February 25th, 2010

Sometimes I have a problem slowing down. I feel like if I am not “busy” I am not being productive. But I think I have come to the realization that breaks are necessary. My family and I are heading out of town tomorrow for 2 days for a little vacation. We’re renting a condo up at Eagle Crest resort near Bend, OR. This will be the first vacation (apart from visiting family) we’ve taken since our Honeymoon almost 5 years ago.
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Tags: Break, Pomodoro, Time Management, Tools, Vacation, work
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February 12th, 2010

I recently finished a project for West Salem Foursquare Church in Salem, OR (my home church). It was awesome working with the lead pastor and the youth pastor to pull this site together.
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Tags: Blog, Church, CSS, Design, Portfolio, Social Media, Website, WordPress
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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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