Life’s Next Step – A New Role for Me…
July 15th, 2009 • Uncategorized • View Comments
So I’m sure some of you have noticed that I’ve been a little quiet lately. (Certainly Emma did – I didn’t make it through the completion of the #09Write-off; she was the clear winner there.)
There’s a reason for that. I’m excited to announce that I started a new gig just a short time ago. I’m now a Digital Project Manager at Spider Marketing Solutions, a marketing communications company that I share a lot of their values with. In addition to the PM work I’m doing, I’ll be assisting Spider with their social media strategy. The move was simple – I was sharing office space with these guys before, so I just had to move across the space. It’s been a great experience so far, and I’m looking forward to things continuing to ramp up, and to be able to produce quality products for our clients.
Some of you know that I was working with Verne and Satish before on a few things. Those two are still doing their thing full steam, and my role with them finished up recently. They’re doing amazing things, and I’m excited to be able to see their progress first hand, and I can’t wait to see their brand launch soon!
Look for some more content to be posted in this space soon – I won’t let it die again!
Everything You Know About Web Design is Wrong: Sharing Dan Willis’ SxSW panel
July 3rd, 2009 • Web Design • View Comments
So I’ve been meaning to write this up for a while now, as it relates to a session that I attended at the SxSW Interactive Festival this year, which is now a while past. Better late than never, I suppose. Be warned; this post is a lengthy one, and is a little bit more technically focused than some of my previous pieces. I’ll credit him again, but Dan Willis, who presented the session, is responsible for these ideas – I’m merely summarizing what Dan shared with all of us. Read about it after the break.
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Is “Not the Right Time” A Valid Argument?
June 26th, 2009 • 2009 Write-off, Personal • View Comments
Just wanted to toss a quick thought out there that’s been on my mind of late. If there’s one thing that I’ve learned about life, it’s that a successful life is dependent largely on being at the right place at the right time. That really leaves a lot of things out of your control – or at least, what you perceive to be out of your control.
Let me share a personal anecdote. Recently, I was presented with an offer to relocate to a city that I am planning on living in at some point in my life. 3 or 4 months ago, had I seen this offer, I would’ve accepted it in a heartbeat, and dealt with the minor issues that it would’ve brought up at the point. Now, however, the responsibilities didn’t seem in line with what I’m looking for, I recently got involved in a new venture that I wanted to put some time into, and it just didn’t seem right to leave the community here, and the social capital (or “social capital”) that I’ve built up. It took some thinking about, but in the end, I feel I made the right decision – at least, for now.
However, I had the decision to make. While I made the “it’s not the right time” argument, it was completely under my control, and I could’ve chosen to do it if I wanted to. It’s important to recognize that timing won’t always be ideal, but that alone shouldn’t rule out making a decision one way or the other. Whether it’s with your business or with your personal life, it’s important that you make what you perceive to be the best decision in your life. I suppose it’s all part of the “live in the moment” philosophy that I like to preach.
Sometimes that means making decisions that hurt those around you. Sometimes that means being selfish. Those questions, though, are what you need to answer, not “is it the right time?” – if you wait around for the right time, it’ll never come. It’s such a subjective concept that I think you can always come up with reasons why it’s not the right time – or why it is.
Food for thought, anyway. What are your thoughts on timing, and how it works in life?
