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Words of Wisdom for Today
“We will move forward. We all can’t be perfect – and in our imperfections, we find ways to be better” – Jennifer Zelazny (me)
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Levels of Attire for a Consultant that Works at Home
After working at home for over a year now – my spectrum of “dressing up” has so many new levels – here is my personal dressiness hierarchy: The bottom: No shower – wearing pajamas Errands/average day: Shower – warmup pants, or shorts, with flip flops with a t-shirt More dressed up: Shower – nice shorts, […]
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If You Want Something Done Right…
Finally we got a nice break in the weather here in Chicago over the weekend and it was time to get a new grill. In the past I had always bought grills that were pre-assembled but they never had an ignitor that actually worked. All the wires were always in place, but I could never […]
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Always Use a Doctype
After spending an hour on something that should have taken me 20 minutes – I wanted to pass on something I should have caught right away. The problem: you use CSS to lay something out and it looks great in Firefox and Safari – but not in IE. At this point I validate the CSS […]
Business Standards
Room and Board Customer Service
I recently picked out and bought a desk for my office from Room and Board. The desk was delivered to my house yesterday and I could not be any happier with the experience. Since I am in the service business myself, I am always appreciative of great customer service and wanted to share my experience. […]
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Secure Email, Secure Web Site – Thanks
One of my top pet peeves in my field is the use of self-signed SSL certificates for public web sites. I have no issue with using self-signed SSL certificates for a development environment or something internal, but when you have outside users, you need to show them that they can trust you. Just today – […]
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Land Rover Anniversary
It has officially been one year since we bought our Land Rover. Did I write this down? No. Land Rover sent us an “anniversary” present in the mail with a card. We got a very classy box with a card, a $2,000 off coupon for a new Range Rover (thanks – that should cover the […]
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Doing What's Right
I would like to think we all have standards of some sort. I expect people to treat me with respect as I will treat them with respect. Other people demand to be catered to at all costs – all the time. This morning at the train station the police were out and about issuing tickets […]
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Color, gimp.app, and Photoshop
I love Photoshop. I always have. I can still remember the first time I saw it. It was version 3 in a computer lab at Penn State, running on 7100s with Mac OS 7.5.1. It was a rainy day and I was enlisted to help the instructor keep the class of PSU faculty and staff […]
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Humidity
This humidity is driving me crazy…how is it that so many others, including myself live in an area that has such extreme temperature changes? I remember a few months ago barely able to go outside to walk Triscuit in the cold, now here I am with extreme heat and humidity. On another note…I have been […]
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Marketing Gone Bad
Now to take a minute out of your day to remember April 23, 1985, the day that will ever be remembered in marketing history.
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We will Miss You Jef
I do not usually post anything on the weekends, but I wanted to give my respect to Jef Raskin who died yesterday.