The Magic of Living Below Your Means “One of the reasons people give for not giving gifts is that they can’t afford it. Gifts don’t have to cost money, but they always cost time and effort. If you’re in a panic about money, those two things are hard to find. The reason these people believe [...]
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Another year ending
As another year comes to an end, I’m excited about the things I’ve accomplished and I’m looking forward to what is to come. I’ve made some great friends and deepened other existing relationships. I’ve had an amazingly fun year with my wife, enjoying life in the city of Chicago. We took our first vacation to [...]
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Didn’t buy it…
I realized that I hadn’t posted an update on here saying that we didn’t end up buying the house. When we had the inspection done we found major foundation problems and decided it wasn’t the house for us with the amount of work and major investment it would have been. We’re now taking a break [...]
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my twitter posts from this past week…
Even trivial decisions can become important if we believe that these decisions are revealing something significant about ourselves. # What you buy when you buy a lottery ticket http://bit.ly/K9SMC # it’s rewarding to see new students get interested in a school based on the website I built for them this summer. # Dunbar’s Number isn’t [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25
Helpful article explaining the float css property: http://bit.ly/43b7GO # RT @ChicagoGDesign: New article:16 prepress tips for graphic designers: http://bit.ly/4o4u6b # meeting this morning to continue discussion on metrics based on "Web Analytics: An Hour a Day" by Avinash Kaushik. Good material # personalized learning on an ipod touch? blog on the topic:http://bit.ly/iLvkb # …saturdays… #
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18
Image Compression Optimization Tool: http://icio.us/qpeaoj # http://icio.us/urec0y # article on logo design with lots of places to look for inspiration and ideas: http://bit.ly/3bK7oJ # I just got back from the meetup at Rock Bottom for Chicago Graphic Designers. Good meal, great discussions, and great people! # trying to stay ahead of the incoming requests…not doing [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11
bumptop plus a multitouch screen is pretty sweet! http://bit.ly/lXvjk # Some good questions to ask before starting a web development project http://bit.ly/3HAMS # Figuring out how to run a meetup group still. Didn't realize it didn't notify everyone when I setup the meetup last week. # Pastor's wife from new life little village is speaking [...]
the paradox of choice
I’ve been reading the book The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz. It’s been a fun read to as he examines how we make our decisions (and how badly we make them), plus why we can live in a generation with the most choices but still not be happy. Two thoughts [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04
"Every new abundance creates a new scarcity" "hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention" # Disappointed with the depaul university open house I went to tonight. Got to stand in a big line for 30 minutes. # Notepad just crashed with a memory error! It was the one Microsoft application I had [...]