You Have Too Much Time (60 min)

This is the expanded version of the original, given at That Conference 2013 in Wisconsin Dells, WI.

Transcript

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2. I was going to do a talk
   about procrastination, but I never
   found the time to write it.
   

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3. “Time is what we want most,
   but what we use worst.”
   William Penn
   

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4. “I’ve been SO busy.”
   “I don’t think I have enough time.”
   “I’m completely slammed this week.”
   

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5. What does that even mean?
   

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6. “I don’t manage my time well.”
   “I don’t have time…for that.”
   “I have other things I’d rather do.”
   

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7. Where did all of our time go?
   

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8. What are your favorite TV shows?
   30 min 30 min
   90 min 30 min
   30 min
   30 min
   30 min
   30 min
   30 min
   45 min
   How do I waste over SIX hours a week?
   

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10. How do I waste over SIX hours a week?
    How did I waste
    13 entire days
    last year?
    

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12. Source: Nielsen.com State of the Media 01.07.13
    On average, this is…
    7 hours A DAY
    consuming media.
    If you consider people
    work 8 hours a day &
    sleep 8 hours a day,
    it’s no wonder we have
    no time.
    

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14. Screens are not bad.
    

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21. It’s not a time problem.
    It’s a priority problem.
    

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22. We have too much time,
    so we spend it aimlessly.
    We have too many ways
    to spend our time.
    

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23. If you had to choose one, forever…
    

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25. Too much time
    inhibits productivity.
    Too many choices
    inhibit a decision.
    

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26. Life is a series of priorities.
    

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27. What are yours?
    

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28. What are your favorite TV shows?
    

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29. What are your top 3 goals this year?
    

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30. If you don’t have goals,
    what are you spending your time doing?
    

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31. WASTING IT.
    

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32. Retire
    

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33. Lose weight
    

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34. Spend more time with
    my family & friends
    

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35. It’s not all priorities, though.
    Sometimes it’s a matter of vocabulary.
    

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36. NO.
    

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38. No, I won’t watch
    your 3 dogs this
    week while you and
    your new girlfriend
    take a trip to
    wine country.
    AGAIN.
    

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39. No, I won’t build you a website for $100.
    I don’t care if your nephew would do it for less.
    

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41. “Until you value yourself, you
    won’t value your time. Until you
    value your time, you will not do
    anything with it.”
    M. Scott Peck
    

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42. So what do we do with all of this time?
    

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43. how to learn
    

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44. why learning is important
    

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45. how to stay
    employable
    

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46. how to learn
    

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49. meet tom
    

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50. tip #1
    don’t be tom
    

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51. learn something new every year
    …but I don’t have any time!
    

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52. you have time
    (it’s just not a priority)
    

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53. remember tip #1
    don’t be tom
    

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54. learning takes on different forms
    (a history lesson)
    

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55. elementary school learning
    (circa 1986)
    

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57. JAIL
    JAIL
    JAIL
    

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58. high school learning
    (circa 1990)
    

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60. college learning
    (circa 1994)
    

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61. finally, the internet was here
    

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63. today, the amount of information
    grows by 50% a month
    

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64. kilobyte (103)
    megabyte (106)
    gigabyte (109)
    terabyte (1012)
    petabyte (1015)
    exabyte (1018)
    zettabyte (1021)
    the internet is currently about 500 exabytes
    in 2020, it’s estimated to be 35 zettabytes
    

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65. it gets worse
    

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66. stuff that was current
    two years ago
    is now out of date
    

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67. the stuff you learn as a sophomore
    is old news when you graduate
    (assuming you take four years)
    

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68. you need to keep up
    

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69. i don’t read tech books
    

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70. i rarely read websites
    

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71. those are reference material
    

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72. reading != knowing
    

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74. Riding A Bicycle 101
    1. Sit on the bicycle, facing forward.
    2. Pedal clockwise to provide power.
    3. Rotate handlebars to turn.
    4. Have fun!
    

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76. put the poor kid on a bike.
    let him practice.
    let him fall.
    

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78. tip #2
    learning comes from mistakes
    not memorization
    

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79. i lazy load knowledge
    

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80. i used to have a system
    

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81. Standardized Testing
    

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82. Cheat Sheets
    

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83. school
    memorization
    problem solving
    real life
    memorization
    problem solving
    

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84. today, i have a project
    

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85. today, i have a project
    

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86. learning only happens
    when you want it to
    

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87. tip #3
    just do it
    

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88. one final thought on learning
    

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89. tip #4
    when in doubt, use more bacon
    

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90. Jeff Blankenburg
    Developer Evangelist
    Microsoft Corporation
    jeblank@microsoft.com
    http://jeffblankenburg.com
    

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