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CJ Scarlet — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:12:47 -0000

Thanks so much for your great work, Greg! We are so happy to have you on our team. Thanks also for the great mention of the Kindness Cure Campaign. You're the best! CJ Scarlet

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Roper — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:25:40 -0000

I'm not a doomsdayer but really, the worst is yet to come. The fundamentals are wrong according to Austrian economics, which I believe is the correct system.

"We kept using credit to buy more than we could to keep up with them." Sounds like Keynesian economics (what dominates our country). It's almost like saying every product gets sold. Wiki it to learn more.

If you want to see someone who gets it right time after time, Peter Schiff is the man. He's right on long terms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVP_sgCETo

Re: Why Focus on The Negative?

lloyd Winburn — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:04:58 -0000

If you thing the WSJ is bad, try FOX news. Man, they are foul.
Gramps

Re: First Days of P90X

Rosyblue V — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:34:19 -0000

Best of luck, you can do it!!!

Re: Back to College Life

Rosy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:50:04 -0000

Great post! Great advise.

Re: Stop Rushing: A How To

bgavin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:54:23 -0000

Love your post about late-ness, but I wanted to add some thoughts.

One is that not everyone is a morning person. If I get up at quarter past five, go to the gym, write a blog post, listen to a podcast, read the paper and get to work for nine o'clcok - I feel good and accomplished. For those whose clocks are set differently, they would be freaking miserable. And, I really don't thing a firm resolve and good intentions will change the way their internal clock is set.

The other is a small alteration. I write tomorrow's ToDo list before I leave each night. It helps me to set priorities, straighten off my desktops and also helps me not spend an hour surfing the web when I get to work.

I also consolidate my ToDos onto my schedule - so if I have to write something or proof something, I put it right into my schedule. This blocks out the time, so others are a tiny bit less likely to encroach. This has helped me, over time, to be better at estimating how long certain things take

Re: Triangle Tweetup

Jason Peck — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:03:37 -0000

Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

Re: 105 Free College Lectures - Productivity 501

Stacy — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:11:28 -0000

How inspiring Randy Pausch is! If you liked "The Last Lecture", another fantastic memoir I just read and highly recommend is "My Stroke of Insight" by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. Her TEDTalk video (ted.com) has been seen as many times as The Last Lecture I think, and Oprah did 4 shows on her book, so there are a lot of similarities. In My Stroke of Insight, there's a happy ending though. It's an incredible story! I hear they're making it into a movie.

Re: Triangle Tweetup

Critz — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:55:50 -0000

http://getsatisfaction.com/seesmic/topics/how_d...

That should sort ya...

Re: Triangle Tweetup

gregdelima — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:49:14 -0000

Didn't know. Is there anything specific I need to do?

Re: Triangle Tweetup

Critz — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:42:07 -0000

Not sure if you are aware or not.. but you can enable Seesmic Video through the Disqus plugin...

Can't wait for the next meetup :)

Re: Simplicity Sells

toddmoy — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:36:07 -0000

With regard to 23 kick ass portfolios, this is a discussion I was having with some folks today at capstrat. As a former designer/ developer, I too feel the desire to build out a site that, itself, is an example of your work. Usually this occurs by layering too much nav, thumbnailing, shadowboxing, and so on.

This can be a very dangerous proposition. It's hard to do *really* well and, when it isn't, often that can be a missed opportunity. It's like bringing in a physical portfolio but not letting the AD see it immediately--instead, swapping out some pictures taken at a photobooth and intermittently turning off the lights.

As they say, content is king and a quick strawpoll around the office found that (oh by the way) one-page portfolios with big images tended to win out. This isn't really surprising when you consider that art directors have about 5 minutes max--but usually 30 seconds to a minute to determine whether someone has what they're looking for. Of course, this is ADs and not prospective clients. But I imagine there's some similarity.

Simply put, designers really, really need to evaluate the context in which someone is reviewing their portfolio. Snap decisions are routine. So, does it really make sense to obscure work through a ton of 'thumbnails" that people need to click into...then out of... then into...then out of?

Along these lines, cutesy and opaque terminology in the nav is often off-putting. They need to be aware of whether they're actually hurting the work by adding too much administrative UI.

Re: Does Blogging Make a Difference?

SOCOM Sales — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:36:15 -0000

Thanks for the link. This is a great post. I am also a fan of Colby Buzzel. His book was well written.

Re: What Has College Taught Me So Far?

Tara Hunt — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:17:04 -0000

Glad I could help, Greg! Keep up the good work!