September 2010
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August 2010
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July 2010
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Pictures on Facebook (lesson #1)
When you are enjoying yourself at a party with your friends and someone decides to snap a picture of you please do us all a favor and try to refrain from giving the peace sign or flipping the bird. Doing these popular hand gestures say a lot about you. But what they don’t say is that you’re cool, want world peace or are a badass rebel daring enough to disrepect anyone who gazes upon...
Clients From Hell: Me: “Well sir, the total for... →
Me: “Well sir, the total for your new logo, business cards and menu designs is $350.”
Client: “Are you kidding me? The reason I chose a student designer was to get something cheap, plus help you out for your portfolio. I could have went to a professional and paid much less.”
Me: “Um, that’s…
This is exactly (the type treatment) why I stopped freelancing in college!
June 2010
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Not Every Website is Designed - A Case Study →
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I got free lunch today. Oh yeah, and this... →
People will seldom remember what you did or what you said but they will always...
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Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you’re...
May 2010
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Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I...
– Albert Camus
Stalking me just got easier... →
April 2010
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March 2010
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Top 30 Failed Technology Predictions →
An oldie but goodie. In case you’ve never read these, enjoy…
My favorite is #17 “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” — A memo at Western Union, 1878 (or 1876).
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When you let go of something you don’t want in your life, you are sending a...
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and...
– Anne Frank
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client logic always works out in their favor.
clientsfromhell:
Airline Client: “You quoted us for 8 days of 2D graphics. I think that’s way too much.”
Me: “It includes revisions.”
Airline Client: “Well, if you do everything perfectly and we don’t want to change anything, can you charge us less?”
Colleague: “If your airline flew us to London and got us there 10 minutes ahead of schedule, would everyone on the plane get a refund?”
If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait...
February 2010
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good design is... →
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the...
– Benjamin Disraeli
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Stefan Sagmeister shares happy design →
Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy — and notes how many of these moments have to do with good design.
Nerd Pop Culture - Groundhog Day (The Movie) →
Check out the interesting stats on the movie’s most unusual timeline.
January 2010
11 posts
THE QUINTESSENTIAL LIFESTYLE NAVIGATOR (cool... →
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Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1963)
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough...
– ~ Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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MacHEADS is a feature length documentary which explores the loyalty of Apple Fanatics and their obsession. [Disclaimer: I am not a fanatic, merely a loyal customer.]
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A Clothing Clearance Where More Than Just the... →
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CNBC Original, Maria Bartiromo takes viewers Inside The Mind of Google for a rare look at the world’s most powerful technology company and its crown jewel, the Google Internet search engine. This is the fascinating story of how two grad students, in barely a decade, took a one-time research project and turned it into a global technology powerhouse…changing the way we interact with...
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Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either...
– Mme. Du Deffand
December 2009
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Dear 2009
Dear 2009,
You were a horrible year. I’m so glad today is your last day, and it could not have come fast enough. This year you really challenged me, my family and my close friends. You have made us experience heart-break, divorce, unemployment, failure, injury, illness and death. No other year has been so very jammed pack of misery and negativity.
Of course there were the good times, I...
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Top 10 Most Important Tweets of 2009 →
In 2009 Twitter gained traction: here are the abbrieviated yet compelling examples of the shift in information & news distribution and consumption.
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15k Training Program →
Gearing up for this mentally and physically will be no small task. 10 miles is far for me and my weak knees.