Brock Tice's Experiments

Overview Reserve Friday mornings for my weekly review and general system maintenance, and Friday afternoons for business-related reading and 'great thoughts' time. See experiment

Overview Use your.flowingdata with Twitter to record daily events. The point is to get a personal informatics habit going. Once it's established, I'd like to go on alternating baseline periods with experimental periods. This will give me real data on how my experiments are affecting my life. See experiment

Overview Per several regular trips to the dentist, I seem to have some weak spots on my teeth, probably from hardly ever flossing when I had braces. Somehow they are lately causing me problems. I'm using (at my dentist's recommendation):

Chlorohexidine rinse to brush, twice a week, and

Prescription-strength ... See experiment

Overview Have a magnet implanted in my finger, like this guy: http://feelingwaves.blogspot.com/ so that I can feel electromagnetic fields. See experiment

Overview Hire one or two VAs and have them check my email twice a day. I'll provide a list of rules, and have them (a) notify me immediately of urgent things by phone (b) take care of everything they can via my rules and their judgement and (c) call me at the end of the day with a list of things that ultimately need my attention.... See experiment

Overview Every weekday morning, I will meditate and run (running will slowly be ramped up from every other weekday to every day) before doing any of my other work. See experiment

Overview I have some programming projects on the back burner (i.e. Someday) that could yield commercial success if I ever had a chance to implement them. First among those is an Android app for doctors suggested by my wife. I'm going to try to get it done via Elance. See experiment

Overview 1) Cut back on caffeine. 2 espresso shots, 2 cups of tea, or 1 french press coffee per day. I'm allowing myself a second espresso shot in the afternoon for weaning purposes at the beginning. <b>ADDENDUM: No caffeine after lunch</b><br/>
2) Go to bed when I feel the most rapid increase in sleepiness... See experiment

Overview The idea of a "vacation tax" -- catching up on things that have piled up while away -- is now a common one. But wait, batching is good! It lets you focus on the task at hand and make gruntwork more efficient. Is it possible and beneficial to intentionally create a weekly backlog of things to batch? Maybe! I'm g... See experiment

Overview I will create and maintain a list of positive affirmations about my life and the things that I currently tend to feel negative about. I will regularly (at least once per day) read them aloud and with conviction. See experiment