These insightful words are those of Arthur C. Clarke. They simply mean that any technology that is far enough beyond a persons understanding, then that person might perceive that technology as magical or supernatural in nature. If a man from the 15th century were shown something as common as a television, then he might believe it to be a magical window capable of showing the past, present, and even possible future of anywhere in the world and beyond. To that 15th century man, magic is real!
Why can't magic be real? How do you define magic? Is it something that is amazing and unexplainable? If that is the case then magic is all around us created by the engineers, scientist, and makers of our time.
I have been learning a lot lately about personal productivity as I try to squeeze all these projects into what little spare time I have left in my life. I am a far cry from some of the experts out there who’s life passion is time management or life hacking, but I do pick up some nifty tricks along the way while trying to do what I can. Most of my ideas come from lifehacker.com (which is an incredible site), but every once in a while I’ll have an original idea of my own about personal productivity. Whether it be something that I pickup on lifehacker.com that works for me, or one of my own “great” ideas, I will be posting some of the better ones here on this life hack project page of mine to share with the rest of the world for what they are worth.
Also this winter, as I have a little space in between deadlines, I will be working to implement some key systems that I have learned that I need based on managing my projects earlier this year. They are financial budgeting and tracking(so I can figure out just how much I can spend on my projects), a better calendaring system (so that that I can keep track of my family’s and my own schedule), and project management software (so that I can watch my deadlines slip out of control with better accuracy). Anyhow, as I try to integrate these key systems into my life, I’ll let people know what I am doing and how I’m doing it here.