Monthly Archives: January 2007

The January issue of Fast Company lists the 10 Hot Jobs for 2007, and on the list is Web Designer. I also have experience with viral marketing, art direction, blogging and experience designing, so I am all over the hot map. 10 Hot Jobs for 2007

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Keeping the Metro moving

On a very full Metro ride into work this morning, the driver chided us riders in the typical fashion as he drove to the next stop. Attention customers, when you hear the chimes the doors are closing, please do not block the doors, if you block the doors this train with be unloaded. Every time [...]

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The Basics of Getting Things Done

For almost six months now I have been striving to live by the time-management guidelines suggested by David Allen in Getting Things Done. Here are the basics for anyone who is unfamiliar. The Basics of Getting Things Done

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I always wanted to see Ice and Fire on the big screen since I read A Game of Thrones so many years ago. Instead, I will have to settle for the small screen, but I won’t have to be reduced to a single thread storyline. HBO is going to do a book a season, which [...]

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What is a Curse Word?

On the yellow line Metro this week, I overheard a group of teens joking loudly. They were in good spirits, cracking jokes at each other and in the process incorporating the words f…k or a…hole into just about every sentence. Others on the train looked up from their papers or books scowling at such coarse [...]

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Night of 101 Elvises

Elvis’s birthday is coming up this weekend, which means it’s time for the annual Night of 101 Elvises this Saturday at Dr. Dremo’s in Arlington, VA. We went two years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the abundance of Elvis impersonators and their skills singing karaoke tunes of the King.

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The end of the daily Foxtrot

Every morning when I arrive at the office, I can always count on one email I look forward to: the funnies. I subscribed to uclick.com comics and for a menial fee I get all the comics I want (that they run) delivered to my inbox every day. Sadly, one of my favorite comics on my [...]

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