Gina Trapani's advice:

Not knowing what you want to do is a scary place everyone's been in at one time or another. Working toward a particular thing gives you purpose, and when you don't have that, it can feel like you're drifting, directionless, while the rest of the world is speeding by. When you're in this place, try to minimize the insecurity about not knowing what you want. Take comfort in the fact that many people are speeding toward a place they don't really care about because they didn't fully think it through. Commit to taking the time to find the right direction for you.

I fully agree and same with her, I live my life with my task list, project list and life list. I use Omnifocus but Gina’s todo.txt apps is also highly recommended. Important thing is you have one system that you can trust and you can rely on.

Celebrated Easter Sunday with kids and some friends.

1. Using MyISAM rather than InnoDB
2. Using PHP’s mysql functions
3. Not sanitizing user input
4. Not using UTF-8
5. Favoring PHP over SQL
6. Not optimizing your queries
7. Using the wrong data types
8. Using * in SELECT queries
9. Under- or over-indexing
10. Forgetting to back up
11. Bonus mistake: not considering other databases!

Source: Sitepoint

Chilling and slowing down a bit - quick reading The Principles of Beautiful Web Design as I'm getting ready for some website projects.

Reading Focus: A simplicity manifesto in the age of distractions by Leo Babauta.
Download it free.
Like it so far.

At exactly 10-10-10, 10:10:10: I feel confused, agitated, pressured, and powerless, with no sense of choice.

Everyone is invited to join the first Open Source Workshop here in Qatar. It will be on 23rd of October at Sharq Village & Spa.

For more information visit http://qataropensource.eventbrite.com

Thanks @Jean-Marie for the invitation.