May 9th, 2011
A laptop alone doesn’t cut it
My desktop PC failed on me this weekend, bad. I figured I could just do the work I was planning on my laptop but I quickly realized I need a desktop for certain tasks.
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December 30th, 2010
Design vs. design, a simple misunderstanding
When people ask what I do for a living, I usually say “web designer”. Unfortunately, after years of calling myself such a thing, it’s finally hit me that what people hear is not what I want them to hear…at least not entirely.
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February 1st, 2010
Praise for Notepad
In a world of Word and Google Docs it’s easy to overlook Notepad. Notepad sits quietly in Windows just waiting for some action. Every time that quick thought or copy/paste moment enters your brain, Notepad gets excited. Then feels bitter disappointment when you go to Word or some on-line app. It’s time to make Notepad [...]
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January 26th, 2010
What I want in a tablet PC
I love the idea of a tablet PC. They make sense to me, but whatever tablets come out this year - Apple, Microsoft, whoever - they need to include one thing for me to buy them: let me write on it.
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January 24th, 2010
One week on the job
So after one week at a new job I’m just starting to figure things out. Despite being with the company for nearly 10 years, it was a little difficult to get settled in. I was expecting change but in many ways it’s change in the wrong direction.
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January 14th, 2010
Toys in the office
If you’re a person that works in the same spot 8-hours a day for five days a week, then work is pretty much a second home. All in all, you probably spend more time awake at work than you do at home during the regular work week. That means work needs to be as comfortable [...]
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January 13th, 2010
Inbox zero with Outlook
Inbox Zero is a great concept. Simply put, do something with your e-mail no matter what. Act on it, delete it, file it, defer it…eitherway, don’t just leave it in your inbox sitting there rotting. As simple as that is, I haven’t really bothered trying to reach inbox zero, but I think that might change [...]
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January 12th, 2010
Passion for the job, passion for the product
As my final day at the radio station draws closer, I’m thinking more about the past three years I’ve spent there. What I liked…what I didn’t like…what I could have done and what I should have done. Then I realize there was one big card stacked against me no matter what I did - the [...]
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January 8th, 2010
I’m now a Product Manager
I have a new job title, and that title is the most ambiguous Product Manager. I have to admit it sounds a little less important than the Internet Services Director title I had, but thankfully I’m not a title whore.