Jason Unger

The Most Addictive Song in Music Today

Posted by junger - 03/11/11 at 07:03:40 am

I had always thought Flo Rida was kind of a cheap remixer, like a lot of other hip-hop artists today. But this is an awesome song.

The cool thing is that even though it sounds like it's an incredibly busy song, it's actually very simple when you listen to all the parts. (Sometimes I revert back to listening to music as if I was going to arrange it for a cappella. This would be a fun one to do.)

Enjoy!

Remember Me?

Posted by junger - 10/28/10 at 07:10:28 pm

Hi there. Remember me? The guy who owns this blog?

It's certainly been a long time since I've made an update or a post. Not because I don't want to, it's just been really busy. Really busy.

There's definitely plenty to talk about (like I'm having a second kid … crazy, right?), but  I'm not going to get into it now.

Can you just do me one favor? It's just a small one and won't take more than a minute. I promise.

Think about how lucky you are. Think about all the good things you have in life. And be thankful for that.

When you realize how good you really have it, you realize that life is good. It's not perfect, and it never will be, but you've got it good. So be happy.

When it is Right to Tell Someone They're Wrong?

Posted by junger - 12/07/09 at 06:12:03 pm

Being agreeable is good thing, right?

It's easier to hold a conversation, share your thoughts and grow relationships with agreeable people. And agreeable people are nicer, more helpful and caring than people who like to argue.

So it's easy to see why we're taught to be agreeable, even if it means we have to agree to disagree.

But that doesn't always work, like when agreeing comes at expense of the truth.

Today, I was given a lesson on some Web usability best practices that were 100% wrong. I mean, I know this — I study usability and have gone to trainings on it. And it wasn't just one mistake, either, it was two big mistakes that contribute to failure, not success.

But even though I knew better, I didn't say anything. It just wasn't worth it. I thought about saying something, though, but there was really no upside to it.

I may not be a totally agreeable person, at least according to Wikipedia and my predictive index. Read this:

Jason is an independent and individualistic person, strong-minded and determined. Venturesome, he will stick his neck out and take responsibility for risks when he believes he is right. He finds the challenge of new problems and new ventures stimulating, and responds to them with action. He has a lot of confidence in himself, his own knowledge, ability and decisions.

I don't know if that makes me egotistical, or just confident, or what — my PI also says I value my own "ideas, judgments, and opinions more than he does those of most other people" — but it got me thinking: when is it right to tell someone they're wrong?

Is ignorance really bliss? Does the truth matter?

Let me know what you think in a comment.

3 Observations About Seemingly Unrelated Items

Posted by junger - 11/19/09 at 06:11:00 pm

I haven't blogged for, what, a few weeks now? That's not a total shocker, per se, since I've always tended to go through peaks and valleys of creativity.

But as my life has started getting into a new routine (did I mention I started a new job? Press release coming soon), I've realized a few things about my priorities.

I don't need to stay as connected to the news as I thought
I've talked about selective ignorance before, but for the past few weeks, I've lived it. I've spent a total of about 5 minutes in my Google Reader over the past 2 weeks. And boy, a lot of stuff happens. And most of it is useless.

How much time are you wasting trying to know everything?

It's way easier to be productive to music than to podcasts
I love podcasts. But I only have a certain amount of time in my day to half-pay attention to them. And that's OK, since my time is probably the most valuable thing I have (after my family).

Rather than trying to listen to what all of my podcasts are talking about, playing music in the background is way more conducive to getting things done.

And, PS, I love Pandora.

There's only so many things you can do at a time
I haven't done jack with Automatic Finances in the past few weeks. I just haven't had the time, and that bothers me. Part of me thinks that it should be merged into this site, but I don't want to be pegged solely as the personal finance guy.

But since I started the new job, am now recording two podcasts a week — Tech Blab and This Week in This Week in Tech (TwiTwit) — and thoroughly enjoy it all, prioritization becomes even more important.

There's only so much lifehacking you can do (I already killed my commute) to make all this happen.

The First Official 24 Season 8 Trailer

Posted by junger - 10/29/09 at 07:10:52 am

As shown during Game 1 of the World Series Wednesday night:

Great quotes:

"You're lucky I'm retired."

"You're supposed to call me grandpa"