“Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do” ~ Oscar Wilde I’ve been doing the self employed thing for almost 2 years now. The question I hear the most is “How do you get anything done? I’d just sit around all day and eat popsicles.” Ok – so maybe they don’t …
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Jonah Samson
Check out these amazing dioramas done by photographer Jonah Samson. They’re completely surreal. I love people that are willing to dive into niche art methods, and take them out to that logically extreme that only the truly passionate can do. Imagine the patience and the attention to detail that went into these suckers. The series …
Wordcamp SF Roundup
I got the privilege of attending Wordcamp 2009 in San Francisco over the weekend. Overall it was a really positive experience. For those of you not in the know, Wordcamp is a conference surrounding WordPress with topics as specialized as Buddypress and as abstract as Tara Hunt’s Whuffie or social capital. Ideally, I would have …
Lifting The Hood: Facebook Connect
Reid just took the ‘How much do you hate silly quizzes’ quiz and scored a 99% I installed the Facebook Connect plugin the other day, and was pleasantly surprised at how well it works. After adding a function to my comments.php file, users can now click a button and login to their Facebook account. Then …
Lifting The Hood: WordPress Post Driven Image Gallery
The Polaroid gallery is one of my favorite features of this new website. It has exactly jack squat to do with my business goals, and it doesn’t contribute to my bottom line, and I should have been outside enjoying the sun or exercising instead of building it – but it looks pimp and it makes …
Don’t Take It Personally – 66% of your work sucks.
I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection. ~ Billy Joel Before we start – Yes I did just quote Billy Joel. You want to make something of it? There’s a fine line that designers and working creative types everyone needs to walk. How …
