Category Archives: Life
Learning the Power of “No”
In my relatively short career, there is one over-arching lesson that I have learned. It being that the word “no” is not a “four-letter word”. It isn’t (since it has two letters), especially when dealing with a client. Slowly, I have and continue to learn that word’s importance my relationship with clients.
The Personal Brand: Why You Should Blog “Like A Boss”
For many people (myself included) there is a need to find an outlet to express yourself. You want a place to share you opinion about everything from politics to religion to the very details of your daily personal routine. I get it.
Sh*t Google Voice Says
It’s been my at-times-frustrating pleasure to use Google Voice for the past year and half. Thanks to Steven Ray, I was an early adopter to the service, using the service since the time that it was called Grand Central. Im so many ways it’s been fantastic.
Changes
As has been the trend for the past nine months of my life, from getting married, to moving, the changes keep coming. April 1 will be my last day at Telligent. I’ve been offered an exciting new opportunity at NBC Artworks as a Senior Interactive Designer.
Finding Myself in 720×480
As long as I can remember I have loved movies and film. Really, all aspects of cinema from making it, to experiencing it. Recently I’ve found myself leaning heavily on the later. I’ve become purely a consumer of this media, and wondering how I’ve lost my way.
A Model of Inefficiency
All of my life I’ve been involved in the eternal struggle between due process and due personal logic. That to mean my way of doing things VS the way prescribed by given “expert”, text, or authority. I’m finding more and more as I get older that the adage about cat skinning wasn’t too far off.
Is “Cool” Dead?
Recently I heard an interview on my local NPR station KERA with musician and author Ted Gioa who wrote a book called “The Birth (and death) of Cool“. He talked about trends in culture and the public’s mindset over the past few decades and how there has been a shift recently.
I need a new phone number!
So, it’s Saturday and I’ve decided that today I will be working really hard to come up with another concept for a project that I am knee-deep in the middle of.
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