November 2011
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Type Tuesday #120
Week 120 of Type Tuesday. Each week I’m sharing five free fonts that I’ve come across for you to use and enjoy. I hope you like what I have picked out this time. Be sure to comeback next week for another great set. Scalpel Vastagurly Gogating NotEnoughSmall Lorena
Nov 30th
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“Work hard. Cry less. And realize you’re part of history.”
– Mike Arrington (via adaugelli)
Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”
Nov 26th
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Animation Sample For A New Explainer Video I’m working On
Nov 26th
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Choose Video & Make A Strong Introduction
If you’re having trouble explaining what you do, you might want to think about doing a one to two minute explainer or introduction video. Text and words can only go so far. An animated or live action video with images, good narration and animation can effectively explain your message and reach a wider group of people; which will in-turn bring more unique traffic to your website. Video and...
Nov 25th
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“If I don’t like it, I don’t like it, that don’t mean that...”
Nov 25th
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Thankful
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my family and friends out there! This year has been incredibly exciting and I couldn’t have done it without every one of you. I have so much to be thankful for this year. And chances are if you’re reading this, I’m thankful for you. I’m blessed to have so many people who I see often and those that I’m only able to connect with through the...
Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Tips For Using Social Media To Help You Get Work:...
Its time for another tip from my continuing series of tips for using Social Media to help you get work. This tip is to know your audience. When you’re using social media you need to ask yourself who are you trying to reach? Is your goal just to get work or is it to interact with your friends. You could certainly start following as many people as possible on Twitter and get several to...
Nov 23rd
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Type Tuesday #119
Week 119 of Type Tuesday. Each week I’m sharing five free fonts that I’ve come across for you to use and enjoy. I hope you like what I have picked out this time. Be sure to comeback next week for another great set. Bigfish hydrophi aquarius Pirates hammerhead
Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Tips For Using Social Media To Help You Get Work:...
Its time for another tip from my continuing series of tips for using social media to help you get work: make time. Social networking takes time, sounds like common sense to some but many people don’t understand that it takes time to build good relationships. Just because you are building them online with social media tools doesn’t always speed up the process. Now if you’re...
Nov 22nd
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Pimp Your After Effects →
After Effects is a professional tool by any measure, but it is designed for a broad user base. So an artist who plans to push it hard will want to tune the application accordingly. Here’s what I do to a default installation of After Effects to prepare it for my special kind of abuse.
Nov 21st
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We Have A Florist! →
Maeve and I decided on a florist this week for our wedding. This was an area of the wedding that we are the least knowledgable in. Neither Maeve or I know much about flowers. So we needed to make…
Nov 21st
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Nov 20th
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“Anyone can quickly become an expert by reading books on a topic. However,...”
– Laura Roeder
Nov 19th
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Tips For Using Social Media To Help You Get Work:...
My first tip is to have a good social media profile. This might seem like common sense to a lot of people but you’d be amazed at the number of profiles I come across that are incomplete. Your social media profile is an important part of your online presence and it shouldn’t be ignored. Make sure you have an image. Just using the default image shows you don’t know what you’re...
Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Lemon is the sweetest way to keep track of all your purchases and its super easy to use.  Lemon’s technology does all the work by squeezing out all the useful data from those paper and digital receipts. Like merchant details, product items and totals. All of this is searchable, organized and accessible via a secure interface from your computer, tablet or phone.  Client: Lemon Producer: Matt Murphy...
Nov 18th
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Type Tuesday #118
Week 118 of Type Tuesday. Each week I’m sharing five free fonts that I’ve come across for you to use and enjoy. I hope you like what I have picked out this time. Be sure to comeback next week for another great set. Mosaic Leaf Eclectic Seselendangan Nomed veles
Nov 16th
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“Working your ass off is the fastest way to excel in any endeavor in business or...”
– Marie Forleo
Nov 15th
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What To Do With A Wedding Dress? →
Erin from Unclutter.com answered reader Allie question about what to do with a wedding dress. What to do with a wedding dress is often a polarizing topic. It charges up emotions in people who…
Nov 15th
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Graham Hill: Less Stuff, More Happiness
Nov 14th
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“IF YOU WANT TO GET AHEAD, SAID BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE ORIGINAL BUSINESS GURU,...”
– WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ (nytimes)
Nov 14th
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Ask FreelanceSwitch: Too Much Work →
I’ve been enjoying a successful run as a freelance web developer, and for the first time I find myself with too much to do, and projects knocking on the door. My next step is either to hire freelancers or to space out the incoming projects so I’m not living a feast or famine lifestyle. Twice now I’ve told prospective clients that I would love to take on their projects, but won’t be able to start...
Nov 14th
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Nov 12th
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“The social web can’t exist until you are your real self online.”
– Sheryl Sandberg
Nov 12th
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Hop Cast – Episode 156: Hoptacular →
For the second time Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski are at the Aragon Ballroom for the beer Hoptacular. In this episode Ken and Brad sample a ton of great beer and even…
Nov 12th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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Smile
With winter setting in here in Chicago it’s easy for our moods to turn negative. I know for myself, when the weather outside is cold and gloomy that can be reflected in how I feel about the work I’m doing. It’s a lot harder to get excited about a project when you aren’t in a great mood. I’ve found that an easy way to improve my day quickly with little effort is just...
Nov 10th
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Vertual Vertigo at Subterranean
Nov 9th
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Type Tuesday #117
Week 117 of Type Tuesday. Each week I’m sharing five free fonts that I’ve come across for you to use and enjoy. I hope you like what I have picked out this time. Be sure to comeback next week for another great set. Construthinvism Serifiqo Warsaw MACHAS otrada
Nov 9th
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Nov 8th
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Staying Positive in the Face of Negativity &... →
It’s easy to stay motivated when you are on the receiving end of a lot of positive feedback. When your boss, your clients, and your coworkers are giving you high fives and telling you what great work you are doing, you can glide from day to day, churning out more and more great work. Unfortunately, most of us are not riding a tidal wave of high-fives through our workday.
Nov 8th
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“This is life. We all strain. While we all pray for dollars and work for change....”
– Atmosphere
Nov 8th
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Nov 8th
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“You think up a great idea? Push your boundaries and make it a breakthrough one.”
Nov 8th