reading Amazon Raises Prime Price to $99 a Year
I’m running out of wrist space!
Jon Rants About eBay Feedback
I’ve been on eBay for over 10 years, so forgive me if I rant like an old man here… I received an email today from the seller of an item I recently won on eBay. It read… Hey I saw the stylus was delivered today so I thought I’d see if you wanted to exchange… Continue reading Jon Rants About eBay Feedback
A Victory for Paper
Just as I change bags often (i.e. the bag I just posted on last month is now on break for another bag), I also alternate between note taking methods ranging from full paper (Moleskine notebooks that I then scan into Evernote – and these are pre-Evernote-version Moleskines, although I have one of the new Evernote… Continue reading A Victory for Paper
Centenary College Talk Resources
I’ll be giving a talk later this week at Centenary College. This post has resources relevant to the talk (i.e. links, handouts, etc…)
New Blogroll Entries
I’ve just added two new blogs to my Blogroll, both former students of mine at Columbia. David Zhu shares insightful thoughts on “finance/economics, careers, education, US-China relations” as well as his own thoughts and musings. Elle Christine blogs about her life as a junior at Columbia, her travels, and her future as it shapes up.… Continue reading New Blogroll Entries
Thanksgiving Thank-Yous 2011
This past month many people I know have taken the time each day on Facebook to post a status update listing something they were thankful for. In the same spirit, I figured I’d write one very long post in which I thank specific people who have made my life the enjoyable experience I have to… Continue reading Thanksgiving Thank-Yous 2011
Still Here!
Wow, this place gets really empty when I don’t pipe in my daily activities! About 2 months ago I turned jonwestfall.com back into full blog posts, without any republishing of my content from Thoughts Media. My pings.jonwestfall.com site is broken and I haven’t fixed that yet, and I’ve been bogged down with a writing project… Continue reading Still Here!
Scan Directly From Your Office to Evernote
Many of us work in offices that have multifunction printers / scanners / copiers / faxes / latte machines (OK, maybe not the last part), and these machines typically support sending scans via e-mail as PDF attachments. This is great for those of us (like me) who are making a real effort to go paperless… Continue reading Scan Directly From Your Office to Evernote