Got a Crush and Don't Know What to Do?
That's where we come in!

Our system is pretty simple: You enter your email, your crush's email, and a message. They get sent an anonymous email from us inviting them to do the same thing. If they enter your email as one of their crushes, we email you and send them the message you entered.

Use our free MySpace widgets to display your crush count and the number of people who like you!

Introducing MyHomePoint
There are lots of web-based calendar solutions, but almost all are geared toward the individual user. Why should every household member have to register on a website, sign up for an account, then manually share that account to other family members before you have even the most basic workable family calendar? Now they don't have to.

With MyHomePoint, you create one account for your entire family, add your family members to your account, and then everyone can immediately begin using all of the site's features. It's as simple as that!

Not Just "Another Web Calendar"
Actually, we offer MUCH more than just a calendar. In fact, we provide an entire SUITE of family and home organization tools to help you and your family stay connected. Here is a sampling of our current features, and there are many more still planned!

A calendar that the entire family can share
Shared and private task lists
Birthdays and anniversaries
Shared and private notes
Home inventory tracking
Pets can be included in the family!
Grocery and other shopping lists [coming soon]
Gift lists and personal wish lists [coming soon]

What is Geni?
Geni is a website that allows families to collaboratively build their family tree. Family members can then use the tree to learn more about each other, share knowledge about common ancestors and relatives, and stay in touch with each other. To learn more see about us. Signup & Invitations
How do I sign up for Geni?
Just start creating your tree. We will email you a temporary password. When you login for the first time, you will be prompted to create a permanent password.

If you were invited to join an existing tree, your temporary password was in the invitation. Just login to set a permanent password. You can always have your password resent to you by clicking the link on the login page.

Who can I invite to Geni?
At this time you can only invite family to Geni. Just add them to your tree.

A 10-year study of procrastination provides insights into--and a formula for--human motivation..

I am a moderate procrastinator. Even when I believe that I would be best served by finishing a task (say, filing this story), I will occasionally put it off in favor of some short-term reward (like a much needed caffeine fix). This tendency on my part to delay what is in my long-term interest can now be explained by a simple mathematical equation, according to industrial psychologist Piers Steel of the University of Calgary.

After my last article on experiencing creativity, there was a question in the resulting forum discussion about how to enter this highly creative flow state, the state where you lose all sense of time, your ego vanishes, and you become one with the task in front of you.  Is this peak creative state a rare chance event, or can it be achieved consistently?

For me the creative flow state is a common occurrence.  I usually enter this state several times a week, staying with it for hours at a time.  I’m able to routinely enjoy the flow state as long as I ensure the right conditions, which I’ll share with you in a moment.

My first memories of habitually entering this flow state date back to the early 80s when I was learning BASIC programming.  After school I’d rush through my homework in order to spend hours in front of my Atari 800 writing, testing, and tweaking programs just to see what the machine could do.  Sometime around 8pm I’d notice my hunger, realize that the family had already eaten dinner, and ask my mom, “Why didn’t you call me when dinner was ready?  I’m starving!”  She’d invariably claim to have called me 3-4 times, usually with me verbally acknowledging, “I’ll be there in a minute.”  Either I had no recollection of this happening, or it was like trying to recall a fuzzy dream memory.  Did she really call me, or did I imagine it?  I was so engrossed in my creative hobby that I became oblivious to what was going on around me.  If I did acknowledge my mom, it must have been an unconscious reaction.