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15 Minutes A Day

December 28, 2007

I was thinking about the whole idea of having a blog and writing in general. Just like any exercise humans engage in one needs to “use it, or lose it.” In other words, you need to work the muscle whether that muscle is writing, designing, selling, making, or doing. Without use the ‘muscle’ will atrophy [...]

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The day the iPod died.

December 11, 2007

It is a sad day indeed. My iPod 3G has died. It served its master dutifully and kept my rear in gear on the treadmill, stairmaster, eliptical (take your pick) for many a day. I received it long ago when it was the new hot iPod complete with custom engraving on the back. At the [...]

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A long overdue initiative for email

November 28, 2007

Today marks the start of the Email Standards Project. A project that is long overdue. For anyone who develops ‘rich’ content for emails can attest, it can be a b*tch to get what you have looking good in Eudora to look good in Lotus Notes 8. In my opinion its worse than the bad old [...]

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Disconnecting

October 10, 2007

I think that those of us who are plugged in to the Internet for most of our waking day are reaching a saturation point. Too much Internet, too much of the time. I know many of us have felt the burden of going to burnout and back. However, I feel collectively we want to be [...]

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Advertising Agencies need to wake up

October 3, 2007

A blog post on NussbaumonDesign at Business Week hints that corporations may be beginning to get savvy about the future of marketing and PR on the web. Corporations are realizing they are literally wasting money. It is simply a matter of time for them to wake up and realize they are spending millions on a [...]

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Sharpening images for the web (and print)

October 3, 2007

A couple of years ago I attended a graphic design conference where I learned a great way to improve the sharpness and quality of images that are resized and then used on the Internet. This technique also works for images used in print as well. Whenever opening and image and resizing–typically because you need to [...]

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Enjoy, Learn, Profit

September 28, 2007

Three things shared with me from friend Steve Barlament the other night at dinner. We were discussing my upcoming marketing campaign for my business and the fact that it will be my first ‘true’ marketing campaign. Everything to date has all been word-of-mouth which has been fine, but the level of success I would like [...]

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Happy OneWebDay

September 22, 2007

Today is the second annual celebration of OneWebDay, a celebration of the Internet. Dubbed on their website as ‘the Earth Day for the Internet the mission of the day is simple “to create, maintain, advance and promote a global day to celebrate online life.” People are encouraged to share how the Internet has impacted their [...]

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