Oct 19th, 2011
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Events Calendar Pro – WordPress Plugin Updated

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Probably the most useful events calendar plugins for WordPress is the “Events Calendar Pro” and they just launched 2.0 version of the plugin, which was a much needed update. I’ve been playing around with this new version of the plugin since the night it was released last week, and so far I’m pretty happy with [...]

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Apr 27th, 2011
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My Experience With OfficeMax

On April 18th, I ordered a chair for Jennifer (our new Business Development Manager at Brian Joseph Studios) from OfficeMax.com for our offices. OfficeMax said it was shipped the evening of the 18th. On the 21st I called them and asked them for tracking information, to which they replied that they do not provide tracking [...]

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Apr 15th, 2011
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Win an Awesome Mailchimp Tshirt

UPDATE ** – Winner is @cshold When Mailchimp sent me a tshirt, it quickly became one of my favorites. I’ve now got another one on the way and I’d like to give it away to one lucky winner. It’s a male, medium shirt, grey with a cool chimp sketch drawing. Pretty soft, good quality material. [...]

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Feb 27th, 2011
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Apple Mac Pro – I’m selling my 7GB beast! Adobe CS4 Suite Included

I bought this beauty in April 2010 and since then, I am now travelling a lot more, and hate to see this machine go to waste sitting lonely in my office. So, I’ve decided to sell it on eBay to one lucky buyer. It’s a Xeon Quad Core, 2.66GHZ,  All specs are listed on the eBay [...]

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Dec 16th, 2010
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CGI & The Future of The Celebrity

I had a thought about CGI & the future of movies and movie stars years ago (and I’m sure I wasn’t the first) and today I was reminded of it…. So, what better way to archive my thoughts than right here where I can look back and see how incorrect my predictions were! Here are [...]

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Oct 12th, 2010
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Gap Reverts Back To Iconic Logo

I just posted an article over at my company site’s blog about Gap’s announcement on Monday evening that they have listened to the community, and decided to revert back to their iconic logo. They also admitted that they realized crowdsourcing was a mistake. We’ve learned a lot in this process. And we are clear that [...]

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Oct 7th, 2010
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CrowdSpring – A Writer’s Story

An old article I published about CrowdSpring places 4th in the results on Google for a search on “CrowdSpring” and as a result, I’ve received various stories from others that have had a bad experience with a design contest website. This one is particularly interesting as it raises some important questions about the CrowdSpring business [...]

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Aug 2nd, 2010
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Is The FedEx Arrow In The Logo Useless?

It just occurred to me that I have never met anyone, that wasn’t a designer, that knows about the arrow shape in the negative space within the lettering of the FedEx logo. So, I sent out this tweet, and then another one . Instantly, I received replies, and so far a few seem to agree. [...]

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Jul 7th, 2010
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Mercedes Benz Logo Applications

Reading through the manual booklets for my new car and one of the brochures inside has a pretty cool cover design that I thought I’d share with you. (This is also my first post testing the Android WordPress app) I’m a big fan of car logos and the requirements that come along with an auto [...]

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Jun 4th, 2010
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Why Freelancers Should Not Announce Their Availability

I’ve noticed a trend on freelancer’s websites lately where the designer presents viewers with their current “work availability” , or the months that they are “available for hire”. This goes against every bit of sales training I have ever had. This is not good business and here’s why: Numbers game Everyone wants leads. Everyone wants a [...]

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