February 8th, 2010

I was sitting in Starbucks this morning when a young guy came up to the counter. When the Barrista asked him how he was he grunted and said “I hate Mondays”. He couldn’t have sounded more pathetic if he wanted to. He acted as if waking up Monday morning was like a trip to the electric chair. If you hate what you do each week so much — DON’T DO IT!
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Tags: Books, Design, Inspiration, Passion, work
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January 28th, 2010

Mine is 17.
Your magical retweet number is the amount of characters you need to leave at the end of your tweet in order to get retweeted. It will be different based on your Twitter name. Here’s how I came up with the formula for the magical retweet number:
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Tags: Communications, Retweet, Social Media, Social Networking, Tips, Twitter
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January 27th, 2010

Taptu is a mobile search company based out of the UK. They recently contacted me to redesign their blog. Their goal was to integrate the blog with their overall branding and incorporate the various social media tools used by the company. Some of the features of the new blog are:
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Tags: Blog, Blogging, Design, Online, Portfolio, Social Media, Social Networking, Taptu, Twitter, Web, Website, Websites, WordPress
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January 24th, 2010

I was recently asked by Cynthia Ware from the Center for Church Communications to be a part of a small group of creative individuals across the country to help support and promote ministry comm professionals. I am excited about this opportunity to help those who are spreading the gospel through creative means.
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Tags: Announcements, CFCC, Church, Communications, Ministry, News
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January 19th, 2010

Many companies (churches and ministries included) are anxious to build a great website, but have not thought about strategy. They have grandiose ideas about what their website will look like, but they have not thought about the purpose behind the website.
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Tags: Blog, Church, Communications, Culture, Design, Ministry, Online, Social Media, Strategy, Tools, Web, Website, Websites
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